Product Engineer

Product Engineer

As a Product Engineer at Lancaster Products in Lebanon, PA, you will design industrial mixing and material handling equipment from the ground up - not one small piece of somebody else's machine. We build custom-engineered equipment for manufacturers, and almost every order needs real engineering work, so you will take a signed contract, turn it into a set of prints, and follow it through the shop floor, out the door, and into a customer's plant.

If you like living in Solid Works and you want to see what you drew actually get built, this may be a great fit!

About half your day is screen time in Solid Works. The other half you are out of your seat - down on the manufacturing floor answering questions about parts you released, on the phone with a vendor, or emailing a customer about the details of their new mixer. The engineering team is small, so the work is broad, and it changes week to week.

Day-to-day you'll:

• Design 3D models, assemblies, and complete machines in Solid Works, and produce the engineering drawings that go out to the shop
• Turn negotiated contracts into a set of prints approved by the end user, then release parts to manufacturing
• Research and select components from vendors, gathering data sheets and weighing function against cost
• Support your project through the full lifecycle - the build, commissioning, operation, and service
• Answer technical questions from production, sales, and the manufacturing manager on parts, bills of materials, and part numbering
• Work directly with customers on installation and interface questions: what comes before the mixer, what comes after it, and how it will be controlled
• Travel occasionally - about 10%, mostly domestic - to support equipment start-up at customer sites

Hands-on 3D CAD design experience, Solid Works strongly preferred - and real enjoyment of it, because it is about half the job. A degree in an engineering discipline, or an associate's degree and CAD/3D design experience paired with several years of relevant industry experience. Mechanical aptitude for heavy-duty equipment design. Comfort walking out to the shop floor and talking things through with the people building your design.

Enough curiosity and self-direction to be handed a project and an end goal and work out the path yourself. Capital equipment, engineered-to-order, mixing, or material handling experience (mining, conveying, bulk material) is a significant plus. Working knowledge of industrial controls and electrical components is a plus.

Lancaster Products designs and builds high-intensity mixers and material handling equipment for manufacturers. We are a small, privately held company with our own product line, which means our engineers work on whole machines instead of a narrow slice of someone else's design. Most of what we do is engineered to order - a standard line of machines customized for nearly every customer - so no two projects look quite the same, and you will see your work through from a drawing to a running machine in a customer's plant.

A salary of $58,000 - $92,000 (we are open to bringing someone on entry-level to experienced, so comp will reflect that). A flexible start time - begin any day between 7:00 and 9:00 AM 3 Medical Insurance Options – Base plan 100% employer-paid Dental/Vision benefits Life insurance, Short-Term Disability, and EAP Vacation, Personal, Sick Time, and Paid Holidays 401k plan with generous company matching (100% on the first 3% and 50% on 4-6%) Unusual breadth for an engineer: full machines, your own projects, and direct customer contact A small team where your work is visible and your questions get answered

At Lancaster Products, we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to that by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.