Bicycle (Bike) Design Engineer
Posted by Radio Flyer Inc. on 02/25/2022
Job Basics
Industry Sector: Bike
Job Categories: Design - Engineer
Company Type: DoesnotApply
State: IL
City: Chicago
Country: United States
Required Experience: 3 - 5 years
Job Type: Full Time
Salary:
Required to Relocate:
Required to Travel:
Employee May Telecommute: No
Job Seeker Must Live Within:
Job Description & Requirements
Bicycle (Bike) Design Engineer
For over a century, Radio Flyer has served as the first set of wheels for generations of kids. We’ve helped inspire creative play as wagons transformed into rocket ships, race cars and airplanes, transporting children anywhere they imagined. Now, with over a
billion Radio Flyer wheels on the road, we have introduced our biggest
innovation for all the kids at heart - Flyer is a line of electric bikes
and scooters, our first ever product line created for adult riders.
Radio Flyer has consistently been recognized as a top workplace nationally and locally. Our team has received numerous awards over the years including Fortune’s Best Small & Medium Workplaces, People Magazine’s Companies that Care, the Daily Herald’s Best Places to Work in Illinois, and Vault Top 50 Intern Programs nationwide. Robert Pasin, Chief Wagon Officer and grandson of company founder Antonio Pasin, was recently recognized as a Top CEO of 2021 on Glassdoor. Radio Flyer is also proud to have been named a top workplace for women, minorities, and LGBTQ+ community members over the years by Crain’s and Vault.
At Radio Flyer, we welcome and appreciate all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives — encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We are committed to a culture that embraces feedback, collaboration, and innovation to achieve great results and drive business growth. At Radio Flyer we live by the Little Red Rule, “Every time we touch people’s lives, they will feel FUNomenal!”
Opportunity:
The Bike Design Engineer position will
play a key role in the continued growth and success of the company. Working with
our Product Development team, you will create product concepts, validate them
through rigorous prototyping, and focus on design and manufacturing details to
develop outstanding bikes and e-bikes. Experience developing bikes that found
success in the marketplace is a requirement.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Create
unique mechanical solutions / product concepts through collaboration with
industrial designers and independent problem solving with a focus on steel
& aluminum frames, mechanical components, custom accessories, and
packaging.
- Communicate
product ideas and issues clearly and effectively to the product
development team, international team, vendors, and external partners.
- Manage
product specifications and costing, issues trackers and project timelines.
- Execute
design and engineering solutions by creating physical mock-ups and working
with the Prototype Shop.
- Support
all performance and reliability testing for Flyer bikes by partnering with
product quality engineers.
- Identify
and implement process improvements to streamline development of bikes and
accessories.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 3+ years of bike engineering
experience (experience with e-bikes preferred)
- Intermediate understanding of electronics and key
electromechanical components on e-bikes (li-ion batteries, PCM, display,
motor).
- Ability to effectively troubleshoot and communicate issues
related to electronics.
- Capable of making design recommendations to improve
manufacturing consistency, reduce cost, and improve quality.
- Advanced demonstrated experience
with CAD (SolidWorks strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to bring
products to market
- Able to generate multiple unique concepts to solve
engineering and design challenges
- Experience working with overseas
team/vendors
- Experience collaborating with
industrial designers and prototype shop
Above all, the individual must commit to our values:
FUNatical Customer Service
Live with Integrity
Yes I Can
Excellence in Everything
Responsible for Success
We are looking for people who live our
values and support our vision and mission!
Qualified applicants will receive
consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or
disability.
Please apply online at www.radioflyer.com/careers
