Senior Mechanical Design Lead – CAD & PLM

EMD Electronics; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 119,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO

Retirement contributions

Job summary

EMD Electronics is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineering Manager based in Allentown, PA to lead a global CAD design team and deliver scalable, modular products that meet customer, manufacturing, safety, and regulatory requirements.

You will partner across Product/Manufacturing Engineering, Applications, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to drive design excellence, change control, and engineering best practices while enabling CTO/ETO and product sustaining programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in mechanical engineering or equipment design.
• Demonstrated experience managing 3D CAD design, drawings, BOMs, and design release.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of mechanical design engineers and CAD designers, including hiring, objective setting, performance management, succession planning, and technical capability development.
• Own mechanical design execution and CAD deliverables from concept through design release, manufacturing support, validation, and lifecycle changes.
• Establish and sustain CAD standards, drawing practices, model structure, libraries, templates, design checklists, and peer-review processes.
• Drive the development of reusable, modular 3D designs and product platforms to improve CTO/ETO speed, quality, and manufacturability.
• Ensure drawings, bills of material, specifications, and technical documentation are accurate and released on schedule.
• Provide technical oversight for mechanical layouts, frames, enclosures, piping assemblies, sheet metal, and equipment interfaces.
• Apply GD&T, tolerance-stack analysis, DFMA, and sound mechanical design principles.
• Partner with Quality on design risk management, DFMEA, verification planning, and corrective actions.
• Govern ECR/ECO processes with impact assessment and implementation readiness.
• Develop capacity plans, workload forecasts, priorities, and delivery metrics to meet schedule and budget.
• Support technical quotations with design concepts and risk inputs.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to resolve design-related production issues and improve first-time-right execution.
• Drive continuous improvement through digital tools and CAD/PLM practices.

Skills

Mechanical design

3D CAD design

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SOLIDWORKS

PLM

PDM

ERP

Job description

EMD Electronics is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineering Manager based in Allentown, PA to lead a global CAD design team and deliver scalable, modular products that meet customer, manufacturing, safety, and regulatory requirements.

You will partner across Product/Manufacturing Engineering, Applications, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to drive design excellence, change control, and engineering best practices while enabling CTO/ETO and product sustaining programs.