Mechanical Engineer I

ASC Process Systems; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ASC Process Systems, Inc. seeks a Mechanical Engineer to lead project management and engineering for custom process equipment, including autoclaves. You will design, analyze, and oversee fabrication and installation while coordinating with customers and internal teams.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, with preferred master’s or PE. Strong communication, scheduling, and CAD skills are essential in a hands-on manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Master’s degree or PE license preferred.
• Ability to independently perform engineering analyses to design custom equipment.
• Strong communication and project management experience required.
• Experience with autoclaves and custom process systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management and engineering for assigned orders.
• Develop BOM from OMS data and oversee procurement.
• Create design and fabrication drawings in 2-D/3-D.
• Release drawings to fabrication and support installation.
• Maintain project schedules and design documents.
• Interface with customers on design, schedule, and progress.
• Act as project champion across departments to ensure on-time, cost-efficient delivery.
• Identify design/process improvements for cost and reliability.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Project management

3-D design

Thermodynamics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree or PE license preferred

Tools

2-D design software

3-D design software

MS Project

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Access

Job description

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project management and engineering functions for assigne equipment orders.
• Follows ASC's MEP (mechanical engineering process) including adhering to process steps and process-related policies.
• Independently engineers and designs autoclaves and custom process systems assuring that equipment meets all customer and regulatory mandates.
• Responsible for creating Bill of Materials utilizing OMS data base and overseeing timely procurement of materials for assigned projects.
• Generates design approval and fabrication level drawings using 2-D and 3-D design software.
• Releases drawings to fabrication team.
• Works closely with and advises fabrication team as needed during construction of equipment.
• Generates and regularly updates Project Schedules and Design Documents for assigned projects using various software packages including MS Project Word Excel and Access.
• Communicates with customers regarding product design project schedule project progress equipment fabrication installation customer training equipment acceptance and addresses all customer questions and concerns.
• Acts as project champion with various departments to facilitate timely cost-efficient and accurate purchasing fabrication testing installation start-up training and/or repair of products.
• Evaluates existing designs/processes for possible improvements in design cost efficiency and reliability.

Requirements

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Master’s degree or Professional Engineering License preferred.
• Must be able to independently perform and fully understand all engineering analysis required to design custom process control equipment.
• Must be able to solve design problems using creativity and ingenuity.
• Areas of expertise: Mechanical Engineering Design Machine Design Statics Dynamics Strength of Materials Numerical Analysis Thermodynamics Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer and 3-D Design Modeling.
• Additional desired area of expertise: Vibration Analysis Turbomachinery Industrial Economics and Management FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics).
• Must be competent performing a wide variety of analysis’ including mechanical and thermal induced deflection and deformation stress &
• strain volume pressure temperature air flow horsepower storage capacity thermal capacities pump sizing fan and duct sizing heat transfer and more.
• Must be able to independently organize work-load multi-task prioritize and use sound judgment.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills as well as previous project management experience or formal project management training.
• Must be able to spend extensive amounts of time sitting working on computer or phone.
• Must be able to spend limited amounts of time safely in a heavy manufacturing environment that is not air-conditioned and has exposure to noise and dust/particles caused by welding and other fabrication activities associated with the production of industrial process equipment.
• PPE will be required including hard hats steel-toed shoes protective glasses and ear protection.
• Additional protective devices are required when appropriate for a given task including protective gloves back braces dust masks or respirators.