Mechanical Designer

Wartech Engineering is a fast-paced small business defense contractor ready to welcome a Mechanical Designer to our team of innovative, experienced engineers and designers. We are growing quickly and recently upgraded our facility in Livonia. If you are looking for a career with rewarding work that makes a difference at a company with a mission you can get behind, this job could be for you. We are willing to train the right candidate on Wartech-specific software workflows and internal processes.

COMPENSATION: We offer competitive compensation, which varies and matches aptitude and experience level.

About Wartech

• Central Mission: To support U.S. Warfighters by supplying them with equipment that works every time, is delivered on time, brings them home safely, and allows them to fulfill their most critical missions.
• Causes we support: Employing Veterans, Supporting our Troops, STEM Education, sustainable energy, community outreach, and dog rescue
• Rewarding work that makes a difference
• Competitive pay based on experience
• Positive company culture that prioritizes well-being and support of employees
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401k program
• Open to helping with relocation expenses for the right candidate

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate has strong mechanical design skills and is proficient in CREO. A working understanding of Windchill, strong GD&T knowledge, a collaborative attitude, and attention to detail will help you meet your objectives as a Mechanical Designer at Wartech.

The ideal candidate must have the proven ability to generate conceptual designs in response to complex performance specifications, mature those designs, and produce comprehensive drawings and data that clearly describe them.

The ability to interpret design requirements into tangible, manufacturable designs is critical to this role. Ground-based military manufacturing and DoD experience is preferred but not required. Experience with steel weldment design, hand calculations for simple structural strength, documentation, technical presentations, project management, Windchill administration, electrical schematics, wiring, and harnesses is also desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced mechanical design techniques while working in a team environment
• Conceptualize, model, and draft mechanical design solutions
• Successfully use CREO v9.0 and Windchill on a daily basis
• Generate mechanical designs for ground-based defense equipment, mostly heavy steel weldments, using CREO v9.0
• Interpret design requirements, performance specifications, and customer needs into tangible, manufacturable designs
• Successfully complete ECRs, incorporating all necessary design changes to keep prints current
• Create mechanical and electrical drawings in accordance with ANSI Y14.5 and other standards with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Support documentation, design packages, and technical presentations as needed
• Perform hand calculations for simple structural strength when required
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, manufacturing personnel, and project stakeholders to solve design and production challenges
• Solve problems and use critical thinking skills

Job Skills - Requirements

• Proficiency in CREO solid modeling and detailing
• Working understanding of Windchill
• Strong understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Hands-on application of technical analysis and engineering skills in CREO
• Practical hands-on experience and the ability to translate that experience into reliable design intuition and interpretation of analysis results critical to supporting Wartech’s customers
• Strong mechanical design skills
• Ability to design machine elements
• Ability to interpret design requirements and turn them into practical, reliable design solutions
• Critical thinking skills
• Collaborative teamwork skills
• Solid time-management skills to meet deadlines
• Drawing creation in accordance with ANSI Y14.5 and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Experience

• Windchill administration experience
• Project management experience
• Experience creating documentation, design packages, and technical presentations
• Experience performing hand calculations for simple structural strength
• Experience with steel weldment design and drawings
• Defense industry or DoD experience
• Experience with ground-based military manufacturing
• Experience applying military standards and designing in compliance with military performance specifications
• Manufacturing facility experience
• Experience with electrical schematics, wiring, and harnesses

Job Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or “U.S. Person” in accordance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
• 5 years of work experience in mechanical design, CREO solid modeling, and detailing
• Education: Two-year associate degree in either mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology required; four-year bachelor’s degree preferred
• Preferred experience with a military manufacturing and engineering environment, particularly in applying military standards and designing in compliance with military performance specifications
• Experience with weldment design and drawing preferred
• Manufacturing facility experience preferred