The Radio Flyer Company is looking to solve the problem of continuing growth and success by developing new, fun, safe, innovative, and sustainable products. This involves bringing new product concepts to life, ensuring they are manufacturable, cost-effective, and meet quality standards.
Requirements
- Experience with CAD (Solidworks preferred) and 3D printing.
- Hands-on problem solver, results-oriented, with the ability to prioritize objectives and meet timelines.
- Please include project samples or a portfolio that includes CAD images or prototype photos of past class projects, personal projects, or intern work.
Responsibilities
- Provide engineering support to the product design team by bringing sketches to life through CAD development, mechanism design, and rapid prototyping.
- Prepare prototypes and participate in product testing with children to validate ergonomics and play value.
- Collaborate with engineers in the U.S. and overseas through email and conference calls to products are designed for manufacturability.
- Create product Bill of Materials to communicate design details, gather cost information, and evaluate the carbon footprint of our products.
- Execute in-house mechanical and electrical testing of new product concepts in our QA lab, then summarize data and share findings to drive decisions and improve product quality and durability.
- Evaluate products returned from retail partners and perform root cause analysis to recommend potential areas of improvement.
Other
- The ideal candidate will be a junior or senior, majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a 3.0+ grade point average.
- Self-motivated, proactive, capable of working independently or collaboratively as part of a team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Above all, the individual must commit to our values: FUNatical Customer Service, Live with Integrity, Yes I Can, Excellence in Everything, Responsible for Success.
- This internship may offer a relocation stipend for those who live outside of the Chicagoland area.
