Mechanical Design Engineer

Lavelle Industries, Inc.; Burlington (WI); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lavelle Industries, Inc. in Burlington, WI is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to champion existing product lines. The role combines CAD modeling, engineering calculations, testing, and continuous improvement across established products.

You will learn current products, perform design and verification tasks, and collaborate with Sales and Operations to ensure performance meets customer specs and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Mechanical or Plastics Engineering.
• Strong background in physics, statics, fluid dynamics, and strength of materials.

Responsabilités

• Learn all existing products and perform engineering calculations to derive design intent.
• Manage day-to-day activities of part evaluation and qualification.
• Update drawings, models, and assemblies using SolidWorks CAD software.
• Perform ECRs to update product as changes arise.
• Conduct product verification and competitive testing of products and data.
• Review parts against prints using CTQ’s, tolerances, GD&T, and performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot and find root cause of products that do not meet requirements.
• Communicate cross-functionally with sales and operations personnel.
• Utilize or design test equipment/gauges to verify product requirements and conduct competitive testing.

Connaissances

SolidWorks

3-D CAD

Formation

Mechanical or Plastics Engineering degree

Outils

SolidWorks

Description du poste

Description

Join our team! An industry leader since 1912, Lavelle Industries has a unique opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Burlington, WI R&D team. The primary role of this position is being the product champion of all existing product models. In this position the candidate will learn, maintain, and improve established products lines. This will require a mix of hands-on testing, CAD modelling, calculations, and studies.

Responsibilities

In this position the candidate will:

• Learn all existing products and perform engineering calculations to derive design intent.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of part evaluation and qualification.
• Update drawings, models, and assemblies using SolidWorks CAD software.
• Perform ECRs to update product as changes arise.
• Conduct product verification, competitive testing of products and associated data.
• Review parts against prints utilizing knowledge of CTQ’s (Criticals to Quality), standard dimensional tolerances, GD&T, and performance requirements.
• Trouble shoot and find root cause of products that do not comply with requirements.
• Communication cross functionally with other departments including sales and operations personnel.
• Utilize or design test equipment/gauges to provide product verification, validate product requirements and conduct competitive testing.

Will Learn to:

• Interface with customers to ensure product/component performance to customer specifications and to appropriate standards.
• Lead DOE (Design of Experiments)
• Plastic injection molding
  • Injection molding press specifications and sizing
  • Injection process settings and effects for multiple materials
  • Injection molding defects and their causes
  • Plastic material properties and how they effect product performance
• Rubber compression and injection molding
  • Rheology testing and how the data impacts molding
  • Rubber material properties and how they effect product performance
• Dynamic structural analysis (mold analysis, Finite Element Analysis, component/material selections).

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a blend of experience for this position:

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in (Mechanical, Plastics) Engineering
• 0-2 years engineering experience.
• Excellent command of physics, statics, fluid dynamics, and strength of materials
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and push hard to meet deadlines.
• Be able to share examples of their impact on design projects.
• Must be fluent with 3-D CAD, preferably in SolidWorks