Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

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Job Description

Utilize your mechanical engineering expertise to design and develop products, as well as implement product changes and enhancements, in alignment with design standards and workflows. Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to innovate and verify new components and designs.

Responsibilities

• Develop plans and execute structural and mechanical testing for components on new and current designs.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, production, and product development engineers to design, simulate, and verify new components and designs.
• Conduct validation tests to ensure product quality and maintain accurate documentation of concepts, designs, calculations, drawings, and processes.
• Ensure new products meet functional and non-functional specifications, including safety, performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Troubleshoot operational issues and devise both short-term and long-term remedies.
• Identify and act on opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Travel to customer sites to commission pre-production tests or troubleshoot technical issues, with travel required less than 10% of the time.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in design tools such as SolidWorks and AutoCAD.
• Strong mechanical engineering and new product development skills.
• Experience in mechanical and structural testing, validation testing, and FEA analysis.
• Ability to perform calculations and simulations, particularly with structural steel.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• R&D experience, with a focus on development.
• Ability to set up and run test benches for new products.
• Minimal FEA work, primarily sending information to the simulation team and reviewing results.

Work Environment

Join a growing department that is essential for new product development. Enjoy a flexible work schedule with options to work 4x10 hour days, 4x9 and a half day on Friday, or 5x8 hour shifts. The current team consists of a manager, one designer, and one engineer, with plans to add one to two more members.