MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER – COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

CRAVE Technical is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our team. Job responsibilities for this position will focus on core System Integration tasks but have opportunity for career growth across a few different skillsets.

System Integration:

• Provide support from initial concepting, through to detailed design and build/bringup/implementation of engineered system.
• Work in a cross-functional team including Electrical and Controls Engineers to meet customer user requirements.
• Translate user requirements into engineering requirements
• Select components and integration methods
• Perform detailed design work to develop a system.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

· Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/aerospace/mechatronics engineering.
· Strong technical writing skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
· Project management skills
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Proficiency within 3D CAD modeling systems and workflow, including generation of 2D drawings. Inventor and Solidworks are preferred platforms.
· Knowledge of drafting best practices within small scale manufacturing environment for machined and sheetmetal parts. Must be familiar with ASME Y14.5 principles.
· Mechanical concept, design and test development experience.
· Understanding of kinematics and mechanism design.

· Understanding of pneumatic and electromechanical actuator sizing using datasheets, engineering calculations, and manufacturer sizing tools. Manufacturers include:

• Festo

• Selection of specific components based on datasheets, design calculations and/or testing
• Develop tests and test methodologies
• Develop scheduling around detailed design of system
• Integration of components through custom designed hardware
• Development of tolerance analysis around critical systems
• Development of optimizations to reduce tolerance loops
• Locating features
• Calibration blocks
• Calibration processes
• Application of DFM and DFA principles to custom hardware
• Generation of part and assembly drawings
• Generation of assembly work instruction
• Support of purchasing operations in interfacing directly with fabrication shops
• Support build operations through answering design/assembly questions and correcting redlines
• Support system bringup operations through multiple methods
• First implementation of calibration processes
• Collaboration with controls engineers to verify electromechanical system performance
• Further development and optimization of systems through revisions and variants
• Manage part/assembly revisions and variants using a PDM tool with a standard process
• Contribute critical technical detail to machine documentation (design reviews, manuals, etc.)
• Continuous development of a repository of parts, assembly techniques and calibration techniques to ease future project burden