Lead Project Engineer Micro Hydraulic

FastTek Global; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FastTek Global in Towson, MD is seeking a Lead Project Engineer for Micro-Hydraulic tooling on our product roadmap. You will lead design, development, integration, and validation of micro-hydraulic systems, working with electrical, software, and manufacturing teams to deliver high-quality hydraulic solutions.

This role emphasizes technical leadership and mentorship, with a target of 21 months from inception to delivery and opportunities for patent-related work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent is required.
• 7 to 10 years of mechanical design experience in micro-hydraulic system design and development.
• Experience leading engineering projects or technical workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of hydraulic system principles and high-pressure micro-hydraulics.
• Experience creating and interpreting hydraulic schematics and engineering drawings.
• Proficiency in hydraulic calculations, component sizing, and system troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of GD&T, DFM/DFA, DFMEA, and root-cause analysis methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills with a global team and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, integration, and validation of micro-hydraulic systems.
• Provide technical leadership for handheld and stationary micro-hydraulic designs.
• Collaborate with electrical, software, motor controls, suppliers, and manufacturing teams.
• Define validation plans and support testing for functionality, durability, and safety.
• Lead DFMEA, risk assessments, and cross-functional design reviews.
• Mentor engineers and designers and lead project teams independently.
• Translate product requirements into architecture, schematics, and component specs.
• Drive standardization and reuse of hydraulic solutions across programs.

Skills

Micro-hydraulic design

High-pressure hydraulic

System analysis

DFMEA / root cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

GD&T

Engineering documentation

Mentorship / leadership

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Lead Project Engineer - Micro Hydraulic #1067115

Direct Hire in Towson, Maryland

This candidate will lead Microhydraulic tooling on the product roadmap (6 to 10 tons of force). Design, manufacturing, and supply. A true lead. 21 months from inception to delivery is the goal. PATENTS!!! More patents the better! This person is standing up a new part of the business. They'll need to learn our Product while preparing to lead a brand team.

Job Description:

The Job:

The Micro-Hydraulic Lead Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, integration, and validation of Micro-Hydraulic systems, subsystems, and components for product platforms and customer applications. This role provides technical leadership for handheld and stationary micro-hydraulic system design activities, including architecture definition, component selection, system analysis, prototype development, testing, and production launch support. The position requires strong cross-functional collaboration with electrical, software, motor controls, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to deliver high-quality hydraulic solutions that meet performance, cost, schedule, and reliability objectives. Experience contributing to intellectual property development, invention disclosures, and patent-support activities is highly valued.

• Experience with micro-hydraulic, high pressure compact hydraulic, or electro-hydraulic system applications.
• Familiarity with regulated, safety-critical, or high-reliability product environments.
• Experience supporting supplier qualification and component validation activities.
• Advanced analytical capability in system performance optimization and failure investigation.
• Hydraulic system design and integration; specifically high pressure.
• Fluid power engineering
• Technical leadership
• System analysis and troubleshooting
• Product development and validation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Risk assessment and DFMEA

The Person:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent is required
• 7 to 10 years of mechanical design experience in micro-hydraulic system design and development.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering projects or technical workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of hydraulic system principles, fluid power components, and system integration with background in high pressure micro-hydraulics.
• Experience creating and interpreting hydraulic schematics and engineering documentation.
• Experience creating and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Proficiency in hydraulic calculations, component sizing, and system troubleshooting.
• Experience with product development processes from concept through production launch.
• Knowledge of GD&T, DFM/DFA, DFMEA, and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with a global team, including suppliers and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to provide direction and mentorship to engineers and designers and lead project teams independently.
• Lead the design and development of micro-hydraulic systems, subsystems, and components for product platforms and customer applications.
• Translate product requirements into micro-hydraulic architecture, subsystems, documentation, schematics, component specifications, and system performance criteria.
• Perform micro-hydraulic system sizing, pressure and flow calculations, load analysis, thermal analysis, and performance optimization.
• Lead technical decision-making for hydraulic system design activities across assigned engineering projects and technical workstreams.
• Develop and execute plans for project sample builds, prototype development, and engineering validation activities.
• Define validation plans and support testing activities to verify hydraulic system functionality, durability, efficiency, and safety.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic performance issues during prototype, testing, pilot, and production phases.
• Lead technical feasibility studies, design reviews, risk assessments, and DFMEA activities.
• Participate in hands-on concept development, prototyping, product testing and data collection, while providing technical feedback and recommendations.
• Collaborate with motor controls, electrical, and software teams to integrate electro-hydraulic systems and ensure proper system behavior.
• Drive design standardization, modularity, and reuse of proven hydraulic solutions across programs.
• Support supplier selection, technical reviews, and component qualification activities.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal engineering processes.
• Manage engineering deliverables, schedules, and technical execution for assigned projects.
• Successfully deliver projects that achieve quality, performance, schedule, and cost objectives in a cross-functional environment.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to communicate technical status, risks, issues, and recommended solutions.
• Support cost reduction, quality improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives related to hydraulic systems.
• Provide direction, mentorship, and technical guidance to project engineers, engineers, and designers, and lead project teams independently.