Senior Mechanical Engineer — High-Volume Prototyping

Fresh Consulting; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 103,320 - 117,096; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Consulting seeks a seasoned product development engineer to lead design and iteration of high-tech industrial and consumer products. You will work with prototypes, CAD (SolidWorks preferred), and rapid tooling to push concepts toward production.

You will navigate ambiguous design challenges, ensure GD&T and material selection, and collaborate with manufacturing to deliver high-volume parts for injection molding and related processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years product development of high-tech industrial, consumer products and precision test equipment.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, leadership, verbal and written communication skills.
• Expert in CAD (SolidWorks preferred).
• Experience building prototypes, CNC machined and rapid prototyping, fast iterations.
• Requires strong design skills, managing through ambiguity, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Extensive experience in the development of plastic components for injection molding and similar high-volume manufacturing processes.
• Experience with material properties and material selection based on application requirements.
• GD&T knowledge and practical application of engineering tolerancing.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing and production tool qualification.
• Knowledge of manufacturing assembly processes, component mounting, interfaces, fastening and bonding.
• Understanding of the practical application of thermal modeling and computational fluid dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Lead design from concept to production using CAD, prototypes, and rapid tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to validate design choices for high-volume production.
• Apply GD&T and tolerancing to ensure manufacturability and quality.
• Evaluate material properties and selections to meet application requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Ambiguity management

Team collaboration

Influencing

Verbal communication

Written communication

Tools

SolidWorks

CNC machining

Rapid prototyping

3D printing

Job description

Fresh Consulting seeks a seasoned product development engineer to lead design and iteration of high-tech industrial and consumer products. You will work with prototypes, CAD (SolidWorks preferred), and rapid tooling to push concepts toward production.

You will navigate ambiguous design challenges, ensure GD&T and material selection, and collaborate with manufacturing to deliver high-volume parts for injection molding and related processes.