Job Description

Position Summary

Applies engineering principles to research, design, and develop new products and systems that meet customer standards and design requirements. Translates broad concepts into reliable, cost-effective, and manufacturable products. Utilizes CAD systems to design and draft functional mechanisms, assemblies, tools, and components, including locks, latches, slides, hinges, valves, actuators, springs, cable/tubing harnesses, pumps, etc.

Essential Functions

• Create high-quality engineering models, sales models, assemblies, and detailed drawings based on ideas, sketches, marked-up drawings, or layouts.
• Conduct tolerance analysis of complex mechanisms, applying knowledge of true position and conventional tolerancing.
• Perform necessary calculations using trigonometry and algebra.
• Redesign existing hardware to improve performance, which may include designing testing tools and fixtures, and assisting in validation of the redesign.
• Develop Bills of Materials (BOMs) and assembly hierarchies.
• Understand and work within a PDM/PLM drawing release process.
• Modify design features of existing products and conceptualize components/assemblies for new development under supervision.
• Select appropriate materials based on product requirements.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong mathematical aptitude, including knowledge of basic algebra and trigonometry.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions.
• Effective team player with a collaborative mindset and experience in concurrent engineering.
• Proficient in SolidWorks; FEA experience is a plus.

Education and Experience

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering; Associate degree acceptable with relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of mechanical design, dimensioning, tolerancing, and GD&T.
• Minimum of 3 years of design experience.
• In-depth knowledge of mechanical components and mechanisms such as gears, bearings, actuators, controls, springs, etc.

Work Environment

• Physical Demands: Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach, climb stairs, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, or hear.
• Lifting Requirements: Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 lbs.
• Work Conditions: Exposure to typical office conditions as well as factory floor environment. The workspace is air-conditioned and heated; noise level is moderate.

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