Mechanical Engineer

Company

For over 50 years, Steelastic, based in Cuyahoga Falls, Northeast Ohio, is a leading manufacturer and innovator of specialist capital equipment to service the needs of the global tire industry. We have over 900 systems operating in more than 55 countries around the world. Our customers include all the multinational tire companies, and most of the top independent tire companies in the world.

We pride ourselves on being customer focused, market driven with a culture that encourages creative thinking & innovation. Our team is empowered to be responsible & proactive in their everyday activities, strive for & achieve excellence in all aspects. We never compromise on our EHS responsibilities. Great Culture & Opportunity!

The Mechanical Engineer 3 will perform mechanical machine design engineering duties, product design, product customizations, resolving design and documentation issues, with primary focus on capital equipment associated with the production of pneumatic tire components.

The Mechanical Engineer 3 is expected to possess a minimum of an intermediate level of proficiency with the majority of these tasks and may require help from an expert occasionally, but the engineer can usually fulfill the full requirements of this position independently.

• Design & Development
  • Critique/validate, improve/redesign existing, legacy machine designs and processes to be more durable, simpler, and cost effective
  • Interpret, trouble‑shoot, diagnose & adapt existing, legacy designs based on customers’ requests & order amendments
  • Originate new concepts in products and processes based on customer or market demands
• Bill of Materials and Drawings
  • Generate, issue, revise, BOMs, assembly, and detail drawings
  • Document revisions using existing Engineering Change Notice (ECN) procedure
  • Follow internal and external engineering standards and practices
  • Proficient in properly applying constraints to manufacturing drawings (calculation of dimensional stack‑ups, form tolerances, surface finishes, etc.)
  • Knowledgeable in metal cutting and fabricating manufacturing processes and order of operations, as well as additive manufacturing technology
• Ensure Safety
  • Assure designs, components, and guarding comply with or exceed current global and individual customer standards
  • Successfully operate in accordance with internal and external EHS guidelines as dictated by your working environment on any given day
  • Provide the operations department, including our manufacturing floor, support such as clarifying specifications and assisting in problem resolution
  • Complete assigned projects and tasks within allotted time and cost constraints
  • Assist customers directly and indirectly when machine operation problems or questions arise
  • As necessary, attend bid review meetings and department meetings
  • Estimate mechanical engineering hours given a project scope of work

• Excellent written and graphical communication skills
• Strong attention to detail to fully document industrial machine manufacturing and operations using industry standard methodology
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in mechanical machine design for automated industrial machinery
• Expertise in a variety of engineering standards (ANSI/ ISO/ ASTM), concepts, practices, and procedures
• Tire/rubber industry experience preferred

• Ability to, independently or collaboratively, generate new or critique/validate existing/preliminary designs prior to release to production. Including but not limited to the following areas:
  • Power transmission design: rolls, shafts, pulleys, screws, bearings, couplings, gear trains, lubrication and sealing systems, etc.
  • Weldment design and detailing: structural section/plate steel, machine bases/frame works, joints, and associated pre‑heat and stress relieving specifications
  • Surface treatment specifications as they relate to:
    • Anti‑tack (spray, plasma, thermal etc.)
    • Anti‑wear (Hard chrome, hardface, and other engineering coatings)
  • Able to generate/critique detailed calculations and analysis, such as, time study, assembly stack‑ups, stress/ flow/ heat transfer analysis, power transmission,…