Lead CAD Designer (On-Site)

Job Overview

The Lead CAD Designer is a senior, hands‑on role responsible for leading all CAD design, documentation, and bill of material (BOM) activities for a small manufacturing team focused on residential and commercial HVAC products. This position reports directly to the Sr. Director of Engineering. The Lead CAD Designer owns the design documentation infrastructure of the engineering department, producing and controlling the models, drawings, and documentation that release products to the factory, and owning the accuracy and integrity of all bills of material for factory production. Beyond execution, this role establishes and governs the processes by which engineering information is created, reviewed, released, and revised, building formal document control where necessary. The role serves as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, sales, and customer service for documentation‑related requests, and is the frontline coordinator for product change requests originating from Sales and Customer Service. This position owns the engineering change process across departments and acts as the primary point of contact for offsite and external design, documentation, and BOM resources. This is an onsite role based at the Aspen manufacturing facility in Humble, TX. Occasional remote work may be available following the initial onboarding period, subject to business needs and manager approval.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and release of production CAD models, drawings, and documentation for HVAC products, partnering with design engineers to carry designs from concept through manufacturing release.
• Own and ensure accuracy of all bills of material (BOMs) across the product portfolio; create, structure, and maintain BOMs in the ERP environment and reconcile discrepancies among CAD, engineering documentation, and ERP records.
• Own the engineering change process end to end, initiating engineering change notices (ECNs) and release notices (ERNs),