Senior Mechanical Engineer - High-Reliability Motors

Electromech Technologies; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Electromech is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design and develop mechanical components and assemblies for motor products and related electromechanical systems, providing cradle-to-grave ownership from modeling to sustaining engineering.

You will collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, test, and customers with a focus on durability, manufacturability, reliability, and integration of high‑reliability actuation systems.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field is required.
• 5–7 years of electromechanical actuator or high-reliability product design experience.
• Strong background in geartrain design, tolerance analysis, and design for manufacturability.
• Experience supporting products from concept through release and sustaining engineering.
• Hands-on experience with prototype hardware, troubleshooting, and cross-functional product development.

Responsibilities

• Model and detail mechanical components and assemblies for motors, actuators, geartrains, housings, shafts, interfaces, and related electromechanical hardware
• Create and maintain 3D CAD models, detailed drawings, tolerance schemes, specifications, BOMs, and drawing packages
• Perform material selection, finish selection, structural stress analysis, tolerance stack-up analysis, and component selection
• Support design of motor mechanical systems with emphasis on durability, manufacturability, assembly, reliability, and integration
• Contribute to geartrain design, shafting, bearing systems, housings, interfaces, sealing approaches, and associated hardware
• Support lubrication selection, FMEA, MTBF / reliability analyses, and design improvement efforts
• Participate in prototype builds, qualification testing, environmental testing, and root-cause investigations
• Coordinate directly with customers, manufacturing, quality, test, and other engineering teams to resolve technical issues and advance designs
• Support pilot builds, production transition, sustaining engineering, and product improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with electrical engineers to integrate motors, sensors, feedback devices, drives, and packaging requirements into complete electromechanical assemblies
• Help develop robust, high-reliability solutions for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications

Skills

Electromechanical design

3D CAD modeling

Tolerance analysis

Reliability engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Nastran

Ansys

Mathcad

Job description

Electromech is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design and develop mechanical components and assemblies for motor products and related electromechanical systems, providing cradle-to-grave ownership from modeling to sustaining engineering.

You will collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, test, and customers with a focus on durability, manufacturability, reliability, and integration of high‑reliability actuation systems.