Mechanical Design Drafter

Position: Design Drafter

Location: Frederick, MD - Onsite position

Shift: 1st

Pay: $82,000-$90,000/yr. - Depending on Experience

This is a permanent/direct hire position

Sponsorship: Not applicable

Summary of the Design Drafter position:

Perform design, drafting, and other duties pertaining to the preparation of new or existing drawings for the purpose of manufacturing or other usage. Responsible for managing design/drafting projects and providing design solutions for design/development projects and product change requests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage design/drafting projects from concept to completion
• Provides design solutions for design/development projects and product change requests
• Prepare product documentation, checking the dimensions of parts, material to be used, relation of one part to another, and relation of various parts to the whole structure. Drawings to include but are not limited to the following: System/component model, installation/layout/ weldment/assembly drawings, piece part drawings, and isometric drawings
• Utilize red-lined drawings, engineering change requests, and any instructions supplied to prepare revised drawings incorporating dimensional change or pertinent data
• Utilizes knowledge of various machines, engineering practices, mathematics, building materials, and other physical sciences to complete drawings
• Uses computer assisted drawings (2D/3D CAD) equipment and software
• Interact with engineering and manufacturing personnel to solve any problems that may arise during the manufacturing process and to document the corrective action
• Participate in design reviews to determine the feasibility of proposed designs and offer opinions for product improvement

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Minimum one-year college or trade school education in mechanical drawing and related areas with a minimum of two years of on-the-job experience or
• Minimum four years on-the-job experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or comparable CAD software (experience with SolidWorks 2008 or newer is strongly preferred)
• CAD Experience – 2-5 years on job experience. Primarily 3D modeling background with CAD experience.
• Individual contributor experience (owned projects, products, designs).
• Understanding of common materials used in sheet metal enclosures.
• Understanding of common mechanical assembly processes (hardware, fasteners, riveting, welding, etc).
• Work experience with design in manufacturing.
• Experience with design of sheet metal in manufacturing (preferred).
• ERP/MRP experience (Bills of materials, Item setup, material management, routers)

Outliers/Exceptional:

• Experience design work in refrigeration, with manufacturing
• PLM (product lifecycle management)
• PDM (product data management)

Education/Experience:

Key Words: Design, Desginer, Drafting, Drafter, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Cad, Sheet Metal, ERP, MRP, Engineering, Engineer, Welds

Since our inception in 1967, Augmentation, Inc. has garnered a large and diversified base of clientele whose need for qualified personnel encompasses a wide field of temporary and permanent technical expertise. This being the case, assignment at an Augmentation, Inc. client places you at some of the top corporations in the nation, from industry leaders to potentially lucrative start-ups in Telecommunications, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering.