Mechanical Engineer

Rowland Personnel Recruiting And Staffing - Malvern, PA

Full-time

Malvern, PA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Mechanical Engineer will work collaboratively with colleagues, vendors, and customers to address technical challenges and develop innovative mechanical and electromechanical products for the fire sprinkler industry. This role involves utilizing SolidWorks 3D CAD to design equipment, systems, and components, ensuring they meet specifications and standards.

Responsibilities

• Generate comprehensive specifications for new products and product improvements.
• Produce CAD models, manufacturing assembly drawings, and BOMs ensuring they are to proper standards and within specification.
• Perform necessary calculations to verify the validity of the design.
• Establish costs for fabrication, manufacturing, assembly, and testing of new products.
• Create, assemble, and test working prototypes.
• Create clear, concise, and comprehensive instructions for assembling and testing by manufacturing staff.
• Create clear, concise, and comprehensive installations for customers.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and marketing personnel on launch of new products.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues.
• Inspect incoming inventory and evaluate in-house production assemblies.
• Define packages / boxing of new products, and improve packaging of existing products.
• Support customers by troubleshooting of field issues and questions.

Requirements

• Mechanical Engineering degree, preferably BSME
• 5-10 years of experience in a design engineering role.
• Experience with electromechanical product design including PLC ladder logic and control panel fabrication.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra and geometry, and their applications in engineering.
• Ability to produce work consistently to a high standard and within deadlines.
• Ability to manage a diverse workload in a small company environment.
• Familiarity with using basic inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, thread and plug gauges.
• Excellent knowledge of SolidWorks 3D CAD software. CSWP preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Nice-to-haves

• Sprinkler industry experience desirable, but not necessary.
• A creative approach for generating new ideas and solving design issues.