Full-Time
Product Development Mechanical Engineer
Daifuku
1,001-5,000 employees
Manufactures and integrates material handling systems
No salary listed
Hobart, IN, USA + 1 more
More locations: Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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Must be willing to travel up to 20%.
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- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Product Development or equivalent experience
- Minimum of internship or 1 year of experience in the material handling industry preferred
- Introductory experience in conveyor systems with carton handling or pallet handling
- Introductory experience with Motor Drive Roller (MDR), Sortation Technologies, installation, project management, electrical, or Solidworks Enterprise PDM administration highly desirable
- Participates in conceiving, designing, developing, engineering, prototyping, testing, and revising typically small-scale, less complex, new fabricated products for conveyor systems and applications
- Supports the process for engineering calculations to ensure a robust design, including horsepower, stress, torque, deflection, torsion, overhung load, sortation rate, cycle rate, air consumption, and amperage draw
- Participates in working with other teams to troubleshoot and resolve development and design issues
- Ensures that new products are safe, reliable, and easy to maintain
- Recommends appropriate and cost-effective purchased products
- Helps to analyze data to identify trends in usage, cost, performance, and reliability
- Participates in developing and executing test plans for concepts and prototypes to establish operational parameters
- Uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
- Partners with the Design team, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Purchasing and Administration
- Travels up to 20%
- Introductory experience with Motor Drive Roller (MDR), Sortation Technologies, installation, project management, electrical, or Solidworks Enterprise PDM administration highly desirable
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
- Eisenmann deepens Daifuku’s European automotive customer base and compliance capabilities.
- Integrated material handling and surface-treatment systems should raise proposal win rates.
- The July 2026 closing can accelerate cross-selling across multinational automotive accounts.
What critics are saying
- European automotive capex delays will stall order intake for integrated line projects.
- Eisenmann integration failures will weaken customer retention and expose Daifuku to local rivals.
- Daifuku’s stretched operations across Japan, Europe, India, and the U.S. pressure execution.
What makes Daifuku unique
- Daifuku acquired Eisenmann on April 17, 2026, adding European paint-line expertise.
- It now offers end-to-end automotive production-line systems from proposal to after-sales support.
- Daifuku operates production and sales bases across 24 countries and regions.
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Company News
Japanese company Daifuku has acquired 100% of shares in Eisenmann GmbH from current shareholder Nimbus Hands-on Investors. The acquisition strengthens Daifuku's manufacturing systems business for the automotive industry, particularly in painting and surface treatment. Eisenmann specialises in innovative automation technologies and sustainable solutions for painting and final assembly, primarily serving European automotive and industrial component manufacturers. Daifuku operates production and sales bases across 24 countries, with automobile production line systems forming a core business. The acquisition enables Daifuku to offer more comprehensive coverage in automotive and industrial manufacturing, from quotation through to after-sales support, tailored to European standards. Both companies expect the deal to enhance proposal capabilities, expand integrated offerings and increase customer value in automotive production line systems.
Daifuku completes new AGV factory in Japan.
ICM is teaming up with Daifuku, which will supply the baggage handling equipment such as the sorting system, conveyors and carousels.
Daifuku introduced an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) that included cranes for both single-deep and double-deep storage.
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.