Mechanical Engineer III

Hach•Loveland, CO

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Mechanical Engineer III will bring mechanical concepts to life in complex instruments that help protect the world’s water. Reporting to the Manager, Hardware Engineering – Core Systems, this role owns mechanical design from early concept through production release and develops solutions that balance customer needs, performance, compliance, cost, and manufacturability. The engineer partners with electrical, firmware, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, and project teams to deliver integrated products. This position is part of the Hard Engineering, Core Systems team in Loveland, Colorado, and is on-site four days per week. The role includes design documentation and configuration control, prototyping and testing, cross-disciplinary integration, root-cause investigations, manufacturing transfer, production launch, and sustaining support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
At least 4 years of relevant mechanical design and product-development experience.
Demonstrated ownership of the complete product-development cycle, from problem definition and ideation through prototyping, verification and validation, manufacturing transfer, and production release.
Experience designing complex electromechanical or system-level products and collaborating across electrical, firmware, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, and project teams.
Strong working knowledge of design for manufacturability and production processes such as injection molding, die casting, sheet metal, machining, and electronics packaging.
Advanced proficiency in SOLIDWORKS.
Practical experience with SOLIDWORKS PDM, configuration control, release management, and engineering documentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with analytical instruments, sensors, measurement devices, optics, or other precision electromechanical products.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain 3D models, assemblies, drawings, and product documentation using SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM.
Drive engineering changes through PDM and PLM workflows with accurate configuration control.
Apply GD&T, tolerance analysis, and stack-up calculations at component and system levels.
Select materials, finishes, manufacturing processes, and components to optimize performance, quality, manufacturability, and cost.
Build hands-on prototypes, conduct testing, and iterate designs.
Plan, execute, and interpret verification and validation testing to confirm designs meet product requirements.
Integrate mechanical designs with electronics, firmware, software, and, where applicable, optics; resolve cross-disciplinary issues.
Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for design, manufacturing, quality, and field-performance challenges.
Guide designs through manufacturing transfer, pilot builds, production launch, and ongoing sustaining support.
Own mechanical design from early concept through production release and collaborate across teams to deliver integrated products.