Mechanical Designer

• Compensation: USD 70,000 - USD 95,000 - yearly

The Opportunity:

At Elemental Brands, our success starts with our people. Every day, our engineers, innovators, creators, and problem-solvers work together to develop and deliver innovative LED lighting solutions through Diode LED®, Lucetta®, Lucetta CI®, Gammalux®, and Elemental LED®. Together, we are driving innovation and helping define the future of the low-voltage linear lighting industry.

That same spirit of innovation and collaboration shapes everything we do. We encourage curiosity, continuous learning, and fresh ideas across every department, empowering employees to grow their careers, make meaningful contributions, and help shape the future of lighting.

Recognized by EDAWN as “Company of the Year – Large” and “Employees First – Large,” and by the University of Nevada, Reno as “Graduate Employer of the Year,” Elemental Brands is proud to be an award-winning workplace where people come first, innovation thrives, and careers flourish.

What You Get To Do:

The Mechanical Designer provides critical engineering support for Elemental LED's award-winning portfolio of lighting products, dimmers, and drivers. The position involves a combination of new product design, sustaining engineering, product testing and validation, and manufacturing support.

This engineer will dedicate 80% of their focus to overseeing Gammalux's precision architectural lighting systems and 20% to Elemental LED's various product lines. Receiving hands-on training and direction directly from the Gammalux Engineering team, the engineer will fulfill specialized customer requests by creating highly detailed customizations for unique architectural spaces. Additionally, this role requires travel to the San Dimas location to provide on-site support and manage essential engineering documentation processes, with travel frequency varying from occasional to routine depending on primary or backup support designations.

Challenge Yourself – The Specifics:

• Lead design of packaging of complex, multi-component electro-mechanical systems
• Design of mechanical lighting components, including extrusions, channels, electromechanical connectors, switches, and junction boxes.
• Anticipate and resolve physical interferences and design challenges early in the design phase
• Conduct comprehensive tolerance stack-up analyses on critical assemblies
• Establish and enforce company-wide CAD standards, templates, and drafting best practices
• Create design drawings, assembly drawings, cable/wire drawings, and specification drawings
• Create component fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, cable/wire drawings, and specification drawings
• Create wiring diagrams and manufacturing assembly instructions using CAD software
• Collaborate with a multi-functional team of engineers and designers
• Assist with assembling prototype systems
• Measure parts using testing equipment to refine the design
• Select appropriate off-the-shelf hardware, brackets, and fastening components.
• Provide engineering support for production tools, including resin/potting machines
• Support inter-site manufacturing efforts through active involvement at the San Dimas facility to provide on-site support, manage engineering documentation processes, and facilitate custom mechanical detailing
• Performs other duties as assigned

You Have a Unique Combination of Skills,Talents and Mindset, Including Many of the Following:

• Associate’s degree in Computer-Aided Drafting, Mechanical Design, or a related technical field.; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 6+ years of extensive mechanical design experience, preferably handling large assemblies
• Expert-level proficiency in 3D CAD software and PDM administration (Solid…