Senior Mechanical Designer
About The Position
Voltify is developing the next generation of rail technology with battery locomotives that feature autonomous, dynamic fast charging through a dedicated microgrid network. This innovation aims to significantly reduce the rail industry's energy expenses, offering savings of over 20%, which amounts to more than $3 billion annually in North America. The company has secured over $50 million in contingent orders from major global rail companies and has raised more than $30 million from leading investors. The founding team possesses a strong history of building successful billion-dollar public companies in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. About The Role: We are seeking a Mechanical Designer to spearhead our transition to a managed Product Data Management (PDM) environment. This role involves taking ownership of the day-to-day organization of the engineering team's SolidWorks data. The successful candidate will generate assembly and detail drawings for manufacturing and collaborate closely with our remote Manufacturing Engineer to ensure design intent is accurately translated to the shop floor. This is a foundational position where the standards, structure, and workflows established will significantly influence how a rapidly expanding engineering team manages CAD data in the future.
Requirements
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience
- Strong proficiency in SolidWorks, including large assembly modeling and drawing creation
- Experience administering or configuring a PDM system (SolidWorks PDM/PDM Professional preferred)
- Experience creating assembly and detail drawings to support manufacturing
- Familiarity with GD&T and standard drafting practices
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail managing large CAD data sets
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with remote manufacturing and production teams
Nice To Haves
- Experience creating wiring harness diagrams or electrical schematics
- Experience administering SolidWorks PDM in a growing/scaling engineering organization
- Background supporting rail, marine, or heavy-duty off-highway equipment
- Experience with ECO/PLM processes
- Familiarity with rebuild or retrofit manufacturing environments
Responsibilities
- Lead the effort to migrate and organize company CAD files into a SolidWorks PDM vault, establishing folder structure, naming conventions, and file states
- Configure and administer SolidWorks PDM — workflows, revision schemes, permissions, and BOM structure — to support a growing engineering team
- Manage and maintain the team's SolidWorks model and drawing library, keeping parts, assemblies, and drawings organized, current, and free of duplicate or orphaned data
- Generate assembly drawings, detail drawings, and documentation packages for manufacturing, ensuring company standards
- Work closely with the remote Manufacturing Engineer supporting the Huntington and Jacksonville rebuild shops, translating design intent into manufacturable drawings and responding to shop-floor questions and redlines
- Establish and enforce CAD modeling standards, drawing templates, and title block/BOM conventions across the engineering team
- Train engineers and designers on PDM check-in/check-out procedures, revision control, and best practices
- Support engineering change orders (ECOs), ensuring CAD data and drawings are updated and released correctly
- Contribute to component and subassembly design work as needed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
