Job Description

At Cobalt we strive to change lives and have fun doing it! You spend more time with your coworkers than you do your friends and family, so why not love where you work?!? Our team of innovative, creative, and driven Mechanical Engineers is growing and we are looking for our next rockstar.

Cobalt Product Solutions is a product development and manufacturing company located in Plano, Texas. We help our clients bring their ideas to life through our Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Prototyping and Production services. We work with our US and international partners to meet all of our client’s product development needs.

SUMMARY

Mechanical design and development of electro-mechanical products in the Medical, Industrial, Commercial and Natural Resources markets.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Involvement will range from concept development to product realization using 3D solid modeling software (PTC Creo and Solid Works)

• Mechanical design of mechanisms, machined metal parts, sheet metal parts, molded plastic parts, and electro-mechanical assemblies

• Material selection, tolerance analysis, structural analysis, thermal design, and UX design

• Development of specifications from customer requirements, coordination with the electronics design team, interfacing with vendors and contract manufacturers

• Prototyping, generation of detailed drawings, bills-of- materials, and engineering reports

• Coordination with the production for design for cost and manufacturability

• Project management for the mechanical aspects of projects

• Support for mechanical product validation testing and regulatory compliance

• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors and/or Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering

• Proficiency with PTC Creo

• Proficiency with SolidWorks a plus

◦ Heat Transfer & Thermal Design

◦ Strength of Materials

◦ Statics/Dynamics

◦ Strength of Materials

◦ System Dynamics

◦ Machine Design

• 5-7+ years experience in mechanical design related to electronics products.

• Working knowledge of FEA analysis

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

The candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must work effectively in a co-development environment with customer driven schedules

• Must be detail oriented and balance multiple projects simultaneously

• Must possess the ability to successfully plan, prioritize and organize work activities and adhere to strict deadlines follow instructions, procedures, and policies; identify and solve problems

• Must be conscientious about assignments and complete work in a timely, accurate and thorough manner

• Require minimal supervision to successfully complete tasks and assignments

• Must demonstrate initiative and ownership of assignments/projects

• Must report to work at scheduled time and maintain satisfactory attendance with limited unscheduled absences

• Must exhibit a professional appearance and behavior and maintain satisfactory performance consistent with expectations of the position

• Requires excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing with executives, colleagues and customers

• Must possess strong interpersonal skills

• Must remain poised, professional and diplomatic under pressure

• Strong computer skills with a working knowledge of programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point

• Must possess the ability and desire to encourage and facilitate a positive and productive work environment for all employees

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, vendors, customers

• High-level mathematical skills

• Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems

• Limited travel required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: sit, speak, hear, stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, reach above shoulder level, and lift up to 30 lbs. with hands and arms, use hands to finger, handle, feel or type and utilize a telephone, copier, printer, computer, calculator, mouse, keyboard and monitor to perform daily duties. The employee regularly engages in personal interaction with company personnel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus and utilize a computer monitor under florescent lighting and/or daylight where applicable.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The employee will occasionally be required to work in an engineering lab and/or machine shop

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MUST BE A US CITIZEN, PERMANENT US RESIDENT, OR CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE U.S. ON A FULL-TIME BASIS WITHOUT FUTURE EMPLOYMENT SPONSORSHIP.

Cobalt Product Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Cobalt are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Cobalt will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Cobalt encourages applicants of all ages.

NOTHING IN THIS JOB DESCRIPTION RESTRICTS COBALT PRODUCT SOLUTIONS’ RIGHT TO ASSIGN OR REASSIGN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THIS JOB AT ANY TIME.

Company Description

Cobalt Product Solutions is a growing product development and manufacturing company located in Plano, Texas. We help our clients bring their ideas to life through our Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Prototyping and Production services. We work with our US and international partners to meet all of our client's product development needs.