Engineering Drafter, Change Coordinator

Intellisense Systems•Torrance, CA

3d•$39 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

Intellisense Systems, Inc. is a privately held company with a proven track record of developing and deploying innovative products that successfully operate in the most extreme environments. We are a fast-growing Southern California technology innovator that solves tough, mission-critical challenges for our customers in the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets. We design, develop, and manufacture advanced products for ground, maritime, and airborne applications. This position is a dual-track role requiring a high-cadence technical expert (70% drafting, 30% change coordination). The ideal candidate is a "closer"—a self-starting professional with a passion for precision draftsmanship and the technical acumen to manage complex configurations with minimal supervision. You will lead the creation of production-level design drawings and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of engineering change requests using SolidWorks and advanced PDM/PLM tools. This is an on-site role located in Torrance, CA.

Requirements

Technical AS Degree in Drafting/Design or equivalent certification.
5+ years of hands-on experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, specifically in a "Lead" or "Senior" capacity.
Capable of producing high quality manufacturing drawings that apply ASME standards e.g., Y14.5 using GD&T.
Expert-level proficiency in SolidWorks and PDM Administration.
Proficiency in secondary tools like AutoCAD, Inventor, or Pro-Engineer is highly preferred.
SolidWorks Certifications are a bonus: CSWE – Modeling, CWSPA – Drawing Tools to demonstrate proficiency with drafting and CAD model manipulation.
Ability to utilize multiple word-processing and database applications including MS Office applications Word, Excel, Access, as well as Adobe Acrobat, etc. (intermediate/advance skills a plus).
Creativity, strong problem-solving and organizational skills, excellent technical writing, and verbal communication skills are essential.
Proven "Closer" Mindset: Demonstrated ability to finalize drawing packages and drive them through the approval cycle to successful production release with zero-error output.
High Detail Orientation: Advanced understanding of dimensioning, tolerancing (GD&T), and documentation for a variety of commodities including machined, sheet metal, and wire harness assemblies.
Must be capable of executing daily decisions and managing project timelines with very little supervision.
Hands on experience & interaction with mechanical engineering is preferred but not required – emphasis on a strong ability to communicate technical details with engineering when implementing drawing or model updates.
U.S. Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

What You Can Expect: The ability to innovate, develop, and transition prototype technologies into new products, and to be rewarded for successful transitions.
The chance to continually work on new differentiating technologies and implement simple elegant solutions to meet customer needs and that make an impact.
Leadership that enables its engineers with all the tools they need to be successful.

Responsibilities

Master-level preparation, or modification of complex CAD models and production design drawings (MIL STD level 2 & 3), BOMs and documents with MCAD (SolidWorks preferred) and MSOffice tools as needed per CM and drafting standards including ASME Y14-100, Y14.5 (GD&T), Y14.24 ensuring 100% accuracy
Collaborate on 2D and 3D models, sketches, layouts, and assemblies with the engineering team.
Take full ownership of the "Closing" phase: create process, status, and audit Change Orders (COs) to ensure they are consistent, compliant, and ready for production release.
Drawings/ layouts that show the details for a wide variety of commodities including machined parts, sheet metal, injection molded parts, laser cut parts, rapid prototype or 3D printed parts, wire harnesses and cable assemblies, mechanical tools and assemblies.
Create, input and extract part and bill of material (BOM) data from Engineering Drawings/SolidWorks PLM into and from various CM databases including CM/PLM (QCBD), and ERP (Costpoint).
Assist Configuration Management in organizing and maintaining product design and technical files for products in production needing sustainment (all types; SolidWorks drawings, 3D models, Source control drawings, vendor item control drawings, tabulated drawings, etc.). Experience with any PLM/PDM/CM databases or tools especially SolidWorks PDM is a plus.
Create, process, status, and update engineering change requests (ECR’s), change orders (CO’s), and Configuration Items per CM procedures in support of engineering programs and quality management system (ISO9001: AS9100).
Review and validate, with help from configuration manager and engineering, change orders for consistency including change description, classification, and efficiency.
Review change items (drawing and documents) submitted on Change Orders for consistency with CM and corporate/Industry standard drafting styles.
Review for consistency, with help from Configuration Manager, the Change Impact Analysis on COs and ECRs with engineering, planning and production staff.
May work with IT to facilitate PDM database management, including new employee account creation, project permissions, file state management, and assistance with the process of updating software during new version rollouts.
Job responsibilities within our organization are dynamic. This may not be a complete list of duties. Other responsibilities and duties may be assigned by your supervisor or upper management at any time.

Benefits

4 Weeks PTO a year (including 40 hours of PTO your first day)
10 paid holidays
401(k) with 100% employer matching up to 4% of salary (no vesting period)
Multiple options for Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance plans
Health Savings Accounts
Flexible Spending Accounts
Tuition Assistance (30% of Tuition with a minimum qualifying grade)
100% Paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
100% Paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
100% Paid Workers Compensation Insurance
Voluntary Life Insurance
The unique culture at Intellisense offers the entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller company with the support and expertise of a larger organization.
We are looking for individuals that have a wide breadth of experience while also being subject matter experts in their respective field.
With an immediate 40-hours of paid time off and 100% 401(k) matching up to 4% of your annual salary without a vesting period, we recognize that employees are our greatest resource and that finding the right individuals will make our company even better.