Mechanical Engineer

Royal Basket Trucks is currently seeing a highly motivated full time Mechanical Engineer to join our team!!!

About Us

Royal Basket Trucks® located in Darien, WI is a leading manufacturer of material handling equipment serving a wide range of markets including hospitality, healthcare, commercial laundry, recycling, athletics, and many others. Royal® offers tremendous opportunity through growth and recent company expansion. Through the continual practice of our Core Values; Integrity, Respect, Quality, Hard Work, and Embracing Change, Royal® is committed to providing an environment that cultivates our employees’ personal and professional growth, and through teamwork, rewards everyone who contributes to our continued success.

Mechanical Engineer

Description Summary: We are seeking a highly motivated, creative, and experienced problem solver to take the lead on engineering new products, as well as leading the continuous improvement of our existing product lines. You will use your technical expertise and experience to design, develop, prototype, and test new ideas in both R&D and the real world. This individual should have a familiarity with a wide range of materials and processing used in the manufacturing of material handling equipment which may include but are not limited to steel wire and sheet metal fabrication, roto-molding and thermoforming, textiles, and simple assembly. Under the direction of the Engineering Manager, the Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for creating solid models and detail drawings designs of sub-components and complete assemblies in SolidWorks 2020 from data and specifications submitted by our customers and our Sales staff. A plastics background is a plus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Translate customer needs into functional product designs while working with cross-functional teams

· Improve existing product or component designs to leverage cost reduction or improve product performance

· Develop multiple solutions and working prototypes to be used in functional evaluation.

· Produces and modifies 3D models and detailed manufacturing drawings in SolidWorks

• Maintains Solidworks PDM system
• Provides Engineering support to the manufacturing floor
• Processes ECNs, with marked up drawings and bills of Material as needed

· Create and manage project timelines and updates for project teams and Management

• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Skills Requirements

· Advanced mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of metal fabrication, basic knowledge of plastics and plastic processing, knowledge in textile processing a plus.

· Advanced knowledge / experience in SolidWorks

• Knowledge in plastics a plus

· Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office applications

· Ability to suggest new processes or materials that will improve Royal’s products

· Ability to interface with customers or end users to better understand customer needs

· Strong desire and ability to push Royal’s creative design process to a higher level

· Intermediate to advanced math skills

· Requires outstanding follow-up, project management, and interpersonal skills

Education

Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Design or related field, or equivalent education and experience.

This is not a Master’s or PHD level position.

Experience Requirements

5 years work experience in related field

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, Paid Vacation, Birthday, Holidays and 401k

Royal Basket Trucks is an equal opportunity employer.

***All applicants must take a short survey prior to hire***