Mechanical Design Engineer

Talascend is currently seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer for an opportunity in St. Joseph, Michigan.

Overview

The mechanical design engineer will be responsible for mechanical structures subsystem deliverables, including development, execution, verification, and validation. This role will work with cross-functional teams throughout various project phases and across structural mechanics, plastic design, sheet metal design, foam and rubber seals, rollers, bearings, and component dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Drive new product development, cost, and quality projects focused on structural components and physics principles, including dynamics, thermodynamics, and airflow.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive them through implementation using project management tools while collaborating with design, product approval, manufacturing, assembly, and interface teams.
• Develop concepts, create designs, evaluate and select concepts, complete verification and validation, and implement designs into production.
• Fine-tune concepts through hand calculations, material selection, design for manufacturing, and design for assembly.
• Define module-level requirements, decompose functional requirements, perform failure mode and effects analysis, and collaborate with stakeholders on verification and validation plans.
• Use process improvement tools, apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing stack-ups, and perform drawing reviews.
• Collaborate with product approval teams to create test plans, write laboratory requests, and coordinate testing.
• Review simulation reports, including formability and mold flow analyses, and incorporate recommendations into designs.
• Work with procurement and suppliers to coordinate tool development through design for manufacturability and manufacturability reviews.
• Release parts and assemblies within the product lifecycle management tool.
• Collaborate with quality teams to complete first part approvals and product part approval processes.
• Support roadmaps and strategic plans for specific modules and attributes.
• Support training, team building, new product introduction, and cost and quality project coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, mechatronic, or automobile engineering.
• At least three years of experience in product development in a related field.
• At least three years of project management experience, including managing multiple projects in parallel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering.
• Problem-solving approach with operational excellence or Six Sigma certification.
• Project management certification, such as PMP.
• Experience selecting and applying materials for component design.
• Experience facilitating effective communication across teams.
• Experience launching a product in the market.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Strong structural knowledge and hands-on problem-solving experience.
• Hands-on experience with computer-aided design tools.
• Team-oriented approach.
• Results-oriented approach.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all organizational levels.
• Proficiency in English.