Design Engineer

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Design Engineer RELOCATION REQUIRED – PIEDMONT, SC (GREENVILLE AREA) Job Description

This Design Engineer role focuses on developing robust mechanical designs for large and heavy machinery, with a strong emphasis on steel fabrication, manufacturability, and performance. You will use advanced CAD tools to invent, design, document, build, and test solutions, collaborating closely with a team of design engineers in a growing, project-rich environment.

• Apply engineering principles to analyze data and develop CAD models that optimize design opportunities for large and heavy machinery.
• Invent, design, document, build, and test new mechanical solutions for assigned industries using CAD tools, with a focus on steel fabrication and weldment design.
• Use Solid Works, PDMWorks, ECN tools, and other design tools to produce accurate prototype parts and detailed design documentation.
• Develop and refine designs that consider manufacturability, material strengths, fatigue strength, and overall product durability and serviceability.
• Test design changes to improve machine performance, reliability, and safety, and document test results and design revisions.
• Identify design changes early in the development process and recognize opportunities for design commonality across products.
• Collaborate in a team environment to meet shared goals, engineering metrics, and project milestones.
• Support production by responding promptly to questions and issues, providing practical design solutions to address crises or urgent needs.
• Operate basic mechanical tools and shop equipment, such as wrenches, assembly hand tools, drill press, lathe, band saw, and assembly power tools, to support prototyping and testing activities.
• Incorporate knowledge of FEA, hydraulics, electronics, engine systems, statistics, and strength of materials into design decisions.
• Manage time and resources effectively to align with internal customer schedules and project timelines.

• Four-year college degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Agricultural, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent education and experience.
• 5–8 years of relevant mechanical design or design engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Solid Works for 3D modeling and mechanical design.
• Experience with large and heavy machinery design.
• Experience with steel fabrication, including sheet metal design and welding.
• Knowledge of finite element analysis (FEA) and its application to mechanical design.
• Understanding of hydraulics, electronics, and engine systems as they relate to machinery design.
• Knowledge of statistics, strength of materials, durability, and serviceability of products.
• Ability to create robust designs and identify design changes early in the development process.
• Ability to recognize and leverage design commonality across components and products.
• Ability to operate simple mechanical tools and wrenches, assembly hand tools, drill press, lathe, band saw, and assembly power tools.
• Strong time and resource management skills to meet internal customer needs and project schedules.
• Ability to quickly respond to production questions and issues with practical, effective solutions.
• Ability to understand material strengths, fatigue strength, and manufacturability to ensure appropriate configurations and materials are used.

• Experience using PDMWorks or similar product data management tools.
• Experience working with engineering change notice (ECN) tools and processes.
• Experience in mechanical engineering, mechanical design, or related disciplines.
• Experience with in fabrication environments, particularly steel fabrication and weldment structures.
• Comfort working on cross-functional teams and collaborating with production and other internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to apply engineering principles to complex mechanical systems.

You will work as part of a collaborative team of design engineers in a facility that has recently expanded its square footage to support significant growth and new projects. The environment combines office-based design work using Solid Works, PDMWorks, ECN tools, and other CAD…