Mechanical Design Engineer - Aurora, United States - Advantage Technical

Description

Advantage Technical is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer - Direct Hire for top telecommunications manufacturer in Aurora, IL.

Exciting startup company seeking a client-driven, creative, and enthusiastic Mechanical Engineer to join our clients growing team. We are seeking dynamic collaborators who can work within a team or as an individual contributor, and who would enjoy having a hand in new product design. The role comes with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will demonstrate creative skills in a dynamic environment. Focused on designing and delivering the next level of our technical customer service experience.

Responsibilities:

• Work with sales, operations, and marketing teams to develop new products.
• Participate in preparation of product definitions and specifications.
• Lead the mechanical product design process, including CAD design, detailed product drawings, Bill-Of-Materials creation, material and finish specifications, vendor selection, assembly instructions, FEA, cost analysis, etc.
• Present technical root cause analysis or failure investigations
• Design products using different manufacturing methods based on the design requirements, including sheet metal, injection molded plastics, extrusions, castings, etc.
• Create CAD models and dimensional drawings from rough sketches, models, written or verbal direction, and/or marked up engineering drawings using SolidWorks.
• Conduct cost analysis and contribute to cost reduction efforts on existing products.
• Build prototypes to test functionality and fit.
• Work with outside vendors to quote and source components.
• Collaborate with other functional teams to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Utilize 3D CAD software (SolidWorks or similar) to create views, angles, and exploded views for step-by-step procedure for use in technical manuals/ documents.

Other skills that would be beneficial to the organization may include:

• Preparing artwork (using Adobe Illustrator) for use in technical manuals, reports, product brochures, and spec sheets.
• Creating layout/ format of technical documents, reports, product brochures, and spec sheets using Adobe InDesign.
• Producing life-like product renderings of growing product line using rendering software (Keyshot).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in a technical support or customer-facing role is a requirement.
• Creative problem solving; if you don't know the answer, then you need to know how to find a way to it.
• Skilled in developing effective presentations that communicate ideas with strong data and visuals.