Senior Mechanical Engineer - Rapid Prototyping & R&D

Waters Corporation; Delaware; On-site; USD 95,500 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters Corporation in New Castle, DE is hiring a Mechanical Engineer to join the TA Instruments team. You will conceive, prototype, test, and refine concepts for advanced measurement technologies in materials characterization, collaborating with multi-disciplinary scientists and engineers.

The role emphasizes rapid risk retirement through quick prototyping, design reviews, and near-term product development.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree, 5-7 years experience in a research and development environment.
• Prototype design, test and analysis.
• Design and run targeted tests to quickly identify knowledge gaps and improve designs.
• Proven ability to integrate multidisciplinary elements into prototypes for evaluation and validation.
• Root cause analysis methodology.
• Extensive experience with 3D modelling (Unigraphics / Solid Works / or Equivalent Tools).
• PDM and change process experience.
• GD&T knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

• Conceive and develop concepts to meet the customer requirements
• Prototype and evaluate concepts rapidly, identify risks early, and develop targeted test plans for efficient mitigation and rapid development cycles
• Communicate status, results, conclusions, and next steps with clarity, highlighting impact and actionable plans
• Integrate mechanical, electronics, controls, and coding into prototypes to accelerate concept evaluation and enable rapid iterations for efficient product development
• Participate and lead design reviews and provide feedback where appropriate in collaboration with multidiscipline team
• Work with project and product management leads on technical ideation and risk retirement strategies and solutions
• Work closely with the Engineers and cross-functional team to develop product designs
• Communicate concerns/suggestions/improvements relating to engineering concerns and product life cycle management
• Ensure full documentation of mechanical design including BOM, drawings, and procedures
• Propose and conduct simulations where relevant

Skills

Originating & interpreting designs

Interpersonal communications

Analytical problem-solving

Organizational skills

Physics & mechanical engineering

Furnace & heater design

Materials Science knowledge

Experiment design & testing

Statistical data analysis

Simulation tools (Ansys/Matlab)

Design for Manufacture & assembly

Fabrication/assembly techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Unigraphics

SolidWorks

3D modelling

PDM

GD&T

Job description

Waters Corporation in New Castle, DE is hiring a Mechanical Engineer to join the TA Instruments team. You will conceive, prototype, test, and refine concepts for advanced measurement technologies in materials characterization, collaborating with multi-disciplinary scientists and engineers.

The role emphasizes rapid risk retirement through quick prototyping, design reviews, and near-term product development.