What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer position at Estuate, Inc.?
Mechanical Engineer
Marana, AZ
Contract
POSITION SUMMARY:
Applies intensive and diversified knowledge of design principles, practices and implementation in complex systems and assignments.
General responsibilities include design concept generation, participating in design reviews, development and testing to assess performance against design specification; reliability testing, and assessment of system interactions.
Makes independent decisions.
Assist in the development of manufacturing processes and troubleshooting issues to determine root cause and possible engineering solutions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Consistently uses company concepts, policies and procedures, familiar with and follows standard practices.
- Projects are assigned with defined scope and goals.
- Direction is provided by more senior engineering staff, management or project leader.
- Participates in efforts to define new components, products or processes and identify technical challenges.
- Makes suggestions to improve work processes. - Creates potentially patentable components for systems, or processes.
- Plans and executes assigned projects; utilizes thorough technical and theoretical understanding of numerous techniques.
- Analyzes data, evaluates results, forms conclusions and provides/implements process or document improvements.
- Applies advanced engineering knowledge to projects. - Executes experiments; participates in experimental design.
- Utilizes DOE where appropriate.
- Participates in technical team activities.
- Shares knowledge and expertise with others.
- Participates in project planning, process updates and contributes to experimental design.
- Prepares and delivers presentations of project results to own or other groups.
- Monitors work to ensure quality, and continuously promote Quality First Time.
Skills Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Demonstrates potential for technical proficiency, engineering creativity, collaboration with others and independent thought.
Strong understanding of engineering principles and concepts.
Manager's Must Haves: -
- Strong mechanical problem solving skills
- Hands-on ability/experience with electro-mechanical and small-scale fluidic/pneumatic systems
- Root-Cause Analysis and troubleshooting skills and experience
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Self direction, ability to own tasks and work autonomously to complete assigned investigative tasks
- Cross-functional team experience, experience solving technical problems of a multi-disciplinary nature
- Excellent design skills, ability to develop simple solutions with minimum impact to existing design
Education
Formal Training/Education: BS degree in a directly related discipline.
- Experience: Requires a minimum of 4 years of related experience.
