Senior Mechanical Engineer Precision Equipment & Automation

BY Recruiting; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

BY Recruiting is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join an Equipment Engineering team designing, building, and deploying custom production equipment for next-generation optical/precision hardware production.

You will split time between desk design and hands-on lab integration, testing, and troubleshooting, collaborating with software teams, machinists and suppliers to deliver reliable tooling from concept to deployment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience designing custom equipment or machinery.
• Strong 3D CAD skills with Creo preferred; SolidWorks or NX also accepted.
• Systems-level thinker who owns full equipment design from concept to testing.
• Hands-on experience taking designs through fabrication, assembly, integration and testing.
• Knowledge of GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM/DFA for machined parts.
• US Citizen or Green Card holder (no visa sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Designing and building custom production equipment, automation systems, fixtures, and electromechanical assemblies from concept through deployment.
• Upgrading and automating metrology equipment and precision process tools.
• Working with precision stages, actuators, bearings, control electronics and multi-axis motion systems.
• Collaborating with software, machinists, suppliers and engineers to design, build and deploy tools.
• Split time roughly 60/40 between desk design work and hands-on lab integration, testing and troubleshooting.

Skills

5+ years of mechanical engineering

Tools

Creo

SolidWorks

NX

Job description

BY Recruiting is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join an Equipment Engineering team designing, building, and deploying custom production equipment for next-generation optical/precision hardware production.

You will split time between desk design and hands-on lab integration, testing, and troubleshooting, collaborating with software teams, machinists and suppliers to deliver reliable tooling from concept to deployment.