Lead Mechanical Engineer - Liquid Packaging Automation

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; Alabama; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Massman Companies seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own and drive the design of sophisticated liquid-filling automation from concept to customer acceptance. You will address container challenges, optimize speed and precision, and integrate mechanical, servo, pneumatics, sensors, and controls into reliable systems.

You will lead projects from kick-off through build, testing, and acceptance, working with customers, manufacturing, controls, suppliers, and other specialists to meet performance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Automation, Manufacturing Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience designing complex automated production machinery; 10+ years preferred. Experience with packaging, liquid filling, robotics, material handling, process equipment, or similar industrial automation is highly valued.
• Advanced mechanical design and SOLIDWORKS expertise, including complex assemblies, mechanisms, servo-driven motion, pneumatics, precision components, tooling, manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Strong systems-level engineering and problem-solving capability, with experience integrating mechanical designs with controls, electrical systems, sensors, instrumentation, robotics, and other automation technologies.
• Demonstrated senior-level technical leadership and engineering judgment, with the ability to balance customer requirements, standardization, manufacturability, reliability, cost, and maintainability while effectively collaborating across engineering, manufacturing, sales, suppliers, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering effort from project kick-off through design, build, testing, and customer acceptance.
• Collaborate directly with customers, manufacturing teams, controls engineers, suppliers, and other technical specialists.
• Make key design decisions, lead technical reviews, solve real-world problems as machines come to life on our production floor, and help ensure each system delivers on its performance, quality, cost, and schedule commitments.

Skills

Mechanical design

Systems engineering

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SOLIDWORKS

Job description

Massman Companies seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own and drive the design of sophisticated liquid-filling automation from concept to customer acceptance. You will address container challenges, optimize speed and precision, and integrate mechanical, servo, pneumatics, sensors, and controls into reliable systems.

You will lead projects from kick-off through build, testing, and acceptance, working with customers, manufacturing, controls, suppliers, and other specialists to meet performance,