Mechanical Engineer / Drafter

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer / Drafter
Job Location: Austin TX
Job Duration: 12 Months (possibility of extension)

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce drawings and documents using SOLIDWORKS software.
• Perform engineering design calculations.
• Work with cross-functional team to collect project information and communicate findings both orally and in writing.
• Work as a team member on various projects.
• Design and produce 3D printed fixtures for manufacturing, testing, etc.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• Creating complex parts & drawings, assemblies in SolidWorks or other drafting applications (Solid Edge, Pro E).
• Experience with PDM system administration within SolidWorks, Windchill, PTC Creo, or Client Teamcenter.
• Training in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Must be hands-on in the lab, building parts or prototyping.

Education:

• Associate's degree in drafting or STEM.
• Bachelor's degree or associate’s degree with years of experience (exceptions can be made).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with medical device design control and the medical device industry.
• Junior to mid-level engineers who are strong in drafting.

Design & Drafting Duties:

• Prepares layouts, drawings and designs according to engineering specifications.
• Participates in reviewing engineering drawings and supporting documents for adherence to drafting standards.
• Creates CAD design layouts and detail drawings of products, including PCB layout.
• Retrieves information from file and displays on computer, using required computer language.
• Displays final drawings to verify completeness, clarity and accuracy.

Problem Solving & Impact:

• Thinking is within the frame of diverse procedures.
• Performs "trouble shooting", by applying background understanding of processes or incidents in order to analyze and resolve operational problems with given procedures, in a well-known environment.
• Thinking is about evaluating and selecting appropriate set of measures, and about applying the right set of tools and processes.
• Issue handling may exceed day-to-day Client quite regularly, and embraces planning and acting for up to few weeks ahead.

Job Complexity:

• Vocationally trained positions that need both practical and theoretical understanding and some significant advanced vocational experience to perform broad range of varying tasks and issues, in related field of work.
• Work performed is still procedure based, however issues and problems arising needs accountable addressing and solution by incumbent.
• Broad product of tasks and accountabilities within one functional area needs to be managed by senior experienced incumbent.
• Non-routine inquiries and issues occur regularly and need to be solved instantly, with a certain degree of authority and bindingness towards (internal and external) customers.

Experience & Knowledge:

• Additional specialized qualification + 4 to 8 years exp. needed.
• Knowledge: Has theoretical understanding and broader practical skills in the related field of work and needs to apply practical methods, concepts and techniques, work procedures and processes.