Senior​/Mechanical Engineer

About the Company

Our client is an advanced manufacturing company developing next-generation systems for industries where precision, performance, and production flexibility are critical. The company combines mechanical engineering, automation, software, and advanced manufacturing technologies to develop production systems capable of manufacturing highly complex components and structures.

The engineering team works on internally developed manufacturing equipment as well as the technologies and systems surrounding it. This is a highly hands‑on environment where engineers are expected to take ownership of complex hardware, move quickly from concept to working prototypes, and stay involved through testing, integration, productionization, and deployment.

They are looking for a Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer to own the development of complex mechanical systems for an internally developed laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing platform
, as well as future generations of the technology and related equipment.

This is a full‑cycle mechanical engineering role
. You will be responsible for taking significant mechanical systems or subsystems from an ambiguous problem through requirements, architecture, detailed design, prototyping, testing, release, and machine integration.

You will serve as the technical owner for the systems you lead, making engineering decisions across performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, schedule, and technical risk. The work is not limited to CAD—you'll be expected to get hands‑on with prototypes and equipment, troubleshoot problems, work through design iterations, and collaborate directly with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and other engineering disciplines.

The strongest candidates will have experience independently developing complex capital equipment or mechanical systems
, particularly where they have taken a system or major subsystem from an early concept through working hardware and release.

• Take ownership of major mechanical systems and design efforts from initial problem definition and requirements through detailed design, prototype development, testing, release, and machine integration.
• Translate technical and operational requirements into practical mechanical architectures, system interfaces, constraints, and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Develop mechanical concepts and production‑ready designs using 3D CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, engineering calculations, component selection, and bills of material.
• Apply mechanical engineering fundamentals across structures, mechanisms, precision motion, fluid systems, thermal management, sealing, enclosures, and machine integration.
• Evaluate competing design approaches and make informed decisions around performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, schedule, and technical risk.
• Identify potential design and integration issues early and determine the appropriate combination of analysis, prototyping, testing, and design iteration needed to resolve them.
• Work directly with prototypes and equipment during assembly, integration, validation, troubleshooting, and design refinement.
• Coordinate technical work across mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate technical decisions, risks, issues, progress, and required actions clearly while maintaining ownership of the underlying engineering problems.
• Maintain thorough technical documentation and manage engineering changes through release and downstream activities such as procurement, manufacturing planning, validation, and deployment.
• Support machine‑level troubleshooting and investigations across deployed equipment, distinguishing isolated failures from broader design or reliability issues.
• Turn test results and field or fleet findings into lasting design improvements and priorities for future machine development.
• Contribute to the architecture and modularization of current and future machine platforms, with an emphasis on reusable designs and scalable hardware.
• Support supplier and contract‑manufacturing…