Senior Mechanical Engineer

With over 1,400 employees and over 2,700 airports in over 175 countries, ADB SAFEGATE is dedicated to making air travel safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly. With our innovative Airside 4.0® solutions, we help turning airports into smart airports, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the passenger experience.

Contract Type:
Permanent

Job Location:

USA - Columbus

ADB SAFEGATE’s Airfield solutions has over 75 years’ experience of delivering cutting-edge airfield ground lighting, enabling safe and efficient landings, taxiing, and take-offs.

We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to develop and improve mechanical parts and assemblies for airfield lighting products used in demanding airport environments. This role emphasizes part design, manufacturing processes, and design for manufacturability
—from early concepts and prototypes through supplier production and in-house assembly.

Working with a multidisciplinary team, you will design and document components such as castings, injection-molded plastic parts, fasteners, seals, and other mechanical elements. You will collaborate with suppliers and internal production teams to ensure designs meet performance, quality, cost, and manufacturing requirements. You will also investigate product issues, identify root causes, and lead design improvements.

• Design, model, and improve mechanical parts and assemblies for new and existing products.
• Develop designs for manufacturing and assembly, considering process capability, tolerances, materials, cost, and regulation requirements.
• Design and document components for manufacturing processes such as casting, machining, and plastic injection molding.
• Select and integrate standard and custom components, including fasteners, seals, and other mechanical hardware.
• Create and maintain 3D models, 2D piece-part drawings, assembly drawings, bills of materials, and associated documentation.
• Apply appropriate dimensioning and tolerancing practices, including GD&T where applicable.
• Work with suppliers to review designs, resolve manufacturing issues, and support part qualification and production readiness.
• Support in-house production, prototype builds, and troubleshooting.
• Conduct failure analysis and root cause investigations on mechanical parts and assemblies; recommend and implement corrective design actions.
• Support verification, validation, and certification builds and testing activities.
• Maintain project documentation in accordance with quality, product management, and change control procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve departmental processes, product quality, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Support and analyze photometric data as needed, providing guidance to project stakeholders.
• Travel domestically and internationally, less than 10%.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in mechanical design, part development, and manufacturing support.
• Proficiency in 3D solid modeling and 2D drawing documentation using Solid Works or similar programs;
  Solid Works PDM experience strongly preferred.
• Experience designing parts for manufacturing processes such as casting and plastic injection molding.
• Familiarity with fastener selection, sealing methods, and the design of mechanical interfaces.
• Understanding of GD&T, tolerance stack-up, material selection, and design-for-manufacturing and assembly principles.
• Experience working with suppliers and supporting prototype builds, production launches, or manufacturing troubleshooting.
• Experience with mechanical failure analysis and root cause investigation.
• Understanding of static FEA;
  Solid Works Simulation…