Jack Johnson
About Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is a Mechanical Design Engineer at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc. in Marengo, Illinois, with a background in Aerospace Engineering and experience in various engineering and leadership roles.
Company
Jack Johnson currently works as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc. in Marengo, Illinois. His role involves working on the Current/Sustaining Products team to improve the quality and design of material handling equipment such as UniCarriers, Caterpillar, Barrett, and Mitsubishi. His responsibilities also include supporting manufacturing through design, developing new products, and finding solutions for existing product issues while maintaining BOM/ERP data structuring.
Title
Jack Johnson holds the position of Mechanical Design Engineer. His duties encompass validating supplier designs, managing technical data requests, and calculating performance envelopes to determine compatibility with aftermarket attachments. Additionally, he supports cost savings initiatives and serves as a mentor for Marengo-based engineer interns and local job shadow students.
Previous Employment
Jack Johnson has held various roles before his current position. He worked at Americold Logistics, LLC. as an Industrial Engineering Intern in 2019, where he gathered experience in industrial engineering in Belvidere, Illinois. He also served as a Crew Chief at Hughes Seed Farms from 2012 to 2014. During high school and college, he worked as an outdoor power equipment specialist and department head at Blain's Farm & Fleet in Woodstock, Illinois. Currently, in addition to his role at Mitsubishi Logisnext, he works at Blain's Farm & Fleet (Blain Supply, Inc.) as the OPE Department Head and Technical Product & Sales Instructor.
Education and Expertise
Jack Johnson holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which he received in 2020. He also minored in Political Science during his undergraduate studies. Prior to that, he attended Marengo Community High School from 2012 to 2016.
Role and Responsibilities at Mitsubishi Logisnext
In his role at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc., Jack Johnson serves as a Mechanical Design Engineer focusing on customer advocacy. He is involved in quality and Kaizen activities to improve customer satisfaction and reduce warranty costs. His day-to-day activities include supporting manufacturing through design, developing new products, and finding solutions for problems with current products. Additionally, he validates supplier designs, manages technical data requests, and calculates performance envelopes for compatibility with aftermarket attachments. He also supports cost-saving initiatives and mentors engineering interns and job shadow students.