Senior Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About SPG International

SPG International is a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of storage products and material handling equipment across diverse commercial markets—including foodservice, grocery, healthcare, and industrial. Our team designs innovative solutions using materials such as steel, wire, aluminum, stainless steel, and plastic, delivering high quality products that support customers worldwide.

Position Summary

The Senior Design Engineer leads projects that result in new product development or improvements to existing offerings, ensuring solutions meet customer, quality, and manufacturing requirements. This role collaborates closely with sales, engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing teams. As a technical expert, you will develop and maintain designs, drawings, and product documentation while coordinating cross department engineering efforts across multiple locations.

Essential Responsibilities

Design & Documentation

• Create, update, and maintain manufacturing drawings based on current standards.

• Provide design and drawing support for custom or modified standard products.

• Ensure accurate Bills of Material and complete product documentation.

Product Development & Improvement

• Lead projects to deliver final product designs that meet customer specifications.

• Provide engineering input to improve product features, manufacturability, and internal processes.

• Support R&D by transforming customer needs into easy to produce solutions.

• Identify value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) opportunities.

Manufacturing & Quality Support

• Partner with manufacturing teams to ensure products align with design intent and that operators can interpret drawings effectively.

• Assist with product testing, certification processes, and product inspections.

Analysis & Technical Leadership

• Support industrial designers with engineering analyses.

• Set up and maintain product MRP data.

• Develop and deliver custom technical solutions to key decision makers.

• Match SPG’s product capabilities with customer business and technical requirements.

• Ensure all customer deliverables are accurate, high quality, and on schedule.

• Identify opportunities across sales, marketing, engineering, and operations.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Technical Skills

• Proficiency with recent versions of Creo or similar solid modeling software (critical).

• Working knowledge of SolidWorks (preferred).

• Familiarity with Revit/BIM software (ideal).

• Strong understanding of drafting practices, including dimensioning, tolerances, and weld callouts.

• Knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, material strengths, and failure analysis.

Professional Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint).

• Demonstrated safety leadership.

• Ability to work independently and within a lean engineering team in a fast paced environment with evolving priorities.

Minimum Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology.

• 7+ years of product design experience, preferably with sheet metal products.