Development Engineer, Mechanical

About the role

Development Engineer - Mechanical position located in Auburn, California, working onsite for TriContinent, an Ingersoll Rand company. The role involves designing and implementing custom mechanical and electromechanical products and sub‑systems for TriContinent syringe pumps and related equipment, requiring product development experience, process capability knowledge, materials expertise, troubleshooting, fluidics understanding, data acquisition, and machine‑tool proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Research & Evaluation: Evaluates existing products for re-design, reliability, improved function, or value engineering
• Designs precision machined components for fluidic systems
• Designs linear mechanical drive systems
• Identifies and defines new product requirements
• Participates in value engineering initiatives for our division.
• Production Processing: Support activities to introduce new production, including manufacturability improvements.
• Design: Create all documentation needed for new or updated products, including drawings, BOMs, product quality documents.
• Testing: Coordinates all product test activities. Builds and tests prototypes.
• Work directly with other engineers to design and develop quality products
• Product designs and design layouts are developed from ideas, sketches and verbal instruction
• Take product design from concept to production
• Responsible for timely, efficient, and quality execution of the assigned tasks
• Create finished drawings of parts and assemblies
• Execution of ECO (Engineering Change Order) documentation changes
• Work with vendors, manufacturing, and engineering to procure parts and build prototypes
• Develop schedules and time estimates for product design and modification
• Write project reports such as project status reports

Requirements

• BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 4+ years working in design
• 2+ years of experience with solid modeling software preferably SolidWorks
• Experience doing design layouts and tolerance studies
• Expertise in the design and integration of complex electromechanical systems in regulated or high-precision environments

Skills

• Experience with robotic systems, medical device design, and/or biotechnology diagnostic equipment development
• Background in engineering and product development for robotics, healthcare devices, or diagnostic instrumentation
• General Machining Skills working with metals and plastics (lathe and mill work)
• Design Reviews and Design Verification Testing
• Experience, exposure to designing plastic injection molded parts
• General knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, and their application
• Ability to inspect parts using applicable measuring devices, Micrometers, Calipers, Optical comparator, etc.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes health care options such as medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, wellness programs, life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and employee stock grants, among other offerings.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $100,000 - $120,000.