Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Our client located in the West Metro Suburbs of Minneapolis (Nearby Plymouth) is looking to add to their team a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer due to continued growth. For over 70 years this company has partnered with a variety of industries to solve automation application challenges. For immediate consideration, complete job description and more details go ahead and apply and let’s see if we can get you that interview and check it out firsthand.

Visa sponsorship is not authorized for this position now or in the future

Relocation Assistance is not available for this position

Key Responsibilities

• Design advanced electro-mechanical actuation and power transmission products using computer-aided engineering and precision machine design skills, including machined components, bearings, transmissions, motors, motor drives, sensors, and linear motion components.
• Lead product and system-level electro-mechanical design efforts, including requirements definition, product architecture, and detailed machine-level physical solutions.
• Own detailed mechanical layouts, FEA models, and tolerance schemes to ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Engage directly with product managers, customer engineers, and program managers to understand and translate customer needs into robust designs.
• Represent customer design reviews and program meetings, projecting confidence and credibility.
• Provide subsystem proof-of-performance and lessons learned for future opportunities.
• Support Product and Program Managers with technical input for development roadmaps, proposals, reviews, and risk assessments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to perform trade-off studies and ensure designs balance performance, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Develop efficient modular product architectures in a challenging high-mix engineering and manufacturing environment.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 5 years of hands-on mechanical machine design experience with industrial automation or defense products.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking, optimization, and decision-making skills.
• High mechanical aptitude with demonstrated experience designing complex machined assemblies and power transmission systems, supported by a solid background in computer-aided design and analysis; SolidWorks and ANSYS preferred.
• Experience designing precision mechanical systems involving bearings, shafts, gearing, motors, drives, ball or roller screw mechanisms, linear motion, and machined components.
• Experience leading system-level architecture design and requirements management.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interface confidently with customer technical teams and program leadership.
• Familiarity with regulated or mission-critical industries preferred, such as defense, aerospace, medical, or industrial automation.

Visa sponsorship is not authorized for this position now or in the future.

Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screening

Annual Salary Rate $110K to $130K plus a complete benefits package

Relocation Package is not offered for this position.