Job Description

Mechanical Design and Applications Engineer

Summary
Established leader in manufacturing of test machinery and automation located in Ann Arbor, MI
is searching for a mechanical engineer for design of custom, high performance automated
machinery.

Responsibilities
- Conceptualize, design and analyze machine components, assemblies, and part-holding
tooling
- Produce associated technical drawings
- Identify opportunities for design improvement, and cost reduction
- Carry out technical and manufacturing troubleshooting and establish procedures and
corrective actions
- Collaborate with sales team to discuss customer application needs and determine machine
and tooling design solution.
- Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical and Controls Engineering teams on projects for
existing customers and new product innovation.

Key Skills and Abilities
- Excellent design, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with precision and tolerances/fits in industrial machine application
- Proven ability to design quality machines and improve existing designs
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities
- Willing to communicate and collaborate internally (with production and sales teams) and
externally (with customer engineering and management teams)
- Comfortable working hands-on in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to multi-task across 3-5 jobs
- Ability to develop, read, and analyze blueprints
- Understanding of manufacturing techniques used to create parts, such as welding and
fabrication, machining, and grinding
- Proficiency in Autodesk Inventor or similar CAD platform

Experience and Education
- Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience and knowledge.
- Min. 5 years of work experience as a design engineer

Chuck Hennemann

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