Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Tooling & Fixtures)

Benchmark Electronics; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Benchmark Electronics in Santa Ana, CA designs and develops customer products, tooling, and test fixtures, performing basic to high-complexity mechanical design tasks. You will generate drawings, verify dimensions, interact with vendors, and support cross-functional teams in tooling development.

The role emphasizes design for excellence, documentation, and collaboration with hardware, software, and quality teams to meet customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical design and documentation experience for customer products and tooling.
• Ability to create basic to intermediate drawings of components and assemblies.
• Familiarity with Design for Excellence (DFX) and tolerance analysis practices.

Responsibilities

• Provides mechanical design and documentation for customer products and related tooling to meet manufacturing requirements.
• Develops basic drawings of components and assemblies.
• Performs engineering computations and writes specifications.
• Creates modified basic designs for new or existing products and tooling.
• Interacts with vendors to ensure proper fabrication of mechanical components.

Skills

Mechanical design

Drafting

Tolerance analysis

3D CAD

Education

Engineering degree or technical degree

Tools

MCAD

Job description

Benchmark Electronics in Santa Ana, CA designs and develops customer products, tooling, and test fixtures, performing basic to high-complexity mechanical design tasks. You will generate drawings, verify dimensions, interact with vendors, and support cross-functional teams in tooling development.

The role emphasizes design for excellence, documentation, and collaboration with hardware, software, and quality teams to meet customer requirements.