Design Engineer

Job Title: Design Engineer

Location: Lexington, MA

Designs, and evaluates major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced prototype, promotional or specific products. Develop or improve products and collaborates in developing manufacturing operations and processes. Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.

Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development. Makes layouts of assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products. Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and / or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.

• hands‑on, interactive, communicative engineer who is willing to contribute to a diverse set of quick‑turn prototyping efforts
• Software / applications : 2D and 3D CAD Software (preferably Solid Works), Cable design software (Mentor Graphics toolsets, Zuken E3 or other).
• Knowledge of electronic design for aerospace applications, including connector selection, wire types / sizes / derating, voltage drops, electro‑mechanical packaging, electrical fabrication & assembly techniques
• Knowledge of ASME, IEEE Standards, and NASA standards for selection of hardware interconnects and electronic components
• Specifying, developing, and verifying models and simulations.

Lance Soft is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Lance Soft makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.