Mechanical Design Engineer -27479

Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Our customer is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to design and develop high-performance mechanical components, enclosures, and housings for advanced machine vision lighting solutions. This role is ideal for a hands-on mechanical engineer who enjoys solving complex design challenges, developing innovative products, and bringing concepts through prototype, validation, and production.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, optical, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams to create reliable, manufacturable designs that meet performance, cost, and quality requirements.

Key Focus

Mechanical Product Design | Machine Vision Systems | SolidWorks | Product Development | Prototype Validation | DFM/DFA | Manufacturing Support

What You'll Do

• Design mechanical enclosures, housings, brackets, and components for LED-based machine vision lighting products
• Develop detailed 3D CAD models and engineering drawings using SolidWorks and 3DExperience
• Apply mechanical engineering principles including DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, material selection, sealing, and thermal design
• Create manufacturable, cost-effective designs that meet product performance requirements
• Build, evaluate, and validate prototypes through testing and design improvements
• Support product development activities from concept through production release
• Create and maintain CAD models, drawings, BOMs, specifications, test documentation, and engineering records
• Partner with electrical, optical, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Support supplier communication, compliance requirements, engineering changes, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Identify opportunities to improve product reliability, manufacturability, and performance

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent technical experience
• 4 years of mechanical product design experience
• Strong experience with SolidWorks; knowledge of 3DExperience preferred
• Experience designing precision mechanical components, enclosures, electronics packaging, or similar products
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, materials, and manufacturing processes
• Experience with prototyping, validation testing, engineering drawings, BOMs, and documentation
• Knowledge of:
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Tolerance stack-up analysis
• Sheet metal design
• Die casting
• Injection molded plastics
• Aluminum extrusion
• Sealing and IP-rated designs
• Familiarity with ECR/ECO processes, APQP methodology, CE, UL, or RoHS requirements preferred
• Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and supplier management skills

If you are a mechanical engineer who enjoys designing innovative products and seeing your work move from concept to production, we would like to connect.