What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Design Engineer position at The Wittern Group?
The Design Engineer, Mechanical is a design position responsible for system design and electro/ mechanism design. This position can function as a technical resource for other team members. Further responsibility incudes evaluating the functionality/performance of own design.
Essential Function of the design engineer, mechanical, include:
- Capable of working independently with minimal supervision from initial task assignments/objectives to completion of the project.
- Devises new approaches to design issues to obtain optimum solutions.
- Applies relevant standard Engineering techniques, calculations, procedures, and criteria; commensurate with the area of specialty.
- Understanding of product certification requirements (UL, CE, etc.) to enable design conformance.
- Thorough understanding of reliability, concepts of life predictions, mean time between failure calculations, and design for experiments.
- Participates in the creation of internal processes and procedures designed to ensure success in achieving goals and objectives.
- Maintains follow-up documentation to report the performance of product engineering and improve product designs.
- Participates in R&D exercises.
- Participates in competitive analysis.
- Proficient at performing all functions of Engineer, Mechanical role.
- Maintains focus on continuous improvement through researching and sourcing innovative, cost-efficient business solutions and making recommendations to upper management.
- Adhere to all Company policies, safeguard the company's interests and act in an ethical and legal manner as well as report all violations of Company policies and procedures to appropriate management.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, required.
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years total experience in progressively responsible positions in the field of specialty.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a design-engineering environment dealing with electro-mechanical development projects.
- Proficient designing molded parts, sheet metal parts, and assemblies.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience with solid modeling CAD development tools.
- Experience with Solid Works, preferred.
- Knowledge of various types of manufacturing equipment and the limitations.
- Must be able to design for reliability in harsh environments and for agency (UL, CE, FCC) approvals.
- Experience working with other engineers and designers to define constraints and requirements.
- Experience in LEAN environment, a plus.
- Proven analytical skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
- Solid organizational abilities, attention to detail.
- Proficient in the knowledge and use of MS Office (Word, Excel).
Machines, Tools, Equipment and Work Aids that may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position:
Computer, Microsoft Office Suite, Calculator, Telephone, Fax, Scanners, printers, CAD
