Join the team that is a leader in engineering, designing and manufacturing of leading-edge military expeditionary products and rugged industrial/commercial products since 1937.
What We Offer:
- Health benefits, including telehealth medical services, Dental & Vision
- Life, AD&D & Disability (paid for by the company)
- 401K with a company match
Essential Duties:
Supports the department by creating a variety of complex mechanical/electrical/electronic designs for new parts, subassemblies, assemblies, or systems configurations using CAD, compiling bills of materials and assisting in the assembly of prototypes. Leads continuous improvement initiatives. Mentor's colleagues.
- Draws multiple views; depicting relationship of component and parts; identifying dimensions,
- angles, curvatures, tolerances, and materials
- Prepares bills of material (BOMs) and specifications
- Creates required documentation and processes engineering changes
- Implements design to cost
- Implements design for manufacturability
- Implements design for maintainability
- Implements design for weight
- Ensures quality of drawings and functionality of equipment by assisting in the building/acquiring of prototypes
- Makes various calculations, such as strength of materials, weights, simple forces, and stresses, frequently using charts and tables
- Analyzes the effect of proposed changes for proper fit and/or interference problems
- Recommends possible solutions or alternate construction
- Modifies drawings and models as required
- Confers with engineers to resolve issues
- Provides assistance to lesser experienced drafters by communicating work priorities, providing technical assistance and verifying accuracy of work
- Maintains CAD equipment by following manufacturer's instruction and procedures; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs, as required
- Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing related results in a cooperative and supportive manner
- Completes drafting as required
- Supports, communicates, reinforces and defends the mission, values and culture of the organization
- Adheres to all quality and safety standards
- Supports other projects and performs duties as assigned
Education/Experience/Other Skills & Abilities:
- Five (5) plus years of strong performance as a designer
- Associates degree in related field or equivalent experience required; Bachelor's degree preferred
- Able to work independently
- Experience with three or more CAD programs
- Competent technical expertise
- Comfortable with the shop/laboratory and equipment
- Possesses quality orientation and high attention to detail
- Possesses strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with customers, vendors, employees and managers at all levels within the company
- Possesses strong computer skills with demonstrated proficiency in standard business software packages (e.g., Microsoft Office)
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.
This position requires access to or use of export-controlled technical data or technology controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Accordingly, applicants must be U.S. Persons or must be eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. A U.S. Person is defined as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, or a person who is a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(b)(a)(3).
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)