Mechanical Design Engineer

The Mechanical / Design Engineer will design and develop the mechanics of packaging machinery from existing designs or accumulation of designs for optimum performance at the most economical costs. Prepare a package of working drawings and bills of materials for standard manufacturing processes.

• Provide standard machinery designs for solving our customer's packaging needs and develop effective packaging processes.
• Use 3D solid modeling to design machinery mechanics from an accumulation of industry standard designs to develop innovative machinery for customer's changing needs.
• Responsible for accuracy of calculations in the fields of kinematics, dynamics, pneumatics and servo motion analysis required for designing automation mechanisms and equipment.
• Create and maintain mechanical bills of materials, in a structured format and submit to production for manufacturing on the specific equipment.
• Detail working drawing mechanics for economical manufacturing practices.
• Research purchased mechanical components for adequate sizing and selection of mechanical devices.
• Develop working assembly drawings for production and customer usage in component identification.
• Assist in cost reduction and quality improvement of the mechanical designs for our machinery.
• Understand customer's mechanical specifications and needs for their packaging operations. Assist technical writer in creation of machine documentation
• Bachelor’s Degree (BSME) preferred or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in mechanical and pneumatic designing of packaging machinery.
• Design experience -  Required.
• Proficiency in 3D modeling.