Mechanical Designer III - Contract

About the role

ASI is expanding its teams to support its current ramp-up across development work, customer projects, and product deployments. This is a full-time W-2 contract position.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain 3D CAD models, mechanical drawings, assembly drawings, weldment drawings, installation drawings, and fabrication documentation
• Support mechanical design activities for autonomous reach stacker platforms, container stacker DC Build efforts, and Yard Truck Container Offload systems
• Design and document brackets, mounts, frames, weldments, panels, covers, guards, enclosures, sensor mounts, compute mounts, cable-routing hardware, and integration components
• Support mechanical integration of autonomy kits, sensors, compute hardware, electrical panels, wiring routes, antennas, cameras, LiDAR, radar, GPS/GNSS, and other vehicle systems
• Create and maintain bills of materials, part lists, drawing packages, revision records, and release documentation
• Translate engineering concepts, sketches, redlines, markups, requirements, and field feedback into accurate design models and production-ready drawings
• Review mechanical designs for fit, function, manufacturability, assembly, serviceability, durability, and integration with vehicle systems
• Support packaging studies, interference checks, clearance reviews, installation planning, and layout work for heavy-equipment platforms
• Support design of ruggedized components that can withstand vibration, shock, outdoor exposure, heavy-equipment operation, and field-service conditions
• Incorporate feedback from prototype builds, shop integration, field testing, customer deployments, and technician installation work
• Support engineering change requests, engineering change orders, drawing releases, and configuration-controlled design updates
• Work with technicians, fabricators, vendors, and suppliers to resolve questions related to drawings, fit-up, fabrication, installation, and build quality
• Support prototype assembly, vehicle integration, troubleshooting, and design updates in shop and field environments
• Coverage of 90% of employee medical plan costs

Qualifications

• Associate degree, technical certificate, or equivalent experience in Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Drafting, CAD Design, Manufacturing Technology, or a related technical field
• Typically five or more years of experience in mechanical design, mechanical drafting, product design, vehicle design, heavy-equipment design, automation systems, or related technical design work
• Strong experience creating and maintaining 3D CAD models, detailed drawings, assemblies, and mechanical documentation
• Experience using CAD tools such as SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, NX, CATIA, Onshape, or similar mechanical design platforms
• Experience designing brackets, mounts, weldments, sheet-metal parts, machined parts, guards, covers, frames, or mechanical assemblies
• Ability to interpret mechanical drawings, technical specifications, engineering markups, redlines, requirements, and assembly feedback
• Familiarity with bills of materials, drawing releases, revision control, engineering change processes, and configuration management
• Understanding of mechanical fit, tolerance, manufacturability, assembly, serviceability, durability, and installation requirements
• Experience working with engineers, technicians, fabricators, manufacturing teams, test teams, and field personnel
• Strong attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, complete, and organized technical documentation
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to identify practical design solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in office, shop, vehicle-integration, and field-support environments as needed

Benefits

• 401k with employer match
• Generous HSA contribution
• PTO, paid holidays, and flextime
• ASI covers 90% of employee medical plan costs