Senior Mechanical Product Engineer

GardaWorld•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

The Senior Mechanical Product Engineer owns the controlled mechanical design of the company’s mobile surveillance platforms and custom Mobile Surveillance Unit (MSU) configurations. The role develops and maintains accurate SolidWorks assemblies, production drawings, and bills of materials while translating product and customer requirements into manufacturable, serviceable, and repeatable designs. Working with Product, Engineering, Operations, and manufacturing partners, this position provides the mechanical design discipline needed to move prototypes and custom configurations into controlled production. This role is primarily office-based mechanical design work with regular interaction with prototype, fabrication, and production activities. Travel of up to 10 percent may be required for supplier visits, manufacturing support, field validation, or project work. Work in shop or field environments may require appropriate personal protective equipment and compliance with site safety requirements.

Requirements

At least three years of relevant mechanical design, product engineering, or manufacturing-engineering experience.
A degree in mechanical engineering or a diploma in mechanical engineering technology, manufacturing engineering technology, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience producing manufacturing-ready 3D models, assemblies, and detailed drawings in SolidWorks.
Proficiency with SolidWorks for parametric part modelling, assemblies, configurations, and detailed production drawings.
Demonstrated experience designing sheet-metal components, welded fabrications, frames, brackets, equipment mounts, and related manufactured assemblies.
Experience with trailers, mobile equipment, specialty vehicles, or comparable field-deployed electromechanical products.
Practical knowledge of outdoor enclosures, corrosion protection, sealing, ventilation, environmental exposure, and equipment serviceability.
Strong understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes, tolerances, material selection, and supplier capabilities.
Ability to interpret product requirements, equipment specifications, site constraints, and fabrication feedback and convert them into controlled mechanical designs.
Strong documentation, revision-control, and cross-functional communication skills.
Authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience taking designs through prototype, validation, release, and production-change cycles is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Create, organize, and maintain master SolidWorks assemblies, part models, fabrication drawings, and production documentation for mobile surveillance platforms.
Develop and maintain controlled bills of materials, approved component substitutions, and accurate links between drawings, assemblies, and production requirements.
Design custom MSU mechanical configurations that satisfy documented customer, product, equipment, serviceability, and deployment requirements.
Own mechanical engineering changes, drawing revisions, and release records so Production and Operations work from current, approved information.
Apply design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly principles to reduce build variation, simplify fabrication, improve serviceability, and control cost.
Support prototype fabrication, assembly, fit checks, and design validation; document findings and incorporate approved changes into released designs.
Evaluate structural loading, equipment mounting, enclosure protection, ventilation, environmental exposure, transportation, and deployed-use requirements.
Coordinate mechanical and electrical interfaces, including equipment packaging, mounting, cable routing, power-system components, cameras, communications equipment, and service access.
Work with internal and external manufacturing teams to resolve drawing, fabrication, and assembly questions while protecting design intent and configuration control.
Perform other duties as required.