Mechanical Engineer III

Position Summary:

Leads team collaboration with peer engineering teams, manufacturing, suppliers and customers to drive product designs across all phases of the product life cycle. The Mechanical Engineer III will assist the Mechanical Engineering Supervisor in leading the Mechanical engineering team’s development, planning and growth.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops products, including drawings, 3D models, risk assessment, planning and development documentation, in compliance with the company’s Quality Management System requirements.
• Provides leadership, technical direction and support to engineering team to promptly identify, define and resolve engineering, design and development issues to meet multiple project needs and objectives.
• Improves capabilities and skills using review processes and aiding in coaching/mentoring.
• Works with internal and external customers to ensure designs meet manufacturability, service and customer requirements.
• Initiates and directs problem solving and continuous improvement activities for both development projects and mature products.
• Communicates with suppliers to understand processes/capabilities, and requirements and troubleshooting.
• Provides mechanical engineering support to technicians and testers in the development and qualification of new products
• Demonstrates full proficiency in all duties and responsibilities of the role and acts as a subject matter expert within a given department according to the established skills competencies.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field of study, or equivalent combination of training and experience; an advanced degree (Masters, etc) preferred.
• 6 to 10 years of work experience developing new product designs in similar industry is required; medical device experience preferred.
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering concepts such as tolerance analysis, finite element analysis (FEA), and plastic injection molded part design preferred.
• Advanced competency using CAD modeling tools for solid and surface modeling. Knowledge of SolidWorks CAD preferred.
• Intermediate computer competency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) and business specific software (e.g. ERP, eQMS, CAD).

Reporting to this position: No direct reports

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing duties of the job, manual dexterity with hands, employee is regularly required to type, sit, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk and hear. Employee must have the ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.