SolidWorks Design Engineer: Sustaining & Improvements

Mac-Medical-3; Millstadt (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mac-Medical-3 in Illinois seeks a Sustaining Design Engineer to drive hands-on mechanical design and documentation for released products and new development. You will use SolidWorks to create accurate models, drawings, and BOMs while adhering to change control processes.

The role requires strong drafting discipline, collaboration with manufacturing and quality teams, and the ability to balance urgent production support with ongoing product development in a regulated medical device environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Experience creating and revising 3D models and drawings in SolidWorks.
• Ability to read drawings and apply GD&T and tolerances.
• Experience with manufacturing teams and documentation control.

Responsibilities

• Create, revise, and maintain SolidWorks parts, assemblies, configurations, and production drawings for current and new products.
• Convert approved concepts, product corrections, and improvement requests into complete design outputs, including drawings, specifications, and BOMs.
• Support Engineering Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders by reviewing the need, identifying affected products and documents, preparing design changes, and providing implementation-ready documentation.
• Provide design support for new product development from concept and prototype work through verification, production release, and design transfer.
• Investigate product, manufacturing, supplier, service, warranty, and customer issues; develop practical design corrections or improvements with appropriate cross-functional input.
• Apply design for manufacturability and assembly principles, tolerances, materials, finishes, and drawing practices to product designs.
• Build or coordinate prototypes and first articles, support fit and function evaluations, and document results.
• Prepare or support engineering calculations, test plans, test procedures, test execution, data review, and technical reports when required by the change or development plan.
• Maintain accurate revision control and supporting records in the approved document, CAD/PDM, and ERP systems.
• Collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, Purchasing, Sales, Service, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure design requirements are understood and implemented.
• Participate in design reviews and independent drawing checks; resolve identified issues before release.
• Provide timely technical support to manufacturing while protecting approved product requirements and change controls.

Skills

SolidWorks

3D CAD

Mechanical design

GD&T

Documentation

Education

Bachelors in ME

Tools

PDM/ERP systems

MS Office

Job description

Mac-Medical-3 in Illinois seeks a Sustaining Design Engineer to drive hands-on mechanical design and documentation for released products and new development. You will use SolidWorks to create accurate models, drawings, and BOMs while adhering to change control processes.

The role requires strong drafting discipline, collaboration with manufacturing and quality teams, and the ability to balance urgent production support with ongoing product development in a regulated medical device environment.