Mechanical Design Engineer

Position: Mechanical Design Engineer I - No Experience Required
Job Title:

Mechanical Design Engineer I
Business

Title:

Mechanical Design Engineer I
Department:
Engineering

Reports To:

Engineering Supervisor
FLSA Status:
Exempt
Prepared By:
Dave Knoll
Prepared Date: 5-26-2026
Approved By:
Heather Kozik
Approved Date: 5-26-2026

SUMMARY
A Mechanical Design Engineer I is responsible for the development and documentation of mechanical designs in a cross-functional engineering team environment. Provides support for other departments including manufacturing, sales, customer service, and quality. Products include high-performance electro-mechanical systems and components, integrated structures, and control panels used for aircraft entertainment, navigation, and communication systems.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Creates designs by analyzing product or equipment specifications, performance requirements, and existing manufacturing capabilities. Performs basic design, fabrication, modification, and evaluation of products by applying engineering principles and established analytical tools. Develops detailed basic designs by using concepts provided by others.
Research manufacturing or processing techniques, materials, properties, and process advantages and limitations as part of long-range plant and product engineering planning.
Conducts basic design and review of analyses and/or tests pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials, or processes and completes required documentation by applying engineering principles and company standards, and generating reports, procedures, or change proposals.
Develops acceptance, engineering evaluation, test plans, procedures, and reports for basic designs. Compiles and analyzes operation, test, and research data in support of establishing performance standards for newly designed or modified equipment or product.
Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, contractual specification requirements, cost-defining recommendations, and change proposals.
For basic designs, prepares or directs preparation of product design data, which includes detailed drawings, assembly drawings, wire diagrams, and installation drawings by coordinating with customers, engineers, designers, and drafters, interpreting customer and functional requirements, or by using computer-aided design tools and following industry drawing standards. Develop data and make preliminary layouts and documentation in response to customer proposal requests.
Reviews basic drawings and layouts to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, function, and conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies. Directs revisions and improvements to other engineers and designers. Implement revisions and improvements to drawings and layouts.
Communicate with customer to establish understanding of customer's technical requirements and convey design capabilities or product performance.
Supports preparation of basic technical proposals for customers by reviewing and interpreting specifications and requirements. Includes providing engineering labor and schedule estimates.
Recommends and incorporates changes to enhance products and processes by applying continuous improvement methodologies. Leads product and process improvement initiatives.
Enhance technical knowledge by routinely reading technical publications, enrolling in educational courses, and engaging in professional associations.
Recommends and participates in organizational improvement initiatives that involve cross-functional team settings and responsibilities.
Provides moderately complex training for team members and/or personnel in other departments.
Supports project management personnel in the creation and maintenance of project schedule, resources, and budget, which includes the creation of milestones required to complete assigned projects.
Contributes to team effort in a collaborative and supportive manner.
Maintains clean, organized work environment and adheres to all safety standards, procedures, and regulations.
Adheres to all factory safety procedures…