Chris Bahrns

Chris Bahrns is a skilled Product Development Engineer at Irwin Seating Company since July 2015, focusing on the research and development of telescopic arena seating and ensuring manufacturing feasibility through design refinement and cost analysis. Prior to this role, Chris served as a Mechanical Engineer at B&L Machine and Design from May 2013 to July 2015, where responsibilities included creating AutoCAD drawings for custom proposals, designing layouts for printing presses, and modeling complex systems using Solidworks. An early career internship at Hitachi Metals Automotive Components provided valuable experience in assisting manufacturing engineers with plant layout updates and CNC machine code analysis. Chris holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and an Associate's degree in Applied Science from Lake Land College.