Senior Mechanical Engineer

About the role

The Senior Mechanical Engineer role focuses on mechanical development for advanced pan-and-tilt positioning systems and tripod products. You will support both custom product modifications and new product development, evaluating customer requirements, performing engineering analysis, selecting motion control components, and driving projects from concept through validation and production support.

Responsibilities

• Support custom product modifications and new product development for pan-and-tilt positioning systems and tripod products.
• Evaluate customer requirements and translate them into clear technical specifications and design objectives.
• Perform engineering analysis using first principles, including structures, heat transfer, statics, dynamics, and motor sizing.
• Design and validate electro-mechanical systems, focusing on precision motion control architectures that include encoders, motors, bearings, and supporting structures.
• Conduct approximately 40% of work in testing and analysis, selecting motors, drives, sensors, and encoders through performance calculations and hands-on testing.
• Carry out approximately 30% of work in design and simulation, creating CAD models (SolidWorks preferred), performing structural analysis, and executing FEA simulations.
• Provide approximately 30% of work in supplier and manufacturing support, including electro-mechanical component selection, supplier interaction, and resolving production and quality issues.
• Develop and refine motion control loops for stepper and servo-based systems to achieve required performance and reliability.
• Specify and execute relevant tests associated with MIL-STD-810 to validate components and subsystems under environmental and operational conditions.
• Lead projects from requirement elicitation through design, testing, production handoff, and after-sales technical support.
• Design assemblies and subassemblies rather than isolated parts, ensuring robust integration of mechanical and electro-mechanical components.
• Provide hands-on testing and validation of electro-mechanical systems and motion control components.
• Perform component and subsystem-level validation, including hands-on testing, data analysis, and documentation of results.
• Collaborate closely with suppliers, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams to ensure designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, and meet performance targets.
• Support resolution of production issues by analyzing root causes and implementing design or process improvements.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline with adequate experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in a mechanical engineering role.
• Demonstrated experience designing and validating electro-mechanical systems.
• Strong technical thinking ability, with a proven track record of recommending design choices based on first principles such as structures, heat transfer, statics, dynamics, and motor sizing.
• Familiarity with full system architecture of precision motion control systems, including encoders, motors, bearings, and supporting structures.
• Experience designing assemblies and subassemblies that integrate mechanical and motion control components.
• Comfort with hands-on testing and validation of electro-mechanical systems and motion control components.
• Experience performing performance calculations for motors, drives, sensors, and encoders and interpreting test results.
• Experience supporting supplier and manufacturing activities, including component selection and resolving production issues.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• BSME degree with 3–5+ years of experience specifically in designing electromechanical systems involving motion control components.
• SolidWorks CAD experience, including part and assembly modeling, and familiarity with PDM systems.
• Experience with FEA and structural analysis for mechanical components and assemblies.
• Experience in product development and R&D for mechanical and electro-mechanical systems.
• Experience in product testing and validation at component and subsystem levels.
• Experience developing motion control loops for stepper and servo-based systems.
• Familiarity with specifying and executing tests in accordance with MIL-STD-810.
• Project leadership experience, from requirement elicitation through design, testing, production support, and after-sales technical support.
• Experience with motors, sensors, encoders, drives, and other electro-mechanical components used in motion control applications.
• Relevant industry experience in aerospace, automotive, automation, or industrial equipment environments.
• Exposure to structural analysis design and new product development cycles.
• Comfort working on complex mechanical designs that integrate motion control and precision positioning.