Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Woodbridge, CAN)

at  PerkinElmer

THE COMPANY

PerkinElmer is a global analytical services and solutions provider with offerings including the leading OneSource Field and Laboratory services business that serve the biopharma, food, environmental, safety and applied end markets to accelerate scientific outcomes. Since 1937, PerkinElmer has served as a trusted partner in laboratory analysis and management and today complements its service offerings with a broad portfolio of atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, and chromatography instruments, consumables, and reagents. With a dedicated team of more than 5,000 team members, the Company serves customers in more than 35 countries. Additional information is available at www.perkinelmer.com

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering required and 5+ years of relevant experience in mechanical design of complex designs from concept to production.
• Experience using SolidWorks or Similar application for parametric designs in 3D solids modeling and 2D drawings.
• Experience in the design and development of highly toleranced parts and subassemblies (e.g. Ion optics and Vacuum systems) with knowledge of total system packaging and integration is essential.
• Experience in sheet metal fabrication, plastic injection molding, and machining processes.
• Solid knowledge in material science and material properties.
• Experience in large and miniature part design and fabrication. Strong knowledge in structural dynamics, modal behavior, FEA, and vibration analysis.
• Design for manufacturing: Ease of assembly, Cost of Goods, second sourcing. Experience in Industrial Design. Familiar with thermal design, air flow, heating and cooling.
• Design for serviceability: Ease of access, positioning schemes for assemblies requiring servicing to return to original location without the need for jigs in the field.
• Experience in low flow liquid handling and pumping systems.
• Industry experience in analytical or process instrumentation is preferred.
• Demonstrated communication and team skills in a multi-project and product line environment.
• Ability to perform tolerance stackups in regards to proposed designs.
• Initiator of innovative design and development concepts. Understanding how to relate design elements to system level specifications and performance.
• Finding and evaluating new vendors, managing relationships, and generating specifications for outsourced design.
• Experience in solving complex and high impact designs and development problems.
• Must have a good background in moving designs from R&D prototypes to Manufacturing production released parts.
• Demonstrated history of handling and driving projects to completion in a schedule driven environment.
• Demonstrated history of creativity, innovation, and outside-the-box thinking.
• Ability to be persuasive and sell ideas to others. Assemble, debug, and test prototype mechanical assemblies.
• Methodical troubleshooting and debugging capabilities.
• Good documentation skills. Good communication skills

PURPOSE

• The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will participate as an integral member of project team in defining the engineering design/architecture for the new and existing products. This position will also support other mechanical design and development activities within PerkinElmer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop mechanical designs in a concurrent engineering environment from the conceptual stage through completion of the detailed design using SolidWorks and the preparation of technical part drawings using GD&T principles.
• Work with vendors and internal engineering/scientific teams to develop working prototypes of new products and verify that these prototypes meet all of the required product specifications.
• Work with manufacturing to bring product designs from the engineering prototype phase to production release, address quality or value engineering issues on current shipping products.
• Prepare bills-of-materials with the company’s integrated part management system.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering required and 5+ years of relevant experience in mechanical design of complex designs from concept to production.
• Experience using SolidWorks or Similar application for parametric designs in 3D solids modeling and 2D drawings.
• Experience in the design and development of highly toleranced parts and subassemblies (e.g. Ion optics and Vacuum systems) with knowledge of total system packaging and integration is essential.
• Experience in sheet metal fabrication, plastic injection molding, and machining processes.
• Solid knowledge in material science and material properties.
• Experience in large and miniature part design and fabrication. Strong knowledge in structural dynamics, modal behavior, FEA, and vibration analysis.
• Design for manufacturing: Ease of assembly, Cost of Goods, second sourcing. Experience in Industrial Design. Familiar with thermal design, air flow, heating and cooling.
• Design for serviceability: Ease of access, positioning schemes for assemblies requiring servicing to return to original location without the need for jigs in the field.
• Experience in low flow liquid handling and pumping systems.
• Industry experience in analytical or process instrumentation is preferred.
• Demonstrated communication and team skills in a multi-project and product line environment.
• Ability to perform tolerance stackups in regards to proposed designs.
• Initiator of innovative design and development concepts. Understanding how to relate design elements to system level specifications and performance.
• Finding and evaluating new vendors, managing relationships, and generating specifications for outsourced design.
• Experience in solving complex and high impact designs and development problems.
• Must have a good background in moving designs from R&D prototypes to Manufacturing production released parts.
• Demonstrated history of handling and driving projects to completion in a schedule driven environment.
• Demonstrated history of creativity, innovation, and outside-the-box thinking.
• Ability to be persuasive and sell ideas to others. Assemble, debug, and test prototype mechanical assemblies.
• Methodical troubleshooting and debugging capabilities.
• Good documentation skills. Good communication skills.