Full-Time

Project Engineer 3

Deadline 12/15/27
Daifuku

Daifuku

1,001-5,000 employees

Manufactures and integrates material handling systems

Compensation Overview

$85k - $110k/yr

Salt Lake City, UT, USA + 3 more

More locations: Grand Rapids, MI, USA | Woodridge, IL, USA | Florence, KY, USA

In Person

Travel up to 20% for site visits and measurements.

Category
Hardware Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical or Industrial, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 6 years of material handling related experience
  • AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks proficiency
  • Microsoft Office skills – Word, Excel, Power Point, and Project
  • Ability to handle multiple project assignments and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
  • Strong knowledge of the material handling business
  • Ability to interface effectively with internal and external customers, vendors, consulting engineers, architects, and installers
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Team-oriented and collaborative
  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented
  • Ability to learn new technology
  • Must be able to speak, read, and understand the English language
Responsibilities
  • Designing/enhancing conveyor systems as well as various automated and semi-automated material handling systems; may work on phases of a larger project or an entire smaller project
  • Review of product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements and specifications
  • Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems
  • Prepares/Reviews approval, permit, and installation drawings using AutoCAD
  • Obtains material and product quotes from vendors and issues purchase orders
  • Helps monitor the project schedule, engineering time, and material costs
  • Works with other disciplines on the project team to make sure the engineered solution and all equipment fit within system confines and constraints
  • Travels up to 20% to measure buildings, inventory equipment, commission systems, and interface with customers
  • Participates in continuous improvement projects
  • Resolves engineering issues by working with customers, vendors and other team members

Daifuku is a global manufacturer and integrator of material handling systems for warehouses, factories, and distribution centers. It designs, builds, and installs end-to-end solutions that move, sort, store, and retrieve goods using conveyors, automated storage and retrieval systems, automated guided vehicles, and coordinating software. It differentiates itself through a long history, global footprint, and turnkey capabilities—from design to installation to after-sales support—tailored to the needs of large-scale logistics and manufacturing. Its goal is to improve supply chains by reducing labor, increasing throughput, and enhancing accuracy and reliability in material handling across diverse industries.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Osaka, Japan

Founded

1937

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • New AGV factory in Japan boosts automated guided vehicle production capacity.
  • ₹450 crore Telangana plant expands manufacturing via Vega Conveyors subsidiary.
  • Kraft Heinz $400M DeKalb center partnership secures food logistics revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Daifuku Services America lays off 38 Carrollton workers, closes Charlotte facility.
  • Vanderlande captures U.S. airport bids as ICM-Daifuku upgrades falter.
  • Bosch Rexroth, SSI Schaefer win e-commerce contracts with superior AI conveyors.

What makes Daifuku unique

  • Daifuku leads global material handling since 1937 with in-house hardware-software development.
  • 72% sales from 24 countries outside Japan ensure worldwide intralogistics dominance.
  • Comprehensive support spans consulting to maintenance across airport, automotive, electronics sectors.

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Company News

Robotics & Automation News
Aug 20th, 2025
Daifuku completes new AGV factory in Japan

Daifuku completes new AGV factory in Japan.

ColoradoBiz
Mar 19th, 2025
Colorado company selected to upgrade baggage handling system

ICM is teaming up with Daifuku, which will supply the baggage handling equipment such as the sorting system, conveyors and carousels.

FoodTechBiz
Aug 22nd, 2024
Everest Foods and Daifuku: A Partnership for Unmatched Efficiency

Daifuku introduced an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) that included cranes for both single-deep and double-deep storage.

The Dallas Morning News
Mar 6th, 2024
Companies cut 275 jobs in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties

Daifuku Services America Corp., an arm of an operations company focused on running and maintaining baggage handling systems and passenger boarding bridges in the U.S., reported its plan to lay off 38 workers in Carrollton.

WSOC-TV
Feb 29th, 2024
Machinery company in Charlotte to lay off 33 employees

CHARLOTTE - Thirty-three workers will be out of a job because Daifuku Services America filed a notice with the state that the company is closing its facility on Old Dowd Road.