Mechanical Designer - The Computer Merchant, Ltd

Mechanical Designer

The mechanical designer supports engineers in the design and documentation of the company's industrial machinery and skid-mounted equipment portfolio. Experience working in one or more highly regulated industries will be strongly considered with transferable experience. Key requirements of this role follow.

• Design/update/re-design components for manufacturability, part count reduction, material savings, or performance.
• Determine raw material sizes/shapes/qty for manufactured components.
• Develop bills of materials
• Develop required project documentation including but not limited to:
  • Purchasing sketches, fabrication and machining drawings
  • Customer drawings
  • General arrangement and assembly drawings
  • schematics
  • Installation, operation, and maintenance manuals
• Develop conceptual designs for prototypes, fixtures, tooling and new products
• Model machinery or structural assemblies for engineering studies
• Assumes additional related responsibilities as assigned.

• 5+ years of related design experience without a degree or certificate. SolidWorks user certification strongly encouraged.
• 2+ years of related experience with Associates degree or technical certification, including engineering technology. SolidWorks user certification strongly encouraged.
• 1+ years of related experience with bachelor's degree in mechanical or structural engineering from an ABET accredited college or university.

• Proficiency reading, interpreting, and generating engineering drawings
• Strong written, verbal, and graphical communication skills
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills
• Must be willing/eager to learn & contribute to hands-on assignments
• Must be detail oriented
• Must be capable of working in a multi-discipline, fast-paced team environment

• Proficiency with GD&T principles and drafting standards
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed tolerance analysis on multi-piece assemblies, interpret the results, and resolve component conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize component or assembly designs for manufacturing, part count reduction, material savings, and manufacturability.
• Must be familiar with engineering processes, i.e. change procedures, quality control, and approval processes, document control, and file management of CAD data.
• Familiarity with various manufacturing processes including but not limited to machining, i.e. milling & turning, welding, fabricating, bending/forming, and rigging.
• Fluent with SolidWorks, including assembly modeling, in-context relationships, configurations, bottom up and top-down techniques.
• Experience working with SolidWorks PDM (Enterprise/Professional desired) in a multi-user environment or similar PLM/PDM system.
• Must have demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office products including but not limited to Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

• Proficiency with AutoCAD or similar 2D CAD packages
• Proficiency with SolidWorks add-ons including weldments, routing, simulation tools, and composer.
• Proficiency with engineering and manufacturing related modules of ERP systems including Part, Bill of Material, and Method of Manufacture creation and maintenance.