Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer - Manufacturing Test Solutions
Duration: 3 months with high possibility of extension/conversion
Location: Onsite (Westborough, MA)
 
Job description
Join our dynamic MTAC (Manufacturing Test) team and shape the future of manufacturing innovation at Robotics! Collaborate with a cross-functional team of test, process, controls, and design engineers to develop cutting-edge automated and manual test solutions for our diverse robotic systems. Design, prototype, iterate, and deploy solutions that directly enhance the quality, accuracy, and speed of our manufacturing operations. See your solutions make a tangible impact on the business and thrive in our fast-paced, startup-like environment as you shape the future of manufacturing at Robotics!
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders such as R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality to determine key design considerations for test equipment design, fabrication, and implementation.
• Exhibiting role model behavior of thorough engineering analysis and documentation.
• Executing projects from a basic concept to production, including developing specifications, design requirements, prototyping, testing, validation, and simplification.
• Validating concepts through engineering modeling, hand calculations, and prototypes.
• Performing static and dynamic analysis on mechanical systems using both FEA (Ansys or Solidworks Simulation) and hand calculations.
• Designing mechanical subsystems with industrial automation systems such as motors, actuators, sensors, safety systems, etc.
• Creating design documentation, including requirements, engineering design process, functional specifications, drawings, design validation plans/reports, future iterations, compliance, and preventative maintenance.

 
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent and 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Proven experience in scoping, designing, and analyzing mechanical and electro-mechanical systems.
• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks. Experience with ProE/Creo for part design, advanced assemblies, configuration management, and drawing creation is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with rapid prototyping methods (machining, sheet metal, weldments, and additive manufacturing).
• Proficiency with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software and change management processes.

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and troubleshooting complex mechanical, electro-mechanical, or pneumatic systems.
• Excellent technical documentation skills, including creating clear and concise drawings.
• Experience with PLM systems (Oracle Agile, PTC Windchill, Solidworks PDM).
• Knowledge of volume manufacturing processes.

Flexibility to commute to Westborough, MA, 5 days a week.        
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 50.00/hr.