Product Engineer- Rotational Program

Why join us?
Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of HermanMiller means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows HermanMiller to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

As an MillerKnoll Rotational Product Engineer, you’ll enter a program that will engage you in many technical areas within the company and build your skills and knowledge in both engineering and product development. You will receive direct experience in multiple engineering and related functions, training opportunities with a defined curriculum, and foundational skills that you can transfer to varied internal job opportunities within the MillerKnoll organization. The MillerKnoll Rotation program is intended to develop the next generation of technical talent to support our goals in innovation, design leadership, and environmental stewardship. 

What You'll Do
You'll have opportunities to speak up, solve problems, and be a leader every day as you . . .

• Enter rotational assignments in the Global Product Organization with a focus on Product Development and Engineering activities.
• Complete three rotations of approximately 12 months each in duration. Each rotation will be in a different department ranging from assignments in Custom Product Engineering to Advanced Innovation, Product Management to Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) to Product Performance Engineering, and Maintenance to Value Stream Engineering.
• Research, investigate, and understand product criteria, functions, requirements, and cost targets (customer criteria, performance requirements, build objectives, manufacturability, assembly, quality, craftsmanship, service, and installation).
• Apply problem-solving skills and execute solutions to problems independently, and in collaboration with Engineering and other team members.
• Collaborate with Industrial Designers to understand and implement the design vision and design objectives of products.
• Investigate and consider multiple solution alternatives for problems and concepts. You will present solutions by evaluating the alternatives and tradeoffs, eliminating the weak alternatives, and improving the feasible alternatives.
• Investigate new or existing suppliers, materials, and manufacturing processes that could provide solutions.
• Complete sketches, models, detailed engineering analyses, and studies that support the development of new parts and products. Specific tools may include FEA, tolerance stacks, FBDs, kinematics, hand calculations, logic flow charts, and state diagrams.
• Develop and specify appropriate prototype fabrication processes and materials. You'll also coordinate the building of prototype products and the fabrication of prototype parts.
• Evaluate and test concept models and prototypes against the project objectives, criteria, and requirements.
• Communicate clear, concise, accurate, and detailed engineering documentation (ECOs, deviations, test requests, work orders, model shop requests, drawings, instructions, emails, etc.).
• Work directly with Performance Engineering to develop performance requirements and test plans. You will request or perform physical testing on parts and products, then evaluate test results.
• Create, maintain, and release accurate 3D CAD models, drawings, service parts, instruction sheets, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Bills of Material (BOMs), and material specifications for prototype products and production products.
• Support the development of customer facing manuals and planning guidance.
• Support the completion of PPAP and ensure parts are properly released for production following Herman Miller procedures.
• Work directly with Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Management, Operations, and suppliers to refine product designs to optimize tooling and equipment, manufacturing processes, assembly, and reliability. You'll also assist with evaluating potential part suppliers and tooling suppliers.
• Work directly with Quality Engineering, Dimensional Engineers, and suppliers to refine product designs to achieve quality and craftsmanship objectives.

Sound Like You?
You might be just who we’re looking for if you have . . .

• An Engineering/Technical degree from an accredited program.
• Zero to two years of professional engineering experience or applicable internship/co-op experience.
• Knowledge in Lean principles and their application.
• The ability to assess process concepts and determine where continuous improvement opportunities exist.
• The ability to communicate effectively with people at various levels, including Production, Engineering, and Management, and the ability to work well with and develop a partnering relationship with other team members.
• Knowledge in the use of common office automation, communication, software, tools, applications, and engineering-related software.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to apply engineering expertise to solving problems.
• Knowledge in Creo modeling or other equivalent 3D CAD software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Who We Hire?
Simply put, we hire everyone. HermanMiller is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at [email protected].