Sr. CAD Designer

Boyd Corporation; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boyd Corporation in Woburn, MA is seeking a Sr CAD Designer to own electro-mechanical design in SolidWorks from concept through production. You will create sheet metal enclosures, select fittings and tubing, and develop detailed drawings while collaborating with refrigeration, mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers.

You will ensure manufacturability and serviceability, manage assemblies up to 100 custom parts plus 800+ off-the-shelf components, and help keep projects on schedule and

Qualifications

• Education: BSME; other degrees considered with applicable experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on CAD modeling in SolidWorks for mechanical assemblies (100 custom parts + 800+ off-the-shelf).
• Experience designing sheet metal enclosures and fittings; plumbing knowledge.
• Able to work independently and prioritize across projects.
• Strong problem solving and risk analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop mechanical and electrical designs in SolidWorks from sketches and verbal instructions.
• Perform sheet metal design to meet product specs.
• Evaluate trade-offs among performance, quality, cost, and schedule.
• Manage design for manufacturability and serviceability.
• Create complex SolidWorks assemblies and detailed drawings.
• Provide product support from concept through production.

Skills

SolidWorks

Sheet metal design

BOM creation

CAD modeling

MS Office

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLM software

MRP software (Oracle Cloud)

Job description

Sr CAD Designer

Job Summary: Hands-on designer responsible for creating electro-mechanical systems in Solidworks for liquid cooling system products. This person would work with a team of refrigeration, mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineers to bring the new product though its full product development process, which includes early concept thru production support. The person will own the design throughout the entire specification, design, build, and test process. The candidate is responsible for sheetmetal design, selecting fittings, tubing, hardware and other components, and create all detail drawings. The person would work with the engineering team debugging build issues with the product and implementing redlines into design. The mechanical designer will be responsible for ensuring the product’s enclosure and layout meets the specification requirements, is manufacturable and serviceable, while working with the team to deliver on schedule and on budget.

Job Location: Woburn, MA

Reports To: Director of Engineering - Systems

Number of Direct Reports: 0

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop a mechanical and electrical design in Solidworks from rough sketches, design concepts, verbal instructions, customer drawings, etc., with minimal engineering supervision.
• This includes sheet metal design for the products product specifications.
• Evaluate trade-offs between performance/functionality, quality, cost and schedule.
• Ensure that cost, performance and schedule goals are achieved.
• Actively manage risk mitigation efforts.
• Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, interchangeability, weight, tolerance stack and the availability of material, etc.
• Provide optional design approaches during the preliminary stages of design.
• Create new items and BOM’s for the design.
• Create complex assembly models in Solidworks.
• Creates drawings in Solidworks with proper dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Follow established procedures; drive continuous improvement and update procedures applicable to your area as necessary.
• Provide product support from early concept, through product development and throughout production.

Qualifications

• Education – BSME.
• Willing to consider other similar education if substantial experience is directly applicable.
• 3+ Years of hands on experience creating models and drawings in CAD, Solidworks preferred, for mechanical assemblies with the ability to manage assemblies up to 100 custom parts combined with 800+ off the shelf components.
• Experience designing sheet metal enclosures preffered Working knowledge of engineering tools: PLM software MRP siftware (Oracle cloud a plus) Knowledgeable / experienced sheet metal (with hardware) and plumbing (fittings, hosing).
• Able to work independently and prioritize work based on the candidates understanding of the given overall project requirements as well as other projects within the organization.
• Good experience and skills in technical problem solving, analyzing system risk, identifying options, making recommendations.
• Daily use of Microsoft Office software.
• Experience / Knowledge refrigeration systems a major plus.

Travel limited. Typicaly less than 5% per year. Domestic and International travel is possible.

The physical demands required in this position are typical of an office & laboratory environment, and are representative of those of an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties, the employee is regularly required to hear, talk, stand, walk and sit. Work is primarily performed indoors. Occasional auto or air travel is required.

EEO Statement

Boyd Corp is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Company Overview

Boyd is the trusted global innovator of sustainable solutions that make our customers’ products better, safer, faster, and more reliable. As a leader in the industry we focus on our people, customers, technology, innovation, materials, and market needs of today and performance requirements of the future. We are always looking for ambitious minds to help us deliver advanced technology to our customers. Together we solve the challenges of today and empower solutions of tomorrow. Boyd is the world’s leading innovator in sustainable engineered material that make our customers’ products better, safer, faster, and more reliable. We develop and combine technologies to solve ambitious performance targets in our customers’ most critical applications. By implementing technologies and material science in novel ways to seal, protect, cool, and interface, Boyd has continually redefined the possible and championed customer success for over 90 years.