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1mo ago

Product Design Engineer (2400)

PROTOMET CORPORATION Loudon, TN

Loudon, TN

1mo ago Closed

Full time Design Design Engineering Design For Manufacturing

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Aug 10, 2026).

Job Description

Protomet Corporation in Loudon, TN onsite is seeking a Product Design Engineer to connect customer needs with manufacturing execution, applying mechanical proficiency and aesthetic design to develop concepts and renderings and steer designs through production and change management.

Responsibilities

Serve as the liaison between customers (primarily boating OEMs) and Protomet’s operations, translating requirements into feasible designs.
Apply strong mechanical aptitude and a solid understanding of manufacturing processes.
Blend interpersonal skills with an eye for aesthetic design to deliver compelling concepts.
Engage with customers in a sales-like capacity through effective communication and relationship building.
Cultivate relationships with key customers through regular, proactive engagement.
Navigate the transition of designs to the operations team with emphasis on change management, clear communication, and logistics coordination.
Leverage aesthetic design capabilities to enhance the value of the design engineering role.
Provide sketches, CAD renderings, and visually engaging designs to customers.

Requirements

Commitment to going beyond the mandatory baseline to drive personal and company growth.
Focus on long-term rewards and resist short-term gratification when appropriate.
Adopt an abundance mindset, viewing new teammates as opportunities for collective growth.
Prioritize skills and outcomes over formal credentials.
Thrive in challenging situations and view difficult work as a catalyst for growth.
Maintain high standards for personal and team performance.
Build trust with colleagues who are not direct reports and influence them to take action.
Demonstrate humility, willingness to admit mistakes, and thoughtful self-assessment.
Exhibit high mechanical aptitude with a relentless problem-solving approach.
Dislike inefficiencies and apply lean manufacturing principles, including one piece flow, minimum viable product, and Pareto optimization.
Show initiative to start projects and discipline to finish them.
Embrace innovation through practical learning, curiosity, and a readiness to test and adapt.

Technologies

CAD

Outcomes

Visit customers or host site tours at least six times per year with prior approval.
Call on at least one customer weekly and discuss topics beyond work-related matters.
Attend one industry expo or conference annually.
Design and secure two million dollars in recurring annual projects each year.
Identify and share a daily two-second improvement with the engineering team via photo or video.
Identify, purchase, and implement one significant piece of technology, software, hardware, or equipment per year.
Engage in ongoing education for CAD or related software.
Improve manufacturability and advocate for internal customers during design and prototyping phases.
Diagnose quality issues and design processes to prevent recurrence.
Ensure work instructions are available for new projects, in video or text form.
Respond to all external customer communications within four work hours.

Competencies

Cultural: Second Mile — going beyond the mandatory baseline for growth.
Cultural: Don’t Touch the Marshmallow — prioritize longer-term rewards over immediate gratification.
Cultural: Abundance Mindset — view new teammates as growth opportunities, not threats.
Cultural: Skills Beat Credentials — what you can do matters more than credentials alone.
Cultural: That’s Hard…Good — growth happens through challenging experiences.
Functional: High Standards — personal and team performance should be top quality.
Functional: Influence — build trust with non-direct reports and persuade action.
Functional: Humility — self-awareness, willingness to admit mistakes, and thoughtful appraisal of accomplishments.
Functional: High mechanical aptitude and relentless problem-solver.
Functional: Lean mindset — hatred for waste, practical lean principles, one piece flow, MVP, and Pareto.
Functional: Initiative to start, discipline to finish.
Functional: Innovation — practical intelligence, curiosity, and learning, paired with testing and change.

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