Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Plastic Consumables

Nordson EFD LLC; East Providence (RI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

You will drive design activities with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and external suppliers while owning DFMEA/PFMEA and ensuring designs meet performance, quality, and regulatory requirements. Proficiency with SolidWorks, GD&T, and FEA is essential, as is collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of mechanical product development experience.
• Experience leading high-volume molded part designs through tooling, validation, and ramp-up.
• Strong knowledge of plastic part design, polymer selection, mold tooling fundamentals, gate/flow considerations, shrink/warp, and cosmetic requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead consumable product development from concept to tooling release, validation, and production launch.
• Coordinate design activities across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and suppliers.
• Own DFMEA and PFMEA to ensure robust designs meeting performance, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with external molders and tooling suppliers to optimize manufacturability, cost, yield, and cycle time.
• Apply structured problem-solving techniques (DOE, root-cause analysis) to resolve design and process issues.
• Create CAD models and drawings (SolidWorks) including GD&T to support global manufacturing.
• Lead design verification and validation planning and execution; analyze results and implement corrective actions.
• Provide technical support to sustain existing consumable products, including quality escalations and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Contribute to the design and integration of electro-mechanical sub-systems as needed.

Skills

Mechanical design

Product development

DFMEA

PFMEA

DOE

Root cause analysis

3D CAD SolidWorks

GD&T

Design for manufacturability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

You will drive design activities with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and external suppliers while owning DFMEA/PFMEA and ensuring designs meet performance, quality, and regulatory requirements. Proficiency with SolidWorks, GD&T, and FEA is essential, as is collaboration across global teams.