Demo

SolidWorks Designer-Lead

Tri-Mation Industries
Mattawan, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/29/2025

Tri-Mation has a great opportunity for an experienced Lead SolidWorks Designer, with 4-8 years leading projects and teams, in machine building in the automation industry to join our team. You need to have a collaborative mindset and want to positively work as a team; you know how to work independently but also have self-awareness to ask for help when needed; you need to be hungry to learn and be proactive. This is a lead design role which will coordinate the work of the Design team on larger projects with multi designers and work on designs.

The ideal candidate must have : 1) SolidWorks experience in the automated industry; 2) Experience and working knowledge of SolidWorks, GD&T, MS Office, and other project tracking modules; 3) 4-8 years experience leading design teams with strong skills in prioritizing time and resources, communication, handling projects, troubleshooting;4) Ability to plan, develop, schedule, and coordinate in-depth and up-to-date technical knowledge;

Duties and Responsibilities include 1) D evelopment and implementation, prioritization of work and execution of projects delivered on-time, within the scope and on budget; 2) Conceptualize and design specialty machines; 3) Customer contact from kick-off to design approval; 4) Oversee program needs, customer expectations and project add-ons from beginning to end; 5) Track timeline and budgets; monitor progress; 6) Develop BOM from the design; 7) Research and select sensors, and other purchased components; 8) Design with part variation and tolerancing in mind; 9) Design for manufacturability using machining techniques; 10) Create related engineering documentation; 11) Be an active team player to support, accept responsibility and collaborate with the team; have effective skills in interpersonal communication, problem solving, critical thinking, empathy, and building relationships; and use independent judgment, creativity, and initiative; 12) Travel less than 5%; same day and overnight; may have occasional international travel; 13) May mentor interns and co-op students.

To be successful at Tri-Mation you need to have demonstrated skills as an active team player to support, accept responsibility and collaborate with the team; effective skills in interpersonal communication, problem solving, critical thinking, empathy, relationship building; coaching and training, persuasion and decision making; u se of independent judgment, creativity, and initiative.

Salary : $60,000 - $100,000

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a SolidWorks Designer-Lead?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the SolidWorks Designer-Lead career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$73,120 - $92,318
Income Estimation: 
$91,158 - $113,466
Income Estimation: 
$51,621 - $73,800
Income Estimation: 
$58,748 - $83,051
Income Estimation: 
$86,835 - $106,101
Income Estimation: 
$110,316 - $137,631
Income Estimation: 
$110,316 - $137,631
Income Estimation: 
$137,294 - $170,650
Income Estimation: 
$58,748 - $83,051
Income Estimation: 
$66,378 - $103,767
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other SolidWorks Designer-Lead jobs in the Mattawan, MI area that may be a better fit.

Architectural Designer

Abonmarche Consultants, INC, Kalamazoo, MI

Architectural Designer

Tower Pinkster, Kalamazoo, MI

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!