Posted: 25-May-23
Location: San Dimas, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00
Categories:
This is a hands on Mechanical Engineer position familiar with the design and manufacture of steel, stainless steel and aluminum sheet & tube products. Specific product lines may include: Truck/SUV exterior accessories, trailer hitches, truck racks and commercial vehicle accessories.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
New Product Development: Responsibilities will be in the design of exterior truck and commercial accessories from concept, fabrication of prototypes, through release to manufacturing facilities or to offshore vendors. The modeling environment will be in Solid Works working with hard part development in the company fabrication/tech center. New product work will cause interaction with Sales/Marketing and other corporate departments.
Product Extensions: Work will be performed to extend the existing product lines to adapt to the latest truck platform variations by trim and model year to ensure all product lines remains current for the company catalog. This involves working with local truck and SUV dealerships to test fit product at off site locations as well as in the company fabrication/tech center. Any design revisions for the newer truck variants are developed and documented into ECO product releases.
Product Design Validation and Verification, (V&V): Must ensure that specific designs meet all applicable internal, state, and federal specifications and safety standards. Also, this requirement involves the evaluation of out sourced product First Article samples to ensure drawing compliance. This task involves the areas of dimensional checks as well as fit and finish to verify the product meets company standards and quality performance characteristics.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
· BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology.
· 3-5 years minimum experience or internship in a related field is a plus.
· Must be a hands on engineer with mechanical aptitude familiar with steel and aluminum component design and manufacturing involving the areas of tube bending, machining, welding, and fabrication. Should have the ability to operate standard metal shop fabricating equipment.
· 3-5 years of experience using Solidworks sheet metal design required.
· Ability to run Solid Works Simulation Finite Element Analysis (FEA), software or similar.
· Should be capable in all standard Windows Office software.
· Good Communication skills; Oral, Written, & Report Writing.
· Detail Oriented is a must
· Reports to the Engineering Manager
