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Mechanical Design Engineer

Essential Design

Mechanical Design Engineer

Boston, MA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    We are seeking a talented and driven engineer with a passion for user-centered design to join our accomplished team in downtown Boston. This candidate is a creative, curious, and collaborative mechanical design engineer with meaningful product development experience.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary development team, taking responsibility for a wide range of tasks from brainstorming to detailed engineering development.
    • Conceptualize and develop new products, parts, mechanisms, and assemblies possessing a high level of sophistication, complexity, and practicality.
    • Utilize SolidWorks effectively to produce ­a range of meaningful deliverables, including 3D mechanical design, manufacturing tolerance analyses, and 2D production-level documentation of components and assemblies.
    • Engage and manage outside vendors for prototyping, gathering manufacturability feedback and cost and lead-time estimates.
    • Apply basic shop practices to create functional models in order to assess concept feasibility.
    • Assemble prototypes, generate test plans, conduct tests, and create reports and other documentation tailored to project/client needs.
    • Provide technical consultation to multi-disciplinary design teams with respect to fundamental engineering principles, manufacturing feasibility, and technical risks.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or other Engineering discipline required, M.S. preferred.
    • Minimum 2-3 years of design engineering experience in technology, medical, and/or consumer products, demonstrating technical and manufacturable solutions. Both industry and design consultancy experience desired. Medical device experience is a plus.
    • US CITIZENS OR GREEN CARD HOLDERS ONLY AT THIS TIME
    • Ability to generate robust 3D databases, mechanical drawings, prototypes, and written reports. 3D CAD experience a must. SolidWorks proficiency strongly preferred.
    • Practical knowledge of statics, dynamics, strength of materials, thermal and fluid design, and the ability to effectively apply such knowledge in a fast-paced environment.
    • Working knowledge of a wide variety of manufacturing processes, including injection molding, rapid prototyping, sheet metal fabrication, casting, and machining.
    • Excellent capacity for both logical reasoning and creative thinking as evidenced by the ability to invent, conceptualize, and abstract.
    • High level of personal commitment to quality, with demonstrated thoroughness and attention to detail in all phases of a project.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, highlighted by a flexible and collaborative working style.
    • Strong understanding and appreciation for industrial design, interaction design, and user research preferred.
    • Passion for learning and an ability to “get smart fast”.

    IMPRESS US WITH:

    • Electro-mechanical experience, demonstrated success in mechanism development and the ability and willingness to fabricate, test, and debug prototypes.Experience in the areas of FEA, DFMA, dFMEA, and tolerance analysis.
    • Ability to create electronics prototypes to support testing and data acquisition, explore technology possibilities, and create interactive prototypes.
    • Functional and/or creative coding experience using software tools such as Matlab, LabView, Python, Ruby, C/C++, Processing, OpenFrameworks, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, etc.

    MORE ABOUT US Essential Design, located in Boston, has developed an award-winning portfolio of products and services in collaboration with clients from consumer, commercial, and medical domains – ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500s. Our work bridges physical and digital products and services. As a result, our design team aims to enhance holistic user experiences. A cross-section of our recent work includes consumer products, professional equipment, medical devices, health and wellness platforms/communities, ‘green' building initiatives, and athletic performance monitoring systems. Our office is a casual, loft-like, studio atmosphere with very convenient access to public transit.

    Essential provides competitive compensation and benefits packages.