Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

NYCOR; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NYCOR is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer in Minneapolis. The role involves leading electro-mechanical design efforts and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product alignment with customer needs. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of mechanical design experience, strong leadership skills, and familiarity with tools like SolidWorks and ANSYS.

Annual salary ranges from $110K to $130K, along with a complete benefits package. Candidates must pass a criminal background check and drug screening.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in mechanical design, including machine design experience.
• Experience leading system-level architecture and requirements management.
• Familiarity with regulated/mission-critical industries (defense, aerospace, medical).

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level electro-mechanical design efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on design requirements.
• Provide technical input to development roadmaps and risk assessments.

Skills

Mechanical design

Leadership

Critical thinking

Computer-aided design

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

ANSYS

Job description

Our client located in the West Metro Suburbs of Minneapolis (Nearby Plymouth) is looking to add to their team a couple Senior Mechanical Design Engineer's (with some machine design experience) due to continued growth. For over 70 years this company has partnered with a variety of industries to solve automation application challenges.

Visa sponsorship is not authorized for these positions now or in the future.

Relocation Assistance is not available for these positions.

Highlights

• Lead system-level electro-mechanical design efforts, including requirements flow-down, architecture, and physical solutions.
• Design advanced electro-mechanical actuation, pneumatic actuation, and power transmission products using computer aided engineering and precision machine design skills.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet performance, cost, and manufacturability targets.
• Engage directly with product managers, customer engineers and program managers to understand and translate customer needs into robust designs.
• Represent in customer design reviews and program meetings, projecting confidence and credibility.
• Support Product and Program Managers with technical input to development roadmaps, proposals, reviews, and risk assessments.
• Provide subsystem proof-of-performance and lessons learned for future opportunities.
• Develop efficient modular product architectures in a challenging high-mix engineering and manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years in mechanical design with some machine design of industrial automation, aerospace or defense products or similar.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking, optimization and decision-making skills.
• Experience leading system-level architecture and requirements management.
• Strong communication skills with ability to interface confidently with customer technical teams and program leadership.
• High mechanical aptitude with a solid background in computer-aided design and analysis. (SolidWorks and ANSYS preferred).
• Familiarity with regulated/mission-critical industries (defense, aerospace, medical, industrial automation).

Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screening.

Annual Salary Rate $110K to $130K plus a complete benefits package.