Mechanical Design Engineer at Acme Manufacturing Company – Auburn Hills, Michigan

Acme Manufacturing, the global leading machine tool builder for the Medical Device, Aerospace, Firearms industries, and many others, seeks a motivated Mechanical Design Engineer who enjoys learning and working in a fast paced and challenging environment. If you are customer-focused, driven and seeking the opportunity to experience exciting challenges and growth, look no further. The successful candidate will join our talented team of 80+ in our beautiful Auburn Hills, Michigan office with the opportunity to work globally.

Job Summary:

A successful candidate will possess strong machine design skills and hold responsibility for innovative mechanical design of part fixtures, robotic EOAT’s, and or electro-mechanical devices. These designs will be utilized in our robotic metal finishing applications, by performing the following duties.

Responsibilities

• Design new heads, indexers and enclosures.
• Design complex tooling, fixtures, and robotic end-of-arm tooling used in the aerospace, firearm, and medical industries.
• Design production tooling and or fixtures used in the metal finishing industry.
• Utilize engineering principles and standard engineering tools to take existing early design concepts through to production.
• Modify designs using CAD software tools.
• Participates in design/manufacturing reviews to resolve issues and institute improvements as opportunities arise.
• Generate 3D solid models for geometry of fixture and tooling concepts as well as 2D detailed drawings.
• Executes and documents design revisions and drawing releases.
• Provide periodic updates to management (tooling status reports, projects summaries, costs, etc.)
• Work with internal and external tool suppliers to ensure that final builds meet design and functionality intent and are produced at expected cost.

Skills Required

Seasoned knowledge of design principles of machine tool design and construction

Advanced user of CAD software tools (preferably Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD) as well as the Microsoft Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry, addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, percentages, ratios, and trigonometry.

Excellent critical thinker and problem-solving skills.

Able to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Ability to reason and apply common sense to carry out instructions given verbally or written.

Ability to work well with others

Experience / Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited four-year college or university or equivalent work experience consisting of a minimum of five years of experience as a Design Engineer in the machine tool industry