Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (SolidWorks) — 6‑Month Contract

Coroflot; Phoenixville (Chester County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

DesignThink, Inc. is seeking a freelance/contract Mechanical Engineer to join our product design team for a 6-month engagement with potential for full-time conversion. The role requires independent problem solving, collaboration with designers and manufacturers, and rapid progress in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead mechanical development from concept through manufacturing, focusing on robust CAD models, DFM/DFA considerations, and wiring concepts with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in mechanical engineering and product development.
• Expert-level experience with SolidWorks solid and surfacing modeling, including working with complex or imperfect geometry.
• Ability to reverse-engineer products from physical parts, scans, existing CAD, industrial-design surfaces, or other imperfect information.
• Experience taking products from early concepts through detailed mechanical design and manufacturing.
• Strong experience designing injection-molded plastic parts.
• Excellent understanding of DFM/DFA, tolerancing, materials, mechanisms, fasteners, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience working with real manufactured products, not just CAD.
• Strong ability to develop and evaluate product concepts and mechanical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Helping generate and develop product concepts.
• Figuring out how a product or mechanism should actually work.
• Developing mechanical architectures and design approaches.
• Reverse-engineering existing products.
• Developing complex CAD geometry and surfaces.
• Turning industrial-design concepts into engineered, manufacturable products.
• Designing injection-molded housings, components, mechanisms, and assemblies.
• Working through packaging, tolerances, materials, and manufacturing constraints.
• Developing prototypes and iterating designs.
• Working directly with clients and manufacturers.
• Solving problems where the answer isn't obvious.
• Taking a product from 'Here’s the problem' to 'Here’s how we're going to solve it'.

Skills

Mechanical design

SolidWorks

Reverse engineering

Concept to CAD

DFM/DFA

Injection molding

Manufacturing knowledge

Communication

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

DesignThink, Inc. is seeking a freelance/contract Mechanical Engineer to join our product design team for a 6-month engagement with potential for full-time conversion. The role requires independent problem solving, collaboration with designers and manufacturers, and rapid progress in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead mechanical development from concept through manufacturing, focusing on robust CAD models, DFM/DFA considerations, and wiring concepts with cross-functional teams.