Mechanical Product Support Engineer

SMC; Noblesville (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SMC is seeking a Mechanical Applications Engineer in Noblesville, Indiana, to provide technical support for internal and external customers. You will interpret requirements, evaluate applications, and troubleshoot pneumatic circuits using GD&T and CAD tools.

Travel up to 15% supports training, customer visits, and trade shows. The role emphasizes problem solving, design knowledge, and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly in English across teams and customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Fundamental understanding of product development and GD&T.
• Ability to read pneumatic schematics and interpret drawings.
• Experience with CAD tools for basic modeling and documentation.
• Strong communication skills to convey technical information.

Responsibilities

• Interpret customer requirements to meet desired outputs.
• Perform technical app evaluations and report findings.
• Communicate technical knowledge to customers and internal teams.
• Read and interpret pneumatic schematics and troubleshoot circuits.
• Review data using corporate software and CAD models.
• Travel (up to 15%) for training, support, or trade shows.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

GD&T

Pneumatic schematics

Troubleshooting

CAD modeling

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

CMM

Flow meter

Voltmeter

Job description

PURPOSE

This role is to provide mechanical application technical support for internal and external customers. This position requires creativity, innovation, product design knowledge, and product application evaluation and research. A successful candidate will be competent in the aspects of design and problem-solving utilizing engineering first principles

Essential Duties

• Interpret internal and external customer requirements to meet desired outputs.
• Conduct technical application evaluations to identify potential solutions to customer technical inquiries by reviewing existing documentation and report results back to internal and external customers.
• Communicate technical knowledge and specification to internal and external customers.
• Read and interpret pneumatic schematics.
• Troubleshoot pneumatic circuits.
• Review and interpret data utilizing corporate management system software that include CAD models and product documentation.
• Perform guided research on a variety of topics and provide summarized data results.
• Complete assigned tasks using predefined departmental processes.
• Hands on technical support for both internal and external customers.
• Participate on a team to accomplish given tasks or processes.
• Travel, with support, mainly for the purpose of training, customer support, or trade shows. (Less than 15%)
• All other duties as assigned.
• Record daily activities

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Capacity to work indoors in an office, laboratory, and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time.
• Capability to lift objects or equipment weighing up to 51 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical aptitude to use basic hand tools in a laboratory and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to travel and/or attend meetings domestic and internationally outside of normal business hours

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a mechanical or technical engineering discipline, or the equivalent in appropriate education and experience as determined by management utilizing internal SMC career development criteria.
• Novice understanding of the product development process.
• Novice understanding to apply project management principles, methodologies, and documentation.
• Novice understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Novice understanding of tolerance as it relates to design intent.
• Novice understanding of common industrial processes and/or controls.
• Novice understanding of schematics.
• Novice in conducting research using corporate resources.
• Competent at efficient use of time to effectively plan and execute multiple duties.
• Competent understanding to utilize basic inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (Calipers, micrometers, flow meter, voltmeter, etc.)
• Novice to utilize advanced inspection equipment in a laboratory environment. (microscopes, CMM, Contour/Roundness Measuring Instruments, etc.)
• Competent ability to communicate utilizing corporate office software.
• Competent ability to take verbal and/or written direction on tasks, training, or departmental / company policies.
• Competent ability to communicate, in English, with internal and external customers tactfully and professionally