Mechanical Engineer – Automation & System Design Lead

ITW Industrial Decorating Solutions (IDS); Carol Stream (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ITW Industrial Decorating Solutions (IDS) seeks a Mechanical Engineer to lead complex projects from concept to production, designing innovative automation systems and standard products. You will collaborate across engineering, sales, and manufacturing to validate designs, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires 3–5 years in mechanical design, strong CAD skills (SolidWorks, AutoCAD), and familiarity with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 3–5 years of experience in mechanical design or related field.
• Experience with industrial automation and machine design.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD tools (SolidWorks, AutoCAD).

Responsibilities

• Development (design, layout, conceptualization, and costing) of new products and systems from concept through production.
• Assists with development, documentation, and cost estimates for product functional and design specifications.
• Instrumental in developing automation system designs that exceed customer-needs while leveraging 80 products and Engineering Design Standards.
• Communicate effectively with customers, sales team, applications experts, machine builders, other technical experts, and site-leadership team to achieve business objectives.
• Makes reasonable estimates of time required to complete designs and adjusts personal schedule and level-of effort and asks for appropriate assistance to consistently complete assigned tasks on-time.
• Innovate solutions and develop products, processes and systems based on customer and business needs.
• Performs mechanical design and development of component parts and assemblies.
• Has familiarity with how mechanical systems integrate and function with electrical and software control systems and can identify weaknesses in the design phase.
• Assists with assembly, fine-tuning, customer acceptance test and troubleshoots performance issues at root-cause level following through with incorporating lessons-learned into Engineering Design Standards and Engineering Processes.
• Generates engineering documentation including product drawings and manuals.
• Coordinates new product introduction and training with cross functional departments including manufacturing/product management/sales/service.
• Supports existing standard products with design improvements.
• Performs analysis and tests new products and product enhancements for design validation.
• Works in cross functional teams consisting of mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, technicians, machine builders, sourcing professionals, project managers, and product managers.
• Provides guidance and training to other engineers and technical staff.
• Embraces company EHS program and works to promote safe and healthy working environment for self and others.
• Travel and interface with customer and internal resources as needed to troubleshoot issues at customer sites.
• Maintains focus on continuous improvement by applying 80/20, PLS, and USa principles/techniques and makes process improvement recommendations to management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical documentation

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

MS Office

ERP

Job description

ITW Industrial Decorating Solutions (IDS) seeks a Mechanical Engineer to lead complex projects from concept to production, designing innovative automation systems and standard products. You will collaborate across engineering, sales, and manufacturing to validate designs, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires 3–5 years in mechanical design, strong CAD skills (SolidWorks, AutoCAD), and familiarity with industry standards.