Mechanical Engineer

What’s in it For You:

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy, and healthy environments
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth and opportunity
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best
• The opportunity to contribute to differentiated technologies, products, processes, and systems that support Ecolab’s businesses globally

• Lead the mechanical design and development of complex dispensing, control, and electromechanical systems from early concept through commercialization and lifecycle support
• Serve as a key technical leader on high‑impact projects, defining design approaches, decomposing complex problems, and guiding teams through technically challenging decisions
• Translate customer, business, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements into robust design solutions and specifications
• Plan and execute mechanical engineering activities including concept development, design analysis, tolerance assessment, risk mitigation, prototype evaluation, and verification testing
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex technical issues related to performance, reliability, manufacturability, quality, and cost
• Drive design improvements and innovation for both pipeline and launched products, identifying opportunities to improve customer value, safety, and operational efficiency
• Provide deep expertise in mechanical design fundamentals, including plastics, fabricated parts, assemblies, mechanisms, and design for manufacturability
• Collaborate closely with systems, electrical, software, chemistry, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, supply chain, and marketing partners to deliver integrated product solutions
• Work with external suppliers and manufacturing partners on component selection, design reviews, tooling and part approvals, pilot builds, troubleshooting, and production readiness
• Support and influence technical reviews, qualification strategies, risk assessments, and manufacturing transfer activities to ensure successful launches
• Support releasing and modifying equipment specifications through established change processes including ECR and ECO workflows
• Act as a technical mentor and resource to other engineers, helping elevate engineering capability, design quality, and problem‑solving across the organization

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline and 8+ years of related experience; or Master’s degree and 5+ years of related experience; or PhD and 3+ years of related experience
• Demonstrated experience in mechanical engineering for new product development, product support, or related technical development roles
• Demonstrated ability to lead or act as a key technical contributor on projects of significant scope and complexity with high business impact
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling and drawing creation using Solid Works or equivalent tools
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity

• Broad experience across multiple facets of the product development process, including concept development, detailed design, testing, manufacturing transfer, launch, and post‑launch support
• Deep knowledge of plastic component design, fabricated parts, assemblies, mechanisms, and manufacturing processes
• Experience with engineering analysis tools and methods, including tolerance analysis, finite element analysis, and structured problem solving
• Experience developing test methods, qualification strategies, and verification plans, and interpreting data to drive decisions
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with considerable latitude in determining technical approaches and resolving ambiguous problems
• Demonstrated technical leadership through mentoring, design review leadership, best practice development, or cross‑project influence
• Strong analytical, decision‑making, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• High attention to detail and…