Daedalus is seeking a Mechanical Engineer with a strong background in product development to work primarily in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Some travel and off-site work may occasionally be necessary. Work could be for various industries including: medical, telecommunications, safety, and consumer products.
Other disciplines at Daedalus include user needs research, industrial design, GUI design, software, and engineering. Daedalus provides an environment where everyone needs to be a self-starter and have the ability to work independently and in a team.
Responsibilities:
- Create product requirement documents.
- Analyze the hazards and other risks associated with the product.
- Select component materials, design components and assemblies, implement joining techniques such as snap fitting, welding, bonding, and mechanical fastening.
- Write test plans, conduct test measurements and apply statistical data analysis techniques to verify design solutions.
- Prepare design concepts for client presentations through sketches, renderings, models, controlled drawings, and reports.
- Create CAD layouts and detail drawings of new products using Pro/Engineer and/or SolidWorks.
- Perform stress, statics, cost, and tolerance analysis.
- Interface with outside resources such as prototype houses and contract manufacturers.
- Above all, make prudent, clever, careful, and decisive design choices.
Requirements:
- BSME required. MS a plus.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a position with mechanical product design responsibilities involving the design, validation and documentation of new products.
- Experience developing test plans and conducting experiments to verify design solutions (measurements and statistical data analysis).
- Must have 200 hours or more experience with Pro/E CAD or Solidworks. Other CAD package experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of plastic materials and molding processes is preferred.
- Knowledge of sheetmetal fabrication and assembly techniques is a plus.
- Knowledge of mechanical seals, sealing systems, couplings, drivers, lubrication systems, and instrumentation systems is a plus.
- Possess excellent hands-on mechanical aptitude and knowledge of mechanisms.
- Previous experience working for a product development firm is a plus.
- Have the ability to work as an individual with minimal guidance.
- Must possess excellent skills in both verbal and written English.
