The Industrial Machine Mechanical Engineer is part of a team of mechanical engineers designing automotive machine mechanical systems. These designs will be a mixture of standards, past projects, and new. This person works with internal teams (controls engineers, mechanical engineers, project managers, commissioning) external suppliers, and customers. We have a broad customer base including traditional automotive (GM, Chrysler, Ford) and others

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Minimum Requirements

The following requirements are essential for this position:

 

• Experienced in designing mechanical systems for industrial machines from scratch 

• Competent in Unigraphics and AutoCAD design

• Able to work well in a team-oriented environment

• Must have good time management skills and be able to meet deadlines

• Experience in understanding and following customer specifications

• Experience in being part a team of mechanical engineers

• Good communications skills (written and verbal)

• Ability to follow standards

• Ability to combine standards, past project designs, and new designs

• Ability to check mechanical designs from other engineers for errors or inconsistencies 

• Ability to read, understand, and interpret mechanical drawings

• Ability to design standard mechanical templates to be used by other mechanical engineers

• Ability to estimate tasks and the duration of tasks required to complete a project

• Ability to manage design change requests and open issues

• Ability to write technical documents and reports. 

 

Education & Experience

 

• Overall Experience — a minimum of five years’ experience related to Industrial Machine Mechanical design

• Job Training — employees in this position usually require training involving on-the-job experience, informal training with experienced workers, and formal training with qualified experts.

• Education — a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minimum of five years related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

Travel

Travel may be required for visiting customer sites, external suppliers etc.  Possession of a valid U.S. passport may be required. Travel can be expected to assist in installing equipment and commissioning in the customer’s facility. The length of stay will vary depending on machine type and complexity, but a total of 10% is possible.