Mechanical Development Engineer

Overview

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Job Title: Mechanical Development Engineer Location: Davidson, NC

About Us:

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies—from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers—to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

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Step into a highly visible Mechanical Development Engineer role where your work directly shapes the core technology behind rotary screw air compressors. This is not a narrow design role or a pure project management role—it is a hands-on, technical project leadership opportunity for an engineer who can take complex mechanical products from concept through design, validation, launch, and production handoff. You will own development projects tied to rotary screw airends, one of the most critical subsystems within the compressor, and work through phase-gate new product development, applying engineering principles and analytical tools to solve design challenges and drive decisions on performance, reliability, cost, timing, and manufacturability.

The role involves working with close clearances, tight tolerances, rotating equipment, bearing systems, gears, GD&T, CAD exposure, test planning, and technical analysis, while leading cross-functional teams. It is ideal for a well-rounded mechanical engineer who can dig into design, solve hard problems, and lead project calls, design reviews, schedules, and cross-functional execution in a global environment. You will balance multiple development efforts and adapt to shifting priorities.

If you want a role that stays deeply technical while owning meaningful product development from concept through launch, this team offers complexity, visibility, and long-term growth.

• Lead mechanical design and development for rotary screw airends from concept through production
• Define specifications and conduct technical design reviews
• Execute projects to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets
• Perform engineering analysis, trade studies, and solution selection

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and resource needs
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals
• Support Engineering Manager and project leaders in achieving goals

• Develop and execute test plans with laboratory teams
• Analyze performance data and generate technical reports
• Support root cause analysis and problem resolution

• Provide technical support to manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and marketing
• Collaborate with suppliers on design and technical requirements
• Assist with warranty investigations and field issue resolution

• Maintain design documentation compliant with ISO procedures
• Support BOM and engineering change release processes in PLM systems
• Apply lessons learned and FMEA to improve future designs
• Stay current with engineering tools and best practices

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 7+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience
• 5+ years of mechanical design and…