Mechanical Designer

Leonard Workforce Solutions is conducting a confidential search on behalf of a growing organization seeking a qualified Mechanical Designer. Our client develops custom precision optical metrology systems, building measurement equipment tailored to specific customer requirements. Almost every project has a significant custom element, which means designs are rarely off the shelf.

A typical engagement starts with high-level requirements (envelope size, adjustability, resolution, mounting constraints) and ends with a fully documented subsystem ready for fabrication. This is a hands‑on design role focused on turning engineering concepts into manufacturable hardware. The right candidate understands not just how to model parts, but how they are actually made.

Working closely with engineers, you will take initial design concepts and develop them into complete, production‑ready documentation packages including detailed 3D solid models, engineering drawings with appropriate tolerances and annotations, work instructions, and bills of materials. The emphasis is on design for manufacturability: producing clean, efficient designs that can be fabricated and assembled with minimal cost and complexity.

Engineers own the technically critical elements of each design, the parts where geometry, material, and tolerance directly affect measurement performance. The Mechanical Designer takes responsibility for everything else: translating the engineer's intent into a complete assembly that is straightforward to build and install. This is a contract‑to‑hire opportunity with a direct path to full‑time employment for the right person. The team is small, dynamic, and incredibly supportive.

Project teams are 3 to 5 people. Strong contributors gain visibility quickly with no layers of bureaucracy between you and impactful work.

• Develop complete, production‑ready documentation packages.
• Create detailed 3D solid models and engineering drawings.
• Produce work instructions and bills of materials.
• Focus on design for manufacturability.
• Translate engineer's intent into a complete assembly.

• Solid Works (parts, assemblies, drawings).
• Design for manufacturing with knowledge of standard manufacturing processes.
• Experience tolerancing components and assemblies for economical manufacture.
• Working knowledge of GD&T.
• Creating documentation (BOMs, procedures, work instructions).
• Must be a US Person (ITAR).

• Solid Works.
• GD&T.
• Design for Manufacturing.
• Mechanical Design.
• Engineering Drawings.
• Tolerance Analysis.
• 3D Modeling.
• Bills of Materials.
• Optomechanical Design.
• Product Data Management.

• Hands‑on manufacturing experience (machining, NC programming, welding, additive).
• Experience with optics or optomechanical assemblies.
• Space hardware experience.
• PDM system experience or CAD configuration management.
• Experience with large assembly design and optimization.
• Relationships with local Tucson manufacturing companies.

Contract‑to‑hire opportunity with a direct path to full‑time employment for the right person.

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