Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer Job Description

A Senior Mechanical Engineer is a skilled engineering professional who contributes to our engineering design projects. This person will often participate in the ISC Stage-Gate Product Development Process as a Mechanical Engineer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the detailed mechanical design throughout the Product Development life-cycle. This position may occasionally be involved in Enhancement & Sustaining projects for ISC legacy products. This position is expected to work closely with various cross-functional groups to fully assure a properly designed product from concept to production.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Designing mechanical components and assemblies such as enclosures and pneumatics, electrical hardware packaging and accessories to meet product goals including certifications

Optimize designs utilizing materials and manufacturing process knowledge

Define and execute system level specifications and requirements

Establishing strategic direction of mechanical designs

Developing technical design documentation, including analyses

Troubleshooting of new and legacy designs

Follow, enforce and mature the corporate engineering processes

Lead design reviews, prototyping and testing activities

Champion design for manufacturability, reliability and serviceability

Designing legacy product upgrades

Training in the technical use and servicing of new designs

Collaborative participation in cross-functional product development teams

Act as central liaison with quality assurance during product testing

Required Qualifications:

Minimum BSME from an accredited engineering college or university

Minimum 4+ year's experience in product development, mechanical engineering or hardware design

Ability to produce high quality parametric models and detailed drawings using linear dimensioning and GD&T

Demonstrated experience with injection-molded plastic design and broad understanding of molding material properties

Demonstrated experience with CAD Solid modeling

Experience in project management

Self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team while also meeting individual responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in electronics packaging design and manufacturing

Understanding of injection molding tooling and processes, including multi-shot and insert molding

Demonstrated experience with Creo or ProE CAD software

Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) – ideally using ANSYS Mechanical and/or Autodesk Moldflow

Experience with Windchill PLM, JIRA and JAMA (requirements management tool)

Experience using statistical analysis models

Demonstrated understanding of safety-critical system design in a regulated industry.

Experience in regulated industries (e.g. medical devices, aerospace, automotive).

Soft Skills:

Able to work effectively in a formal product development team environment

Able to exercise independent, sound judgment and decision making

Able to commit to and work under deadlines

Ability to use analytical thinking.

Demonstrated understanding of Stage-Gate development process

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Manage third party on and off-shore development teams when needed

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.

We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

About Industrial Scientific

Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985, we have pioneered numerous technologies, including the first 3-gas detector, 6-gas detector, wireless gas detector, and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle.Today, we continue to innovate and expand our hardware and software offerings to equip the connected workers of the future. Our latest solutions make it possible to see and respond to hazards in real time, bringing us one step closer to our vision of ending death on the job by 2050.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [email protected].

Bonus or Equity

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.