Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Aurora, IL 60502

Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Mechanical Engineering Job Number: 51447904 Compensation: $85000-110000 / year

Job Description

Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Naperville, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary:$90k-$100k

Sterling Engineering is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join a leading manufacturer of products that support and enhance audiovisual experiences. This role oversees all aspects of project execution — evaluating, organizing, executing, and controlling project elements. The position requires strong leadership, hands-on project management experience, and the ability to support upper management in their absence.

Job Duties:
  • Execute project objectives by studying design plans, drawings, and product specifications.
  • Identify and define robust technical solutions to design challenges.
  • Redesign products for improved robustness and cost efficiency.
  • Evaluate and track project progress to ensure timely completion.
  • Maintain ownership of project cost and conceptual activities.
  • Investigate design and performance improvements through testing and data analysis.
  • Apply mechanical theories and design principles to support innovation.
  • Evaluate mechanical and electromechanical systems through research and testing of emerging technologies.
  • Apply principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, vibration analysis, and material science to meet customer requirements.
  • Define testing methods and conduct product testing through Design Assurance Test Plans (DATPs).
  • Perform CFD and FEA analyses in SolidWorks to ensure product performance and structural integrity.
  • Design products suitable for harsh outdoor environments.
  • Ensure designs are optimized for manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, and ease of inspection, assembly, and installation.
  • Maintain knowledge of UL, ADA, and ISO 9001/14000 standards.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 10 years of broad-based manufacturing and engineering experience.
  • Proficient in quoting and cost estimating for both development time and part cost.
  • Strong background in sheet metal, casting, extrusion, plastic molding, tubing, and complex assemblies.
  • Experienced in leading projects and managing high-level customer communications.
  • Electronic and electro-mechanical design experience preferred.
  • SolidWorks 2020 proficiency required.
  • 3D modeling experience (SolidWorks preferred).

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Meet Your Recruiter

Naeomi Cervantes

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. 

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