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Actalent

9d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Mid Level
  • Engineering
    Product
  • Minneapolis

AI generated summary

  • You must have an AAS in Drafting or Design, 3+ years with CREO (7.0+), experience in sheet metal or plastics, and knowledge of GD&T.
  • You will create and evaluate mechanical designs, collaborate with teams, ensure compliance with standards, conduct technical calculations, and solve design challenges for various projects.

Requirements

  • AAS Degree in Drafting or Design
  • 3+ years CREO experience (Ideally 7.0 and newer)
  • Experience with sheet metal or plastics
  • GD&T

Responsibilities

  • Creates innovative and practical mechanical and electromechanical concepts and designs for components, assemblies, tools, and products of varying complexity.
  • Works closely with engineering, vendors, manufacturing, quality, and customers on design specifications.
  • Ensures designs are free of layout process defects.
  • May assist engineers with defining design standards and configurations.
  • Applies Computer Aided Design (Creo 7) methodologies, theories, and techniques.
  • Reviews various completed engineering documents to ensure compliance with engineering and military standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensions.
  • Provides expert technical consultation to the division and customer community relative to comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of design and drafting.
  • Develops innovative concepts that satisfy functional and operational requirements for existing product lines and new product development programs by utilizing sound design principles and practices.
  • Prepares moderately complex design layouts, schematics or sketches (including test plans, procedures, or specifications) of component(s) or a portion of a functional system to satisfy system and integration requirements within cost and producibility constraints.
  • Prepares drawing packages to military or equivalent standards.
  • Checks completed layouts, drawings, test plans, test reports, procedures, and change history documentation (e.g., engineering change notices) for clarity, completeness, conformance to engineering, military, and industrial standards, procedures, specifications, and codes, and ensures accuracy of calculations and dimensions.
  • Evaluates completed drawings, specifications, and procedures for producibility and viability of design, appropriateness of tolerances, fits, finishes, materials, and validates integration of equipment.
  • Performs and documents technical calculations such as design evaluations, tolerance studies, mass and section properties, static and dynamic loading.
  • Identifies assembly interference, design errors, omissions and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design.
  • Interfaces with various internal customers to solve moderately complex technical problems.
  • May interface with external customers to solve moderately complex technical problems.

FAQs

What are the primary responsibilities of a Mechanical Designer in this role?

The primary responsibilities include creating innovative mechanical and electromechanical designs, collaborating with various teams on design specifications, ensuring designs are defect-free, preparing drawing packages to military standards, performing technical calculations, and solving moderately complex technical problems.

Is experience with specific software required for this position?

Yes, candidates are required to have 3+ years of experience with Creo, ideally version 7.0 or newer.

What type of educational background is necessary for this job?

An AAS degree in Drafting or Design is required for this position.

Are there specific materials or processes that a Mechanical Designer should be familiar with?

Yes, experience with sheet metal or plastics, as well as Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), is preferred.

Does the company value diversity in its hiring practices?

Yes, Actalent emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion in their hiring processes and culture, seeking to hire diverse talent and maintain an inclusive environment.

Is there an opportunity to interface with customers in this role?

Yes, the Mechanical Designer may interface with both internal and external customers to solve moderately complex technical problems.

What kind of calculation tasks are expected from a Mechanical Designer?

The Mechanical Designer is expected to perform and document technical calculations such as design evaluations, tolerance studies, mass and section properties, and static and dynamic loading.

Does Actalent provide reasonable accommodations during the application process?

Yes, Actalent provides reasonable accommodations and candidates can request modifications for the job application and interview processes due to a disability.

What is the company’s stance on equal opportunity employment?

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by law.

What collaborative teams will the Mechanical Designer work with?

The Mechanical Designer will work closely with engineering, vendors, manufacturing, quality, and customers.

Actalent

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