This role is to provide mechanical engineering, design, and documentation support within the organization. This position requires creativity, innovation, mechanical systems design capability, product evaluation, and research. A successful candidate will be fully capable of leading multiple large-scale projects and mentoring throughout the organization.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES • Collaborate with internal and external customers to establish requirements that meet desired outputs while suggesting alternatives. • Conduct technical product and process evaluations to identify potential modes of failure, provide recommended countermeasures, alternative evaluation criteria and report results back to internal and external customers. • Communicate technical knowledge, specification, design, and business direction to an extended audience of internal and external customers. • Read, interpret, and create pneumatic schematics. • Troubleshoot pneumatic circuits. • Define, create, and input data utilizing corporate management system software that include CAD models, part documentation, bills of material, assembly documentation, cost analysis, and procedure documentation. • Perform independent research on a variety of topics, provide summarized data, and present observations. • Complete assigned tasks while implementing departmental processes. • Hands on technical support for an extended audience (technical and non-technical) of internal and external customers. • Lead and/or participate on teams to accomplish tasks, processes, and corporate directives. • Travel mainly for the purpose of projects, customer support, or trade shows. (Less than 10%) • All other duties as assigned. • Record daily activities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT • Capacity to work indoors in an office, laboratory, and/or manufacturing environment. • Ability to work in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time. • Capability to lift objects or equipment weighing up to 51 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation. • Physical aptitude to use basic hand tools in a laboratory and/or manufacturing environment. • Ability to travel and/or attend meetings domestic and internationally outside of normal business hours.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • Bachelor's degree in a mechanical or technical Engineering discipline, or the equivalent in appropriate education and experience as determined by management utilizing internal SMC career development criteria. • Fluent understanding of the product development process. • Fluent understanding to apply project management principles, methodologies, and documentation. • Fluent understanding of CAD software as applied to product development process. • Fluent understanding of CAE tools and results as applied to the product development process. • Expert understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). • Fluent understanding of tolerance as it relates to design intent. • Fluent in conducting Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and providing technical assistance in problem resolution. • Expert understanding of common assembly processes. • Fluent understanding of common material conversion processes in manufacturing. • Fluent understanding of material and component options by application. • Fluent understanding of schematics. • Fluent in conducting research using corporate resources. • Expert at efficient use of time to effectively plan and execute multiple duties. • Expert to utilize basic inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (Calipers, micrometers, flow meter, voltmeter, etc.) • Fluent to utilize advanced inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (microscopes, CMM, Contour/Roundness Measuring Instruments, etc.) • Fluent ability to communicate utilizing corporate office software. • Expert ability to take verbal and/or written direction on tasks, training, or departmental / company policies. • Expert ability to communicate, in English, with internal and external customers tactfully and professionally. • 8+ years (preferred) relevant work experience.