Sustaining Engineer - Chicago, IL

HEICO; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Commuter benefits

Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

FSA-Dependent Care

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401k

Tuition Assistance

Referral Program

Parental Leave

Healthy Rewards

Job summary

Switchcraft, Inc. in Chicago, IL, is seeking a Sustaining Engineer to maintain and improve existing products and support custom customer projects.

This on-site role requires hands-on CAD work (SolidWorks), design analysis (tolerances, FEA, FMEA), and cross-functional coordination with Purchasing, Manufacturing and Sales. A BS degree with up to 3 years experience is preferred; strong communication and project management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• BSME degree required.
• Entry level to 3 years of experience.
• Experience with connector and cable products is a plus.
• Strong mechanical design skills.
• Basic understanding of electrical engineering is a plus.
• Knowledge of plastics and metals and their uses.
• Understanding of injection molded plastic parts and metal screw machine parts.
• Experience with 3-D CAD modeling software (SolidWorks preferred) and FEA.
• Understanding of mechanical drawing requirements and tolerances.
• MS Office proficiency.
• Good project management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, redesign, improve and support existing products and for designing and releasing custom customer products using current product families.
• Handle multiple projects with changing priorities.
• Researches the history and current state of the product evolution, resolution of production and customer concerns.
• Implement product improvements.
• Investigate new processes and materials.
• Producing and maintaining accurate project plans.
• CAD models and drawings for components and assemblies.
• Specification documents, design analysis (tolerance, FEA, FMEA).
• Test documentation, product cost estimates, and Bills of Material.
• Coordinates engineering activities with purchasing and manufacturing and making recommendations for parts, materials and tooling.
• Must be able to provide technical support to Sales/Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality and Purchasing.

Skills

Mechanical design

Communication skills

Project management

Team collaboration

Education

BSME

Tools

SolidWorks

FEA

Job description

Switchcraft, Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of harsh environment circular connectors, cable assemblies and interconnect solutions. Our products are used in a wide variety of industries including medical, industrial controls, transportation and homeland security. We are located on the Northwest side of Chicago and currently have an opening for a Sustaining Engineer.

Location: Jefferson Park, IL (Chicago)

Shift: 100% ON SITE - 7:30 am - 4 pm M-F

Pay: $70,000- $75,000

Responsibilities

• Maintenance, redesign, improvements and general support for existing products and for designing and releasing custom customer products using current product families
• Candidate must be able to work on several projects at one time through changing priorities
• Researches the history and current state of the product evolution, resolution of production and Customer concerns
• Implementation of product improvements
• Investigation of new processes and materials
• Producing and maintaining accurate project plans
• CAD models and drawings for components and assemblies
• Specification documents, design analysis (tolerance, FEA, FMEA)
• Test documentation, product cost estimates, and Bills of Material
• Coordinates engineering activities with purchasing and manufacturing and making recommendations for parts, materials and tooling
• Must be able to provide technical support to Sales/Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality and Purchasing

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME)
• Entry level to 3 years work experience.
• Design experience with connector and cable products is a plus.
• Mechanical Design Skills.
• Basic understanding of Electrical Engineering skills is a plus.
• Knowledge of plastic and metal materials and their uses/applications.
• Understanding of injection molded plastic parts and metal screw machine parts.
• Experience with 3-D CAD modeling software (SolidWorks preferred) and FEA.
• Understanding of mechanical drawing requirements and proper application of dimensional and tolerance information.
• Working knowledge of MS Office
• Good project management skills
• Strong verbal & written communication skills

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Commuter benefits
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• FSA-Dependent Care
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401k
• Educational Assistance (Tuition Assistance)
• Referral Program
• Parental Leave
• Healthy Rewards

EOE M/F/Disabled/Vet

This company is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status.