Product Engineer- Open To All Experience Levels

What you’ll do

About half your day is screen time in SolidWorks. The other half you are out of your seat — down on the manufacturing floor answering questions about parts you released, on the phone with a vendor, or emailing a customer about the details of their new mixer. The engineering team is small, so the work is broad, and it changes week to week. Day-to-day you’ll:

• Design 3D models, assemblies, and complete machines in SolidWorks, and produce the engineering drawings that go out to the shop
• Turn negotiated contracts into a set of prints approved by the end user, then release parts to manufacturing
• Research and select components from vendors, gathering data sheets and weighing function against cost
• Support your project through the full lifecycle — the build, commissioning, operation, and service
• Answer technical questions from production, sales, and the manufacturing manager on parts, bills of materials, and part numbering
• Work directly with customers on installation and interface questions: what comes before the mixer, what comes after it, and how it will be controlled
• Travel occasionally — about 10%, mostly domestic — to support equipment start-up at customer sites

What you need to thrive in this role

• Hands-on 3D CAD design experience, SolidWorks strongly preferred — and real enjoyment of it, because it is about half the job
• A degree in an engineering discipline, or an associate’s degree and CAD/3D design experience paired with several years of relevant industry experience
• Mechanical aptitude for heavy-duty equipment design
• Comfort walking out to the shop floor and talking things through with the people building your design
• Enough curiosity and self-direction to be handed a project and an end goal and work out the path yourself
• Capital equipment, engineered-to-order, mixing, or material handling experience (mining, conveying, bulk material) is a significant plus
• Working knowledge of industrial controls and electrical components is a plus

About us

Lancaster Products designs and builds high-intensity mixers and material handling equipment for manufacturers. We are a small, privately held company with our own product line, which means our engineers work on whole machines instead of a narrow slice of someone else’s design. Most of what we do is engineered to order — a standard line of machines customized for nearly every customer — so no two projects look quite the same, and you will see your work through from a drawing to a running machine in a customer’s plant.

Salary

$58,000 – $92,000 (we are open to bringing someone on entry-level to experienced, so comp will reflect that)

Benefits

• 3 Medical Insurance Options – Base plan 100% employer-paid
• Dental/Vision benefits
• Life insurance, Short-Term Disability, and EAP
• Vacation, Personal, Sick Time, and Paid Holidays
• 401k plan with generous company matching (100% on the first 3% and 50% on 4–6%)