Lead Mechanical Design Engineer, NPD & FEA (Inventor)

Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Paid holidays

Flexible PTO

HSA/FSA and 401K matching

Paid sick time

Job summary

Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG in the United States, Colorado (Aurora) is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer III to design new products from concept to production release within the NPD framework.

You will own mechanical design, document creation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet PSD requirements. The role demands strong CAD skills (preferably Inventor), GD&T expertise, FEA/CFD usage, and BOM management, with 5+ years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5 or more years of related experience is required.
• Proficient in 2D/3D CAD design, preferred system is Inventor.
• Strong knowledge on technical drafting. GD&T and Stack up Tolerancing analysis.

Responsibilities

• Uses CAD systems to develop mechanical design of parts, subassemblies and subsystems required for new products.
• Creates and maintains 2D drawings and 3D models of engineering designs.
• Generates design engineering documentation usually in the form of 3D models, engineering drawings, charts, spread sheets, simulation and testing results reports.
• Uses the PLM system to manage CAD files and new part numbers set up.
• Work closely with testing engineers to ensure the new designs comply with applicable safety regulations and performance and durability requirements.
• Provides input for schedules and workloads related to areas of responsibility.
• Work closely with project managers to assure adherence to time line, material cost, labor cost and other important goals product requirements established in the PSD.
• Provides detailed information of how his/her time is utilized (resource planning).
• Supports model makers in the construction of mock-ups and prototypes.
• Work closely with Industrial Design to meet corporate identity and design guidelines.
• Work closely with Operations to ensure new designs are manufacturable and comply with Karcher Production System global standards.
• Use predictive tools such as FEA, static and dynamic analysis and CFD.
• Understands all financials and budgeting metrics involved in the NPD process.
• Perform assignments with minimum supervision.
• Conduct and coordinate FMEA for new products under development.
• Lead NPD projects.

Skills

CAD design

2D/3D CAD

FMEA

NPD process

PLM system

GD&T

FEA

CFD

BOM management

Mechanical design

Prototyping support

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Inventor

PLM system

Job description

Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG in the United States, Colorado (Aurora) is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer III to design new products from concept to production release within the NPD framework.

You will own mechanical design, document creation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet PSD requirements. The role demands strong CAD skills (preferably Inventor), GD&T expertise, FEA/CFD usage, and BOM management, with 5+ years of relevant experience.