Mechanical Design Engineer

Our customer is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to design and develop high-performance mechanical components, enclosures, and housings for advanced machine vision lighting solutions
. This role is ideal for a hands-on mechanical engineer who enjoys solving complex design challenges, developing innovative products, and bringing concepts through prototype, validation, and production.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, optical, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams to create reliable, manufacturable designs that meet performance, cost, and quality requirements.

Mechanical Product Design | Machine Vision Systems | Solid Works | Product Development | Prototype Validation | DFM/DFA | Manufacturing Support

• Design mechanical enclosures, housings, brackets, and components for LED-based machine vision lighting products
• Develop detailed 3D CAD models and engineering drawings using Solid Works and 3DExperience
• Apply mechanical engineering principles including DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, material selection, sealing, and thermal design
• Create manufacturable, cost-effective designs that meet product performance requirements
• Build, evaluate, and validate prototypes through testing and design improvements
  
  Support product development activities from concept through production release
• Create and maintain CAD models, drawings, BOMs, specifications, test documentation, and engineering records
• Partner with electrical, optical, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Support supplier communication, compliance requirements, engineering changes, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Identify opportunities to improve product reliability, manufacturability, and performance

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent technical experience
• 4+ years of mechanical product design experience
• Strong experience with Solid Works
  ; knowledge of 3DExperience preferred
• Experience designing precision mechanical components, enclosures, electronics packaging, or similar products
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, materials, and manufacturing processes
• Experience with prototyping, validation testing, engineering drawings, BOMs, and documentation
• Knowledge of:
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Tolerance stack-up analysis
• Injection molded plastics
• Sealing and IP-rated designs
• Familiarity with ECR/ECO processes, APQP methodology, CE, UL, or RoHS requirements preferred
• Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and supplier management skills

If you are a mechanical engineer who enjoys designing innovative products and seeing your work move from concept to production, we would like to connect.