Mechanical Engineer — Level 5

Basaran Grinder Corp.; Hauppauge (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Basaran Grinder Corporation is seeking a Mechanical Engineer Level 5 Principal or Lead Machine Tool Engineer to serve as the company’s top mechanical tool engineering authority. The role guides platform architecture, advanced development, and cross-functional problem resolution across multiple machine systems and product families.

Responsibilities include setting long-term technical direction, leading analyses in dynamics and thermal behavior, and mentoring senior engineers.

Qualifications

• Exceptional command of mechanical fundamentals and hands-on machine-building judgment.
• History of solving difficult multi-physics or system-level problems and converting lessons into better designs.
• Ability to evaluate competing technical approaches using analysis, testing, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Ability to influence teams through technical credibility, clear standards, and disciplined review.

Responsibilities

• Set long-term technical direction for machine structures, axes, spindles, dressing, workholding, thermal control, fluid systems, and modular platforms.
• Lead advanced analysis and validation involving structural dynamics, vibration, stiffness, thermal behavior, bearing systems, sealing, and precision motion.
• Make final technical recommendations on high-risk designs and major deviations from proven architecture.
• Develop reusable engineering standards, design rules, calculation tools, review gates, and verification methods.
• Lead cross-functional technical recovery efforts for the most difficult machine-performance and customer issues.
• Mentor senior engineers, advise engineering management, and represent Basaran in high-level technical discussions with customers and partners.

Skills

Mechanical fundamentals

Multi-physics problem solving

Engineering analysis

Technical leadership

Education

Advanced degree (Mechanical)

Job description

Mechanical Engineer Level 5 Principal or Lead Machine Tool Engineer

Mechanical EngineerLevel 5 Principal or Lead Machine Tool Engineer

Location

Employment

Fulltime on site

Department

Compensation

$100,000to $135,000 per year

Position Summary

Serves as Basaran Grinder's highest-level technicalauthority for mechanical machine-tool engineering. This person guides platformarchitecture, advanced development, technical standards, and resolution ofproblems that cross multiple machine systems or product families.

Key Responsibilities

• Set long-term technical direction for machine structures, axes, spindlesystems, dressing, workholding, thermal control, fluid systems, and modularmachine platforms
• Lead advanced analysis and validation involving structural dynamics,vibration, stiffness, thermal behavior, bearing systems, sealing, and precisionmotion
• Make final technical recommendations on high-risk designs and majordeviations from proven architecture
• Develop reusable engineering standards, design rules, calculationtools, review gates, and verification methods
• Lead cross-functional technical recovery efforts for the most difficultmachine-performance and customer issues
• Mentor senior engineers, advise engineering management, and representBasaran in high-level technical discussions with customers and partners

Required Qualifications

• Exceptional command of mechanical fundamentals combined with stronghands-on machine-building judgment
• History of solving difficult multi-physics or system-level problems andconverting lessons into better designs
• Ability to evaluate competing technical approaches using analysis,testing, risk, cost, and schedule
• Ability to influence teams through technical credibility, clearstandards, and disciplined review

Preferred Experience ( 20+years)

• Advanced degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent careerachievement
• Expertise in grinding-machine dynamics, high-speed spindles, precisionmetrology, thermal stability, or structural optimization
• Patent, research, platform-development, or chief-engineer experience

What Success Looks Like

Creates durable technical advantage, resolves problemsothers cannot, and builds engineering systems that scale beyond individualprojects.

• Full-time position based primarily on-site in Hauppauge, New York
• Typical company schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.; specific hours depend on the role
• Competitive compensation and company benefits
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States

About Basaran Grinder

Basaran Grinder Corporation is a family-owned Americanmanufacturer of high-precision CNC grinding machines and automation systems foraerospace, gas-turbine, energy, automotive, and advanced-manufacturingcustomers.

EqualOpportunity Employment Basaran GrinderCorporation considers qualified applicants without regard to legally protectedcharacteristics.