Senior Mechanical Engineer: Sustaining & Product Improvements

Revel-IT-1; Edinboro (Erie County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Revel IT in Edinboro, PA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for sustaining activities, including issue resolution, design updates, and engineering change control.

The ideal candidate has 8-12+ years of mechanical engineering experience, proficiency with Autodesk Inventor, and the ability to work independently in a production environment while collaborating with manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and operations.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of mechanical engineering experience, preferably in sustaining, product development, manufacturing engineering, or production support roles.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling; Autodesk Inventor required, Creo preferred.
• Associate degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision in a production environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Support released products through ongoing sustaining engineering activities, including issue resolution, design updates, and product improvements.
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing, quality, and field issues using structured root-cause analysis techniques.
• Develop and release updated 3D models, drawings, and documentation using Autodesk Inventor, with secondary support using PTC Creo.
• Create, review, and execute engineering change orders (ECOs) to address product corrections, cost reductions, and manufacturability improvements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing engineering, suppliers, quality, and operations to implement changes effectively.
• Support cost-reduction initiatives, part standardization, and component substitutions.
• Maintain BOM accuracy, drawings, and product data within ERP and PLM systems.
• Apply lessons learned from issues and field feedback to prevent recurrence and improve product robustness.
• Balance responsiveness to production and customer needs with disciplined engineering change control.
• Support compliance with applicable UL, IEC, CB Scheme, seismic, shipping, environmental, and regional certification requirements.
• Assist with product qualification testing, compliance investigations, and corrective-action activities.
• Leverage experience to assist in daily management of department activities, schedule, and growing team in Pune, India.

Skills

Mechanical engineering experience

Independent work

Communication skills

Automation scripting

Education

Associate degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Creo

ERP systems (Oracle PD Cloud / MS Dynamics)

PLM tools (Autodesk Vault / Windchill / Agile)

Scripting languages (VB.NET / Python / C# / C++)

Job description

Revel IT in Edinboro, PA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for sustaining activities, including issue resolution, design updates, and engineering change control.

The ideal candidate has 8-12+ years of mechanical engineering experience, proficiency with Autodesk Inventor, and the ability to work independently in a production environment while collaborating with manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and operations.