What is a Mechanical Design Engineer?
A Mechanical Design Engineer is a critical person on the research and development team . This professional primarily focuses on creating computer-aided design drawings for manufacturing using software tools such as Creo or SolidWorks. The Mechanical Design Engineer creates conceptual designs and blueprints of various products that are used to assemble and create a final product.
What does a Mechanical Design Engineer typically do?
- Conceptually designs and engineers new manufactured products
- Utilized 3D CAD to develop working drawings for assembly employees
- Selects materials, analyzes test results and calculates GD&T parameters
- Meets regularly with leadership and peers to execute on department and company product goals
Career Track for an Mechanical Design Engineer
A Mechanical Design Engineer will bring a Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university and ideally internship experience upon graduation. The first several years are spend working under senior engineers and managers becoming fluent in design software, learning practical R&D and manufacturing processes and growing their design confidence. After several years of increasing responsibility, the Engineer will move into a Senior Engineer role and may continue to focus on design, a generalist engineer, or move into manufacturing engineering roles. From here, the Design Engineer may elevate to a supervisory, manager and director roles. Professionals in the field are encouraged to obtain an MBA and a Professional Engineer license for the best career and career earnings potential.
Mechanical Design Engineers will have the ability to decide whether to pursue a technical expert career path, become an engineering generalist or move into leadership roles. Those seeking leadership roles are encouraged to pursue an MBA, or continues leadership training and coach.
What Makes a Mechanical Design Engineer Successful?
- Strong math, calculus, physics and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing abilities
- Great attention to detail and ability to work in computer software programs for long periods of time
- Conceptual design skills and the ability to translate computerized information into real-world applications
- Good communication abilities to present design ideas, clarify design intent, and collaborate with many peers and leaders
Mechanical Design Engineer Compensation
Mechanical Design Engineer Job Description
Are you an engineer who loves developing new products and systems for mobile vehicles and automated machines?
Are you highly regarded as a Subject Matter Expert in electro-mechanical systems integration?
Konik is partnered with a lighting solutions company looking to add a Mechanical Design Engineer to their collaborative team
As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you’ll be trusted to:
- Perform detailed design analysis of concepts to ensure the design meets requirements before tooling
- Collaborate with optics engineers, electrical engineers, and other mechanical engineers to develop total products, assemblies, and components
- Perform physical testing on products throughout the development cycle as required by the customer
- Ensure components and assemblies adhere to applicable guidelines and regulations
- Communicate and work in a large manufacturing environment and work closely between the customer and international manufacturer
More about our client:
This company is at the forefront of engineering innovation, creating some of the world’s most advanced autonomous, intuitive and fun vehicles. You’ll enjoy a fast-paced employee-centric environment where your engineer expertise is valued!
- Experienced in using SolidWorks or 3D CAD software
- 3+ years of experience in designing products for injection molding, die casting, and LED integration
- Experience in documentation, including drawings, bills of materials, specifications, and test reports
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering