Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer Job Description

 A Senior Mechanical Engineer is a skilled engineering professional who contributes to our engineering design projects. This person will often participate in the ISC Stage-Gate Product Development Process as a Mechanical Engineer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the detailed mechanical design throughout the Product Development life-cycle. This position may occasionally be involved in Enhancement & Sustaining projects for ISC legacy products. This position is expected to work closely with various cross-functional groups to fully assure a properly designed product from concept to production. 

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Designing mechanical components and assemblies such as enclosures and pneumatics, electrical hardware packaging and accessories to meet product goals including certifications

Optimize designs utilizing materials and manufacturing process knowledge

Define and execute system level specifications and requirements

Establishing strategic direction of mechanical designs

Developing technical design documentation, including analyses

Troubleshooting of new and legacy designs

Follow, enforce and mature the corporate engineering processes

Lead design reviews, prototyping and testing activities

Champion design for manufacturability, reliability and serviceability

Designing legacy product upgrades

Training in the technical use and servicing of new designs

Collaborative participation in cross-functional product development teams

Act as central liaison with quality assurance during product testing

Required Qualifications:

Minimum BSME from an accredited engineering college or university

Minimum 4+ year's experience in product development, mechanical engineering or hardware design

Ability to produce high quality parametric models and detailed drawings using linear dimensioning and GD&T

Demonstrated experience with injection-molded plastic design and broad understanding of molding material properties

Demonstrated experience with CAD Solid modeling

Experience in project management

Self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team while also meeting individual responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in electronics packaging design and manufacturing

Understanding of injection molding tooling and processes, including multi-shot and insert molding

Demonstrated experience with Creo or ProE CAD software

Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) – ideally using ANSYS Mechanical and/or Autodesk Moldflow

Experience with Windchill PLM, JIRA and JAMA (requirements management tool)

Experience using statistical analysis models

Demonstrated understanding of safety-critical system design in a regulated industry.

Experience in regulated industries (e.g. medical devices, aerospace, automotive).

Soft Skills:

Able to work effectively in a formal product development team environment

Able to exercise independent, sound judgment and decision making

Able to commit to and work under deadlines

Ability to use analytical thinking. 

Demonstrated understanding of Stage-Gate development process

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Manage third party on and off-shore development teams when needed