Mechanical Engineer III Optical

Minnesota:
Rochester | Design Engineering | Full Time

Posted 3 days ago

At Benchmark, we are driven by our purpose: to innovate for a healthier, safer, and better‑connected world, creating a brighter future. Joining our team means contributing to impact across commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next‑generation communications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment. We prioritize career growth and foster a culture that ensures you reach your full potential.

• Provide mechanical design and documentation for customer products and/or related tooling that supports the manufacturing environment, meeting customer and internal manufacturing requirements.
• Develop basic drawings of components and assemblies.
• Make engineering computations and write/edit specifications.
• Create modified basic designs for new or existing products and tooling.
• Verify completed work, checking dimensions, materials to be used, and quantities per the verification plan.
• Interact with vendors to ensure proper fabrication of mechanical components for products, testers, and tooling.
• Create and maintain basic engineering drawings.
• Assist with assembly of tooling, test fixtures, and prototypes.
• Perform basic to intermediate drafting and design duties such as tolerance analysis, material selection, and selection of fabrication methods.
• Provide assistance to Hardware Design, Software Design, PCB Design, Functional Test, and ICT test for product, test, and tooling development.
• Interact with hardware, software, and equipment vendors.
• Follow the project plan and report project status to leadership.
• Assist in project proposals and associated cost estimates.
• Assist with DFX reviews and create necessary documentation.
• Develop an understanding of Design For Excellence philosophy and promote it with customers.
• Communicate with customer technical personnel regarding basic technical issues.
• Communicate technical challenges and work with leadership to create and implement solutions.
• Work with customers to understand requirements regarding mechanical design.
• Work with Sustaining Engineering to assist in the development of products that leverage internal manufacturing and test processes.
• Assist in the development of advanced/New technologies.
• Participate in research for new design methods and tools.
• Assist in coordinating mechanical engineering strategies for customers.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities with complete documentation, including a follow‑up review with the team in a presentation format.
• Develop intermediate level drawings of components and assemblies.
• Create new or modified designs for new or existing products and tooling.
• Perform intermediate level drafting and design duties such as tolerance analysis, material selection, and selection of fabrication methods.
• Develop project proposals and associated cost estimates.
• Perform Design for Excellence (DFX) reviews and create necessary documentation.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of DFX philosophy and promote it with customers.
• Provide research and development for new design methods and tools.
• Develop complex drawings of components and assemblies.
• Perform complex drafting and design duties such as tolerance analysis, material selection, and selection of fabrication methods.
• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of Design for Excellence (DFX) philosophy and promote it with customers.
• Drive and lead research and development for new design methods and tools.
• All employees are responsible for the quality of their work to ensure BEI meets, or exceeds Customer Satisfaction.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Effective multitasking skills and the ability to take on additional responsibilities as required.
• Effective organization and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrate high attention to detail.
• Ability to work with diverse groups.
• Demonstrate discretion, confidentiality, independent judgment, and professionalism.
• Ability to work with…