Lead Mechanical Engineer
We are looking for a Lead Mechanical Engineer that will have the ability to lead and drive the engineering team and grow future engineers. Responsibilities include:
- Leading mechanical design elements of new product development as a member of a multi-disciplined design team to successfully execute all phases of the product design process.
- Supporting the definition of products and requirements to support customer needs.
- Developing detailed design specifications and test plans.
- Developing creative conceptual designs to meet system requirements and support the product strategy.
- Implementing design ideas into product designs using the latest materials, processes and manufacturing techniques to satisfy product requirements including cost and schedule requirements.
- Designing and analyzing small, lightweight, ruggedized mechanical design packaging and interconnects to meet key technical requirements using the latest in CAD/CAE tools.
- Fabricating rapid prototypes, conducting verification testing, and supporting the transition of the design to full production, including supplier and manufacturing start-up.
- Supporting R&D efforts and continuous process improvements.
- Completing assigned tasks in a quality and timely manner with minimal supervision.
- Effectively supporting and communicating status, issues, needs and ideas to management.
Qualifications include:
- U.S. Citizenship required. Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- BSME or equivalent, MSME preferred.
- 8+ years of mechanical engineering experience.
- Ability to lead mechanical design elements of new product development as a member of a multi-disciplined design team from initial product conceptualization to production release and production transition with minimal supervision.
- Ability to analyze a design to meet technical requirements.
- Ability to effectively solve problems (define problems, collect data/facts, and draw conclusions), and implement solutions.
- Ability to think "out-of-the-box" and develop innovative design concepts.
- Knowledge and experience designing various production manufacturing processes, including machining, casting, injection molding, flexible and rigid PCBs, and cabling/interconnects.
- Experience designing products for low, medium, and high-volume manufacturing, and for low cost.
- Proficiency in the use of CAD/CAE tools, ideally, Creo/ProEngineer or Solidworks.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including MSExcel, MSWord, Visio and MSProject.