Sr. Mechanical Engineering

Position Title: Sr. Mechanical Engineer, NCC Automated Solutions 

Location: Souderton, Pennsylvania 

Reports to: Director of Engineering, NCC Automated Solutions 

We are looking for people who share our values.

People who love to innovate.

People who thrive on challenge.

People who love to create and own.

Sound like you?

Take your place among the best in the business and grow your career with NCC, and ATS Company. Join an environment where a passion for innovation combines with an uncompromised commitment to quality.

About ATS NCC: 

NCC Automated Systems is a Full-Service Automation Systems Integrator with over 30 years of experience. Since 1986, NCC has successfully helped food processing, consumer packaged goods and OEM machine builders streamline and optimize their production with its system knowledge and industry experience with sanitary conveying equipment. NCC proudly manufactures in the U.S., in addition to integrating some of the world’s best automation equipment solutions, we also offer in house mechanical and electrical design and manufacturing.   

NCC merged with ATS Automation in September 2021. ATS is an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world’s most successful companies. Founded in 1978, ATS employs over 6,000 people at 50 manufacturing facilities and over 75 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Our unique track record of innovation and passion for excellence sets us apart as the world’s leader in automation.  This comes from years of experience in helping many of the world’s most successful manufacturers with their new product launches, capacity expansions, and productivity improvement initiatives.  

MAJOR DUTIES: 

NCC is a leader in providing flexible engineered conveyor and automation systems for food processing and packaging environments.  Our strength is providing turnkey, customized solutions, from a variety of equipment providers, including our own design and manufacturing team. 

As we provide both standard and custom solutions for our customers, it is important that the Mechanical Engineering department consists of great talent, culture, and technological innovation to ensure quality products are being released to the manufacturing department.

Our projects have tight schedules and budgets and require close coordination between multiple departments. The Senior Mechanical Engineer will need to be creative, detail oriented and a strong communicator to ensure we deliver on time and to customer expectations. The Senior Mechanical Engineer will work regularly with Project Management, Engineering, Fabrication, and Assembly.

It is very important to realize that in a Project driven company, we run into unexpected technical challenges, changes in scope / schedule, and can require extreme flexibility, teamwork, and creativity to help solve challenges.   

• Participates in all Mechanical Engineering team meeting structures to properly support and improve the department.


• Collaborates with Mechanical Engineering Manager and other Senior Mechanical Engineers as required.


• System Engineering development such as supporting approval drawing processes, equipment interfaces, etc.


• Mentor Mechanical Engineers (I and II) to develop and foster consistent designs and good manufacturing practices.


• Coach, review, and delegate work within large projects


• Research, plan, develop and design fabricated and purchased components to be used in equipment such as motors, gearboxes, bearings, structural materials, etc.


• Create necessary production drawings such as detail, assembly, weldment, installation, and modification drawings.


• Work within the ERP system to release Engineering Information to Manufacturing.


• Support the Fabrication and Assembly departments in troubleshooting.


• Travel to jobsites when required to gather any necessary information to execute project requirements.


• Provide support for customers via phone, email, or web as required to troubleshoot designs and equipment.


• Support the Innovation Center Team.

• Project budgets are maintained or beaten.


• Project schedules are maintained or beaten.


• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight from manager.


• Mentorship of Mechanical Engineers (I and II)


• High quality designs and drawings are released to manufacturing and assembly.


• Ability to support continuous improvement initiatives while concurrently working on projects.


• A positive team-based culture exists in the department overall.