Mechanical Designer

Laborie Medical Technologies Corp•Portsmouth, NH

About The Position

The Mechanical Designer is a member of Laborie’s R&D team, providing support for existing products and performing engineering activities for new product development. The role supports revenue, quality, and cost-reduction goals through design, material, specification, and packaging changes. The designer develops and maintains product components, assemblies, and layouts in SolidWorks; executes engineering changes; and creates and maintains engineering documentation. The position also performs engineering analyses and supports product development, verification and validation, and manufacturing transfer. The designer serves as the primary designer for assigned new product development and sustaining engineering projects, including endoscopy platforms and urodynamics equipment. The role collaborates with vendors, manufacturing, documentation control, and cross-functional teams, and manages site-level SolidWorks administration.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
At least 5 years of related experience in a highly specialized environment.
Advanced knowledge of SolidWorks, PDM, AutoCAD, and Microsoft applications.
Extensive knowledge of industry-standard drafting practices.
Familiarity with a broad array of manufacturing practices, including molding, machining, and sheet metal.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in creating production-ready mechanical designs and drawings using GD&T.
Solid understanding of tolerance stack-up analysis, machining capability, and design for manufacturability (DFM).
Experience collaborating between Altium and SolidWorks.
SolidWorks Cable Routing and Surface Modeling experience.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain components, assemblies, and layouts for new and existing products using SolidWorks.
Execute engineering changes in accordance with the Laborie Change Plan process.
Create and maintain engineering documentation, including detail and assembly drawings, bills of materials, process sheets, and fixture documentation.
Perform engineering analyses and support product development activities, including tolerance studies, prototyping, material selection, verification and validation, and manufacturing transfer.
Serve as the primary designer for assigned new product development and sustaining engineering projects, including current and future endoscopy platforms, urodynamics equipment, and other products.
Collaborate with vendors, manufacturing, documentation control, and cross-functional teams to support product development, production, and issue resolution.
Manage site-level SolidWorks administration.
Perform other related duties as assigned.