Mechanical Designer

Join a dynamic team in Ann Arbor focusing on the remanufacturing and light assembly of automotive components. This role involves working with remanufactured steering and related automotive parts, ensuring they meet or exceed original equipment performance standards. Contribute to extending the life of critical vehicle components through sustainable remanufacturing practices.

• Create and modify 3D part models, assemblies, and detailed drawings in SolidWorks, ensuring manufacturable designs and clean documentation.
• Design and develop fixtures and tooling used in assembly, remanufacturing, inspection, and functional testing.
• Translate customer problems or requirements into practical mechanical design solutions, capturing scope, constraints, and intended use.
• Interact with customers to provide technical support, clarify requirements, and participate in design reviews.
• Generate or support quoting inputs by building BOM content, coordinating with suppliers/manufacturers for part pricing, and supporting estimates.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, quality, and production/logistics to ensure designs support build execution and process needs.
• Participate in hands-on build support and production readiness activities, incorporating feedback from the shop floor/test environment into design iterations.
• Maintain and improve design standards and best practices, including drawing consistency and reusable design approaches.

• 1 years of experience communicating directly with customers to provide technical support.
• 2 years of experience creating fixture and component designs using SolidWorks.
• 1 years of experience in designing and developing fixtures and tooling used in assembly, remanufacturing, inspection, and functional testing.
• Demonstrated ability to create conceptual through fully detailed designs.
• Comfortable building/maintaining BOM packages and calling manufacturers to order/quote parts as needed.
• Automotive or aerospace experience.

• Preferred: Steering experience.

This position is based in Ann Arbor, with operations from 8 AM to 5 PM, offering flexibility from 7 AM to 4 PM. The team will be relocating to a new facility in April. The work environment is collaborative, offering hands-on engineering roles with visibility across product development, operations, quality, and suppliers. It provides an opportunity to design and launch new remanufactured product lines across diverse industries, making a measurable impact on product reliability, cost efficiency, and sustainability.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Ann Arbor, MI.

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $34.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Ann Arbor,MI.

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 13, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $30 - $34