Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Young & Franklin, Inc.

$90K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
  • 5-10 years of engineering design, development, or test experience.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and familiarity with fluid mechanics, stress analysis, and heat transfer.
  • Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal skills for collaboration and communication.
  • Familiarity with GD&T, Finite Element Analysis, and VBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and report on new product development programs from conception to realization.
  • Perform fluid mechanics and materials strength calculations necessary for product development.
  • Develop and apply mathematical models of mechanical systems using advanced software tools.
  • Act as the engineer of record for assigned development projects to ensure compliance and quality.
  • Generate customer specifications and conduct detailed compliance assessments for products.
  • Develop test specifications to validate product designs and ensure performance standards.
  • Provide leadership and effective management of resources, budgets, and communication between stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Collaboration with a talented engineering team across multiple disciplines.
  • Opportunity to lead significant product development initiatives.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge hydraulic and pneumatic control solutions for aerospace applications.
  • Occasional travel opportunities to support product engineering in operational settings.
Full Job Description
Pay Range: $90,000 - $150,000

Position Summary

Actively participate at a senior design level in all development phases from prototyping in the R&D lab, to qualification testing, manufacturing, and supporting our customer in the field. Collaborate with other talented engineers and work directly with manufacturing, sales and marketing, and other colleagues to provide critical solutions in hydraulic and pneumatic controls for aerospace and industrial gas turbine applications.

Responsibilities
  • Plan, coordinate, lead and report on new product development programs.
  • Perform calculations in fluid mechanics, strength of materials, dynamics, stress and heat transfer.
  • Develop mathematical models of mechanical systems using software such as Matlab®, Ansys® and Autodesk Inventor.
  • Act as the engineer of record for development projects.
  • Review customer specifications and generate compliance assessments.
  • Develop product test specifications.
  • Provide leadership, including resource planning, budgeting and communication to management, suppliers and customers.
  • Provide technical leadership to other engineers and designers.
  • Manage multiple activities and workload consistent with schedule and target dates.
  • Act as primary contact for product engineering support to operations.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

  • This position requires either a US Person (as defined in applicable export regulations) or a non-US person who is eligible to obtain required export authorization.
  • Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering Major- Minimum.
  • A strong mechanical aptitude.
  • Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills.
  • 5 - 10 years of experience in engineering design, development or test.
  • Experience with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) a plus.
  • Experience with VBA a plus.
  • Experience with Finite Element Analysis a plus.
  • Willingness to travel on a limited basis.


Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made.
  • Sit, stand, walk and interact throughout the day in typical manufacturing and office environments.
  • Reach above the shoulder, below the waist, and lift up to 25 pounds to file documents or store materials.
  • Walk through manufacturing areas requiring personal protective equipment: safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.


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