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Position Description

At a Glance

Focal Pointhas an immediate opening for a Mechanical Engineer III – Advanced Developmen to join theFocal Point Team in Chicago, IL.This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of the Focal Point’s Product Architecture engineering team, developing and supporting world-class luminaire designs. This position reports to the Engineering Manager.

What Will You Do?

Role & Responsibilities:

• Perform advanced product development for new roadmap initiatives with primary responsibilities to develop conceptual designs, define product architectures, and manage regulatory compliance and photometric testing verification

• Create scalable designs that support platform development and drive simplicity through supply chain and operations

• Apply advanced design processes, predictive simulation, and best practices to increase design first pass yield and reduce time to market

• Analyze risks and root out issues early in the design process. Apply first principles thinking to solve the most challenging technical design problems across the product portfolio.

• Work closely with product management and industrial design to assure designs meet customer requirements and product design intent

• Simultaneously support multiple projects in various phases of development. Meet timeline commitments and communicate critical updates to project stakeholders.

• Perform peer review of designs to assist teammates and ensure best practices are followed and lessons learned are incorporated

Qualifications

Required Skills

Competencies:

• Proven track record of identifying and executing on new product development projects from design to implementation in production

• Tenacious problem-solver, with an energetic approach to raising the bar. Someone the team will wish to seek/engage to solve tough design challenges.

• Self-motivated, self-directed, and able to work in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication and organizational skills – ability to forge relationships with others and align on the best decision

• Detail-oriented, with a desire to “roll up your sleeves” to help your team successfully meet project deadlines

• Customer-focused with a strong sense of urgency

• Team player - demonstrated history of building rapport and quickly integrating with a new team

• Business Acumen – the ability to quickly analyze options to formulate the best value plan

Requirements:

• 5-10 years of professional engineering work experience, preferably in product development

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited program

• 3D CAD software expertise, SolidWorks preferred.

• Ability to interpret and apply GD&T

• Experience with casted and injection molded part design and electromechanical assembly design

• Demonstrated success in ensuring cost reduction targets are achieved as outlined in the project scope

• Demonstrated success working in cross-functional teams through projects or organizations

• Lighting industry and optics design experience preferred but not required

• Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000 starting base plus bonus

• Summary of Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Disability, Parental Leave, 401K w/ company match

The Company:

For more than 25 years, Focal Point, a brand of Legrand, has brought it all to light with beautiful, efficient luminaires and acoustic solutions that stand the test of time, human-centric technology, and a commitment to being easy to do business with. We are vertically integrated, Chicago-based architectural lighting and integrated acoustical systems manufacturer and pride ourselves on delivering exceptional products and services to those who specify and install them. Because we’re separated by hallways and not highways, we control the process from conceptual design, to engineering, to manufacturing, through to shipping. As a result, we provide superior quality, customization capabilities, and quick answers, all from right here, in the middle of America.

Why choose Focal Point? Watch this video to find out!

Focal Point is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

•2025 Focal Point, LLC | 4141 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60632

Company Info

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work , and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative , and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext ( Legrand SA EPA: LR ). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical , and Data Center markets . LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental , and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us

About Legrand’s Lighting Sector

Legrand’s Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; Pinnacle (https://www.pinnacle-ltg.com/) , Finelite (https://www.finelite.com/) , Focal Point (https://www.focalpointlights.com/) , and OCL (https://ocl.com/) which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and Kenall (https://kenall.com/Home) which focuses on lighting for demanding environments. We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities. With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designer’s vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their client’s projects.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

LocationUS-IL-Chicago

# Positions 1

Experience (Years) 5

Category Engineering