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