We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer for our growing Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) team in Kent, Washington. In this role you'll collaborate with diverse cross-functional teams to develop and sustain cutting edge hardware, manufacturing systems and automated test/calibration equipment designs. If you're hands-on and passionate about applying your expertise in electromechanical design to technology, collaboration, and continuous improvement, then DCI could be a perfect fit for you! **Who you are** - Self-driven, results oriented engineer who strives to create clean, well designed solutions without taking short-cuts - You prefer a role where you get to do a lot of different things collaborating with a team to create novel solutions for challenging problems - You are looking for an opportunity to take the initiative, shape the direction, and see all tasks through from start to finish - You are an analytical thinker with excellent judgment and strong problem-solving skills **What you'll do:** **Sustaining Engineering** - Perform redesign and requalification of commercial products for performance, cost, and reliability improvement - Investigate and propose solutions to address customer feedback, field failure incidents, service repair trends, and production issues **New product introduction** - Represent manufacturing needs in product development to bring the next-generation industry-leading equipment to market - Develop and maintain new quality control test processes and systems, including electromechanical designs for automated fixtures and equipment. **Manufacturing & test process engineering** - Develop and implement solutions to increase the efficiency and yield of assembly and testing methods, systems, automated equipment, and processes - Provide technical support and guidance to internal teams and supplier partners, participate in audits, and evaluate first-article materials and parts **Responsibilities:** - Conceptualize, design, simulate and test electromechanical manufacturing systems - Design parts and assemblies with DCI manufacturing and product teams from requirements through production and post-production support; propose concepts, detail design, system bring up and debug - Support manufacturing design, production test system, and automation related projects - Work with operations partners, electrical engineers, and test engineers to create and maintain production test systems and automation - Collaborate with R&D engineers to prepare product and equipment concepts for production - Manage in-house and out-of-house prototype build processes - Establish partnerships and relationships with suppliers and vendors - Translate between engineering and business requirements **Requirements** - Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering - 3 - 5+ years' experience in electronic product design or manufacturing, with excellent understanding of assembly processes. - Strong experience with mechanical component and system design for electromechanical equipment - Hands on skills with building, modifying and troubleshooting equipment - Creative problem solving, with experience in failure analysis, root cause investigation, and issue resolution - High level of analytical ability, accuracy, and attention to detail - Strong teamwork and communication skills (written and verbal) - Proficiency in solid modeling, assemblies and drawing creation - Proficiency in dimensioning and tolerancing **Nice to Have:** - Experience evaluating and debugging product field failures and manufacturing equipment - Knowledge of FCC and/or other certification processes - Shop experience with Mill and Lathe - Experience with SolidWorks simulation (stress and thermal FEA) and Solidworks ePDM **Benefits** - Unparalleled health benefits (PPO plan with no deductibles, no co-pays, DCI covers 99% of costs) - Quarterly bonuses: we all share in the success of the company - Professional development - 401k match (3% match from DCI regardless of participation, 5% maximum match, 100% vested immediately) - 22 days PTO - Parental leave - Company covers 100% of payroll taxes for state family medical leave - 11 annual paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday - Winter break (we are closed the last week of each year) - See more benefits information here. **Compensation:** - DCI is proud to offer comprehensive compensation packages including competitive base pay and discretionary quarterly profit sharing bonuses to all part-time and full-time team members. Base pay is reviewed at a minimum on an annual basis. - Pay range: **$110,600 - $129,600** per year. To ensure equity, our compensation philosophy is to bring people into new roles in the range of the mid-point of that role. Factors considered for pay include the level of skill, experience, training, external market factors, and internal value. - Profit sharing bonus: Over the last 3 years, quarterly bonuses ranged between 11% and 17%. Future bonuses could be higher or lower depending on company profits.