Mechanical Engineer - John Galt Staffing : Job Details

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Essential Job Functions:

• Accountable for product design documentation, archives, and accuracy of bills of materials
• Develop material cost estimates.
• Communicate with upper management on project status and key issues.
• Interpret technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated files
• Review and ensure that a consistent quality level is sustained by engineering team
• Ensure compliance to all engineering ISO requirements as determined by the certification officer
• Assist in technical efforts for product design while maximizing team capabilities and capacity
• Establish and approve product design specifications and deliverables as agreed to with senior leadership
• Develop material cost estimates and partner to achieve cost goals
• Achieve design for manufacturability (DFM), quality, and testing targets
• Meet or exceed all customer design and performance criteria
• Take ownership to align design and performance specification with customer requirements
• Assist in efforts to resolve technical issues, disputes, and change requests with the customer in a timely manner
• Be able to think out of the box to develop effective solutions to complex engineering problems
• Participate in cross functional continuous improvement activities focused on quality, manufacturability, cost reduction, lead time reduction, and product aesthetics

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years of engineering / design experience
• Technical expertise in design of electro-mechanical assemblies for mid to high volume production and production tooling/automation
• Prior career experience in the design and manufacture of electro-mechanical devices including brushless DC motors and motor controllers
• CAD (SOLIDWORKS), GD&T, Mechanical Simulation software
• Strong leadership skills with extensive experience leading small engineering teams
• Ability to mentor and motivate the engineering team to achieve excellence
• Excellent organization skills
• Project management expertise including use of MS Project or equivalent
• Strong communication skills
• Experience with DFM techniques and review
• Comfortable being the primary technical contact with customers
• Utilization of Microsoft Office Suite products