Mechanical Engineer IV

At Benchmark, we are driven by our purpose: to innovate for a healthier, safer, and better-connected world to create a brighter future. When you join us, you become part of a team passionate about making a meaningful impact across various sectors, including commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next-generation communications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment. We prioritize career growth, fostering a culture that ensures you reach your full potential.

At Benchmark, your work is purpose-driven, enabling you to create a positive impact on the world and make your career truly meaningful. You'll be part of a collaborative and inclusive team that values your ideas and contributions.

Summary: Designs and develops customer products and the design of test fixtures and manufacturing tooling. Performs basic to high complexity design assignments.

• Provides mechanical design and documentation for customer products and/or related tooling, resulting in a product or tooling that supports the manufacturing environment, if applicable, to meet customers' and internal manufacturing requirements
• Develops basic drawings of components and assemblies
• Makes Engineering computations and write/edit specifications
• Creates modified basic designs for new or existing products and tooling
• Verifies completed work, checking dimensions, materials to be used and quantities per the verification plan
• Interacts with vendors to ensure proper fabrication of mechanical components for product, testers and tooling
• Creates and maintains basic engineering drawings
• Assists with assembly of tooling, test fixtures and prototypes
• Performs basic to intermediate drafting and design duties such as tolerance analysis, material selection, and selection of fabrication methods
• Provides assistance to the Hardware Design, Software Design, PCB Design, Functional Test, and ICT test for product, test and tooling development
• Interacts with hardware, software and equipment vendors
• Follows project plan and reports project status to leadership
• Assists in project proposals and associated cost estimates
• Assists with DFX reviews and creates necessary documentation
• Develops an understanding of Design For Excellence philosophy and promote with customers
• Communicates with customer technical personnel regarding basic technical issues
• Communicates technical challenges and work with leadership to create and implement solutions
• Works with customers to understand requirements regarding mechanical design
• Works with Sustaining Engineering (product, process, test and quality) to assist in the development of products that leverage internal manufacturing and test processes
• Assists in the development of advanced/new technologies
• Participates in research for new design methods and tools
• Assists in the coordination of mechanical engineering strategies for customers
• Participates in continuous improvement activities with complete documentation, including a follow up review with the team in a presentation format
• Develops intermediate level drawings of components and assemblies
• Creates new or modified designs for new or existing products and tooling
• Performs intermediate level drafting and design duties such as tolerance analysis, material selection, selection of fabrication methods
• Develops project proposals and associated cost estimates
• Performs Design for Excellence (DFX) reviews and create necessary documentation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of DFX philosophy and promote with customers
• Provides research and development for new design methods and tools
• Develops complex drawings of components and assemblies
• Performs complex drafting and design duties such as tolerance analysis, material selection, selection of fabrication methods
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of Design for Excellence (DFX) philosophy and promotes with customers
• Drives and leads research and development for new design methods and tools
• Initiates concepts for solving the most complex engineering problems
• Leads less experienced engineers in best-practices
• Expert in advanced technologies
• Demonstrates strongest understanding of Design for Excellence (DFX) philosophy and promote with customers
• Prepares technical presentations for customers
• 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
• Demonstrates discretion, confidentiality, independent judgment and professionalism.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and guidance, exercising discretion and independent judgment.
• Understanding of and ability to use continuous improvement tools.
• Strong customer service and client focus
• Working knowledge of productivity tools, including…