Senior Mechanical Designer — Onsite (50% Design & Prototyping)

The Fountain Group; Painted Post (NY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral Bonus

Job summary

The Fountain Group is seeking a Designer III for a prominent client, located in Painted Post, NY. This 100% onsite role offers a pay range of $50-53 per hour on a 1-year contract with potential extension or conversion.

The position emphasizes hands-on mechanical design, including developing complete designs, BOM management, and collaboration with procurement and manufacturing teams. SolidWorks expertise is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience
• Proficiency with SolidWorks

Responsibilities

• Support the development of custom equipment, fixtures, tooling, prototypes, and manufacturing systems.
• Transform conceptual designs and engineering direction into complete, manufacturable mechanical designs ready for procurement, fabrication, assembly, and deployment.
• The position is highly hands-on and includes equipment assembly, fitting, troubleshooting, vendor interaction, and supporting procurement activities.
• This role is around 50% Design and 50% installation, prototyping, assembly, etc...
• Develop complete mechanical designs from sketches, concepts, engineering direction, and preliminary layouts.
• Create detailed 3D models, assemblies, manufacturing drawings, fabrication drawings, and assembly documentation using SolidWorks.
• Generate and maintain bills of material (BOMs), part specifications, and engineering documentation within SolidWorks PDM.
• Select and specify purchased components, standard hardware, and commercial-off-the-shelf equipment appropriate for project requirements.
• Work closely with internal supply chain, procurement, and manufacturing personnel to source and procure components and equipment.
• Interface directly with external suppliers and vendors to identify, specify, quote, and procure mechanical components, assemblies, and fabricated equipment.
• Apply sound mechanical design principles including appropriate tolerance schemes, constraint methods, fit selection, manufacturability, maintainability, and assembly considerations.
• Produce manufacturing-ready documentation suitable for internal shops, external fabricators, and equipment vendors.
• Support prototype construction, assembly, fitting, debugging, troubleshooting, and design refinement activities.

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

The Fountain Group is seeking a Designer III for a prominent client, located in Painted Post, NY. This 100% onsite role offers a pay range of $50-53 per hour on a 1-year contract with potential extension or conversion.

The position emphasizes hands-on mechanical design, including developing complete designs, BOM management, and collaboration with procurement and manufacturing teams. SolidWorks expertise is required.