Job Title: Mechanical Drafter (SolidWorks)
Location: Rockford, IL
Permanent/Direct Hire

MUST be a US Citizen
We are a small, flexible, and fast paced company whose mission is to provide quality actuation, rotating components and related products and service, delivered to the aerospace and defense markets on-time, and at a reasonable price.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Mechanical Drafter is a challenging and critical position. This is highly energetic requiring significant multi-tasking and exceptional communication skills across many aspects of the business. This position will be part of our engineering and design team for a variety of aerospace electromechanical motion control products. Specific responsibilities below are functions and experience that will be required in the Electromechanical Drafter role.

• Modeling and detailing in the design of products such:
  • Housings
  • Gears
  • Gear-sets
  • Gear boxes (Planetary, Spur, Differential, Bevel, Helical, etc.)
  • Power Transmission Screws (Ball screws, Acme screws, Planetary roller screws, etc.)
  • Various bearing configurations, fit/clearance, material selection, drawing checking, product weight optimization, etc.
• Knowledge of motors, sensors, and open/closed loop control system applications

• Experience in dimensioning and tolerancing
• Knowledge of ASME Y14.5 drafting standards
• Take concepts and layouts from lead engineer; clean them up to proper modeling process
• Actively draft and detail products through various stages of the product life cycle (proposal, design, development, verification, and product support)
• Solve problems but also recognize when a problem exists
• Create general principles to solve recognized problems in a simple, effective, and explainable manner
• Ensure that components meet form fit, function requirements, program costs, and schedule
• Interact regularly and collaboratively with the production, operations, and management teams
• Work with external suppliers to answer questions and improve the design for manufacturability
• Own the designs and drawings
• Learn from peers, take charge when required, and offer opinions when necessary

SPECIFIC DUTIES

• Create detailed assemblies, and detailed manufacturing drawings for new applications using SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM
• Create and execute product design details, which includes detailing, drawing, detailed piece part drawings with tolerance, complete Bills of Material on drawings in ERP
• Work cooperatively to provide Engineering technical support to manufacturing, suppliers, or customers
• Ensure products are designed for manufacturability (DFMA)
• Adhere to departmental procedures and standards to achieve highest quality of throughput
• Participate on special assignments as assigned
• Ability to be hands on and willing to work in the shop environment to build prototypes & support production issues
• Ability to participate in proposals and blank sheet design

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A.A.S. in Mechanical Design Technology and Drafting or Equivalent Degree Work Experience
• Specific applicable experience of 3-5 years in an applicable work environment
• Demonstrate drafting skills over a variety of mechanical components and assemblies
• Ability to select detailing fits for a variety of mechanical components such as bearings, dowel pins, retention devices, fasteners, etc.
• Aerospace experience is a plus
• Experience in the following software
  • SolidWorks , SolidWorks PDM
  • SolidWorks Simulation is a plus
  • Microsoft Products, including knowledge of Excel
• Exceptional analytical and mathematical background
• Ability to communicate information and ideas both written and orally so others will understand
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes & methods
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) (ANSI Y14.5M)
• U.S. Citizen, no dual citizenship allowed

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of space environments is a plus
• Knowledge of setting up SolidWorks Enterprise PDM workflows is a plus
• Knowledge of MRP/ERP Programs is a plus
• Knowledge of PRO/E and AUTOCAD Inventor
• Knowledge of Land and Sea based systems is a plus
• Knowledge of design for harsh environments is a plus
• Experience with SolidWorks Simulation is a plus
• Knowledge of certification/qualification testing per DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810 is a plus
• Knowledge of MRP/ERP programs is a plus