Principal Mechanical Design Engineer (Shelton, CT)

at  PerkinElmer

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering degree.
• Minimum of 10+ years of design experience in new product development spanning concept, design, and production phases.
• High level of drive to attain results, complete tasks, and think toward next steps.
• Self-initiates courses of action and self corrects as necessary to obtain desired timeline and results.
• Good hands-on skills with an understanding of hand tools, small power tools, measurement devices.
• Highly skilled with SolidWorks or similar software for parametric designs in 3D modeling and 2D drawings.
• A good grasp of the implementation of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Experience in tolerance analysis of assemblies and components.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sheet metal fabrication, die casting, plastic injection molding, and machining processes.
• Effective communication skills for design reviews, reports, emails, system requirements, etc.
• Cooperative attitude for interfacing with a multi-discipline, multi-site project team.

• Key member of the project team in defining the system requirements, architecture, and engineering design of a new product with full understanding of how it benefits the customer.
• Must provide performance, effort, and cost estimates at multiple stages of the project.
• Own the development of the assigned subsystem. Tasks include work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure design meets requirements, performing design reviews for stakeholders, ensuring proper material selection, maintaining BOM structure, and meeting cost targets.
• Design, tolerance and ensure function of high precision mechanisms to micron level specifications.
• Work with external vendors and internal resources to develop working prototypes of new products and verify that these prototypes meet the system requirements.
• Assemble and test prototypes to gain input for design for manufacturing improvements.
• Identify root cause of issues and provide targeted solutions while weighing cost, complexity, and implementation.
• Work with manufacturing and suppliers to bring product designs from the engineering prototype phase to products release.
• Research new processes and technologies as a method of developing more cost effective and higher functioning instruments.
• Address quality or value engineering issues on current shipping products.