Machine Designer

Machine Design Engineer

The Machine Design Engineer designs custom industrial equipment from concept through completion, spending the majority of time creating new machinery in Solid Works.

This role owns the complete design lifecycle of projects, collaborates closely with project managers and customers, and ensures that equipment is functional, ergonomic, serviceable, and ready for successful runoff at the customer's facility.

• Collaborate with project managers and customers from design concept through completion/runoff on customer's floor
• Contribute to manufacturing design process / concepts by collaboration with Estimating, Controls, and Project management teams.
• Typically owns the complete design life cycle responsibilities of a project.
• Understanding of GD&T to develop successful fixturing of parts for assembly.
• Understanding needs of machine ergonomics, serviceability, and maintenance.
• Engineering structural components and validating with FEA.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• At least 3 years of experience designing custom equipment from scratch.
• Ability to spec out drive systems, actuators, sensors, motors, etc.
• Proficiency in Solidworks

Manufacturing machine build environment

Hours:

Start time of 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. and a weekly schedule of approximately 48–52 hours.

You will work closely with project managers, controls engineers, and estimating teams, using Solid Works and standard engineering tools to design and support custom equipment. The environment is focused on collaboration, hands-on problem-solving, and seeing projects through to customer runoff.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Grand Rapids, MI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $34.00 - $37.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Grand Rapids, MI.

Final date to receive applications

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 11, 2026.