Role and Responsibilities Key Tech is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our project teams.
- Be a member of interdisciplinary engineering and product development teams composed of industrial designers, technicians, electrical engineers, computer engineers, and other mechanical engineers, to de-risk technologies, design medical devices, and evaluate their performance
- Participate actively in mechanical engineering, including mechanical design of devices and test fixtures, instrument and fixture testing/troubleshooting, technical review, and preparation and delivery of client presentations
- Provide level of effort estimates for mechanical engineering tasks to support Project Managers in developing schedules and budgets
- Participate in continual development/improvement of internal mechanical engineering processes
- Participate in prospective client meetings and proposal content generation
- Travel to client sites across the US (an average a few times per year)
- On-site work at Key Tech's office in Baltimore at least 3 days per week, with flexibility to work from home up to 2 days per week (project depending)
Required Experience/Qualifications An experienced Mechanical Engineer applicant must have the following experience:
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
- 3-5 years of experience in mechanical design
- Experience in detailed mechanical design of plastic and metal parts, as well as overall complex mechanism design
- Experience with mechanical drawing creation and tolerance stack-ups
- Strong verbal and written technical communication
- Technical experience includes 3D modeling, theoretical analysis and calculations, and system testing and debugging
- Experience with assembly prototyping, building, and prototype part sourcing
- Proven track record of effectively managing and communicating task status and schedule
- Experience working on an interdisciplinary engineering/design team
- Experience interfacing with and presenting technical topics to stakeholders, clients, or management
Preferred Experience Experience in the following areas is beneficial for this role:
- Majority of years of experience are in product development
- Technical design experience with thermal, fluidic, optical, static, and dynamic systems
- Complex system design incorporating electrical and electromechanical components, including motors, linear actuators, sensors, pumps, and valves
- Experience with numerical simulation of complex systems (e.g. Python/MATLAB/Octave/etc.) as well as finite element analysis (e.g. SolidWorks Simulation, Ansys, etc.)
- Experience with design for manufacturing and assembly, including transitioning designs to production
- Experience writing design history file documentation, including technical design descriptions, bill of materials, etc.
- Experience in medical device development and designing for compliance with medical device and diagnostic device safety regulations (e.g., IEC 60601/61010)
- Experience with product verification and/or validation, including planning, writing, and executing verification test protocols
- Desire to participate in training/mentoring other engineers
- Experience supporting the development of engineering work proposals, including developing scopes of work and estimating project cost
Salary information: $95,000-$125,000
