Job Description
Full-time • In-Person – Chicago, IL • Industry: Furniture Design and Engineering
About Us:
We are a high-end, made-to-order furniture brand designing and manufacturing exclusively for the design trade — partnering with interior designers, architects, and dealers rather than selling direct to consumers. Every piece is designed and built in-house, from concept through final fabrication, which means our design and engineering team has real ownership over how a piece is drawn, engineered, prototyped, and produced. We hold ourselves to the standards of fine furniture making: exacting proportions, honest materials, and construction meant to last generations. Because we design to order rather than to inventory, our team works on a constantly evolving mix of bespoke commissions and core collection pieces — no two weeks look the same, and no detail is treated as "good enough."
About the Role
We are seeking a creative design engineer to join our product development team as a Mid to Sr level Industrial Designer for a luxury furniture brand. This role sits at the intersection of design and engineering — translating creative concepts into buildable, production-ready furniture, components, objects, and hardware for new and existing product lines. Working closely with the design team and principals, this person brings both an inventive design sensibility and hands-on engineering rigor to develop new product processes and methods, while facilitating and engineering improvements to the current product line.
Key Responsibilities
* Document and organize dimensioned and rendered 3D concepts in a shared file system; update drawings and modifications through all phases of development.
Assist with the Schedule of Materials and Bill of Materials (BOM); conduct CMF (color, material, finish) research.
* Program CAD/CAM for CNC fabrication (3- and 4-axis).
* Produce SolidWorks drawings for approval on in-house orders; work with the product team to create 3D models and renderings.
* Maintain computer filing systems for all CAD/CAM and rendering programs.
* Support product development of furniture and objects — including cast, formed, and fabricated items — through concept development, hand-sketched renderings, vendor and material research, mock-up development, and design documentation.
* Organize and take notes in prototype production meetings; track follow-up schedules.
* Assist the in-house production team with rapid prototypes and full-scale models (both hand-built and CNC-built parts); modify drawings as needed and engineer process improvements and solutions.
Required Software & Technical Skills
* SolidWorks
* Fusion 360
* Photoshop
* Blender
* KeyShot
* CAD/CAM programming for CNC production
Qualifications
* Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design or higher.
* 3+ years of experience in industrial or furniture design engineering, ideally with high-end/luxury furniture and hands-on prototyping or fabrication experience.
* Demonstrated ability to move fluidly between digital modeling and physical model/prototype making.
Must be eligible to work in the United States.
This is an in-person position based in Chicago, IL. We are not accepting applicants for remote work.
Employment Type: Full-time Industry: Design
Job Tags
Full time