Mechanical Components Engineer

Work Location: Rochester, NY (possibility for hybrid onsite/remote set up)

Job Type: 12 months contract (potential to extend)

Job Description:

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of products used to ensure first responders and military personal are able to communicate successfully when they are executing their missions.
• This position is for an Experienced Mechanical Engineer to join the Components Engineering Team.
• The individual will work within a team environment to help analyze, select, and qualify components and technology used in the company's offerings.
• Investigates alternate component technologies or supplies that reduce cost, improve quality, reliability, and/or exportability and implement changes as approved.
• Acts as technical interface between component/production suppliers or governmental representatives and development engineers to determine alternate, approved, sources.
• Develops guidelines/procedures on vendor selection and classification of technology. Evaluates supplier change notification and qualifies changes, as needed.
• May maintain component data management system including qualification or commodity classification records/results/documentation.

What is a typical workday:

• Processing change requests, interface with multi-disciplinary teams including design, supply chain, product support; using internal database (Agile).

Qualifications:

• Component engineering involves working with designers, manufacturers, purchasing, quality, environmental-health-safety, program management and vendors to ensure the compatibility of all components.
• Component engineers must consider factors of cost, schedule and the requirements of the customer.
• Component engineers must possess skills to help them work with many different functional groups.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and minimum of 5-10 years’ experience.
• Working knowledge of Mechanical components.
• A passion, curiosity and comfort of components and technology in our industry.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Agile knowledge a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $45.00 - $53.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Mechanical engineering: 5 years (Required)
• Mechanical components: 1 year (Required)
• Agile: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Rochester, NY 14609 (Required)

Work Location: In person