Senior Mechanical Engineer

OVERVIEW:

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for developing, analyzing, validating, and improving mechanical designs to ensure products meet project requirements, manufacturing capabilities, performance expectations, and applicable industry standards. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams - including manufacturing, customers, and vendors - the Senior Mechanical Engineer helps drive continuous improvement through design standardization, process enhancements, and effective engineering change management to support reliable, cost-effective, and high-performance products.

• Review project scope and design specifications and participate in design kickoff meetings.
• Utilize engineered drawings, specifications, design criteria, and vendor shop drawings to develop detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Continuously coordinate with the manufacturing team regarding capabilities and best practices for manufacturing.
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of design tasks and schedules regularly.
• Incorporate manufacturing feedback into designs through the Engineering Change process and effective communication with other stakeholders.
• Create detailed 2D & 3D mechanical designs based on internal/external drawings, specifications, and product requirements.
• Utilize mechanical engineering skills to solve technical problems, achieving gains in cost, reliability, and product performance.
• Prepare clear and concise documentation for presentation of data and test results.
• Support the manufacturing team to resolve issues experienced during the manufacture of designed products.
• Validate design through application of engineering calculations, FEA Tools, design standards, and industry best practices.
• Create Item numbers and Descriptions.
• Participate in all parts of the R&D process (concept design, prototyping, product testing and validation, etc.).
• Develop and maintain departmental work instructions and procedures to implement best practices and ensure quality in all steps.
• Serve as an Admin for design programs to aid in the development of workflows.
• Independently lead and execute large design projects with minimal to no supervision.
• Review peers’ drawings in a Release for Manufacturing capacity.
• Approve and Assign Design Criteria and Engineering Changes.
• Create comprehensive testing plans.
• Provide training for team members.
• Initiate, lead, and develop new ideas and programs that will improve and accelerate the design process.
• Provide Leadership and Technical Support toward Company Strategic Initiatives.
  10+ years’ professional work experience in 3D modeling with CAD programs such as Solid Works, Inventor, or similar software.
• 6+ years’ experience in utility or commercial-scale solar design and implementation is required.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering required from an ABET-accredited institution.
• 4+ years’ professional work experience in 3D modeling with CAD programs such as Solid Works, Inventor, or similar software.
• Understanding of design drawings such as schematics, point-to-point wiring, and shop drawings required.
• Solid understanding of design for manufacturing concepts.
• Engineer-In-Training Certification and/or Professional Engineer license is preferred.
• Ability to understand instructions in written, oral, and diagram formats.
• Knowledge of utility or commercial-scale solar design and implementation is preferred.

• Regularly required to sit for long and short periods of time.
• Regularly required to talk to communicate detailed, important, and accurate instructions to internal and external customers.
• Regularly required to walk for long and short distances.
• Frequently required to stand for long and short periods of time.
• Occasionally required to bend or twist at the neck and torso.
• Occasionally required to crouch, squat, stoop, or kneel.
• Occasionally required to reach forward, grab, grasp, pinch, and handle material and tools using upper extremities.
• Required to have visual acuity with or without correction to inspect products before and after installation.
• Constantly required to hear sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to…