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The Mechanical Drafter is a challenging and critical position. This position is highly energetic requiring significant multi-tasking and exceptional communication skills across many aspects of the business. This position will be part of our engineering and design team for a variety of aerospace electromechanical motion control products. Specific responsibilities below are functions and experience that will be required in the Electromechanical Drafter role.
- Modeling and detailing in the design of products such:
- Housings
- Gears
- Gear-sets
- Gear boxes (Planetary, Spur, Differential, Bevel, Helical, etc.)
- Power Transmission Screws (Ball screws, Acme screws, Planetary roller screws, etc.)
- Various bearing configurations, fit/clearance, material selection, drawing checking, product weight optimization, etc.
- Knowledge of motors, sensors, and open/closed loop control system applications
- Experience in dimensioning and tolerancing
- Knowledge of ASME Y14.5 drafting standards
- Take concepts and layouts from lead engineer; clean them up to proper modeling process
- Actively draft and detail products through various stages of the product life cycle (proposal, design, development, verification, and product support)
- Solve problems but also recognize when a problem exists
- Create general principles to solve recognized problems in a simple, effective, and explainable manner
- Ensure that components meet form fit, function requirements, program costs, and schedule
- Interact regularly and collaboratively with the production, operations, and management teams
- Work with external suppliers to answer questions and improve the design for manufacturability
- Own the designs and drawings
- Learn from peers, take charge when required, and offer opinions when necessary
SPECIFIC DUTIES
- Create detailed assemblies, and detailed manufacturing drawings for new applications using SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM
- Create and execute product design details, which includes detailing, drawing, detailed piece part drawings with tolerance, complete Bills of Material on drawings in ERP
- Work cooperatively to provide Engineering technical support to manufacturing, suppliers, or customers
- Ensure products are designed for manufacturability (DFMA)
- Adhere to departmental procedures and standards to achieve highest quality of throughput
- Participate on special assignments as assigned
- Ability to be hands on and willing to work in the shop environment to build prototypes & support production issues
- Ability to participate in proposals and blank sheet design
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- A.A.S. in Mechanical Design Technology and Drafting or Equivalent Degree Work Experience
- Specific applicable experience of 3-5 years in an applicable work environment
- Demonstrate drafting skills over a variety of mechanical components and assemblies
- Ability to select detailing fits for a variety of mechanical components such as bearings, dowel pins, retention devices, fasteners, etc.
- Aerospace experience is a plus
- Experience in the following software
- SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM
- SolidWorks Simulation is a plus
- Microsoft Products, including knowledge of Excel
- Exceptional analytical and mathematical background
- Ability to communicate information and ideas both written and orally so others will understand
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes & methods
- Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) (ANSI Y14.5M)
- U.S. Citizen, no dual citizenship allowed
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of space environments is a plus
- Knowledge of setting up SolidWorks Enterprise PDM workflows is a plus
- Knowledge of MRP/ERP Programs is a plus
- Knowledge of PRO/E and AUTOCAD Inventor
- Knowledge of Land and Sea based systems is a plus
- Knowledge of design for harsh environments is a plus
- Experience with SolidWorks Simulation is a plus
- Knowledge of certification/qualification testing per DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810 is a plus
- Knowledge of MRP/ERP programs is a plus
For more details, please call Melissa @ 815-997-1442
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