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Associate Design Engineer

tms
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/16/2026
About Us

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1,200 employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions – from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.

Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald’s, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas.

Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.

What Matters The Most

Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.

tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.

WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE

Assists with engineering development of promotional toy products with a focus on plastic, plush, and paper executions. Responsible for maintaining engineering documentation, prototypes, and samples.

  • Provide engineering input/solutions to the internal development teams to help deliver products that are creative, safe, reliable, manufacturable, within cost parameters, and on time.
  • Research and propose design solutions through sketches or prototypes during concept generation, model development, and pre-production stages.
  • Support client and licensor concept/model/pre-production presentations.
  • Develop specification packages to communicate and optimize product designs.
  • Estimate concept costs to help steer development towards the established cost targets.
  • Participate in daily team meetings.
  • Maintain all design engineering documentation including, but not limited to, design concepts, approval forms, change forms, prototypes, and pre-production samples.
  • Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

What You Will Bring To The Organization

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, General Engineering, or equivalent
  • 2 years work experience preferred

Skills And Experience We Would Like You To Have

  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
  • Experience with plastic toy development is highly preferred.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop preferred.
  • Experience with 3D printing and Fusion 360 is helpful

Starting salary between $60,000 - $70,000

TOTAL REWARDS

Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:Our commitment to rewarding resultsOpportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers’—and our company’s—success

There's more ...Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefitsPaid parental and medical leave programs401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing15 days of paid time off plus company holidaysHybrid work modelTuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistanceInclusive employee resource groups

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

RECRUITING AGENCIES

tms does not accept agency resumes submitted by third-party vendors unless a valid agreement has been signed and the tms Talent Acquisition Team has granted authorization for submissions for a specified position. Please do not submit or forward resumes to our site, tms employees, or any other company location. tms is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Salary : $60,000 - $70,000

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