Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Type: Full Time

Posted: January 18, 2015

Location: Greater Philadelphia Area

Scope:

Perform functions to provide mechanical design and analysis for the development of new or enhanced mechanical elements of the organization’s line of products and provide oversight and technical expertise in the area of mechanical engineering, guided by precedent and within the limits of established policies.

 

 Responsibilities:

1) Key individual contributor in the mechanical design of new metrology instrument products.

a) Research and select motors, bearings, and sensors for precision axis design.

b) Research and design power transmission mechanisms.

c) Perform dynamic system analysis.

d) Create opto-mechanical designs insensitive to temperature, vibration, and shock.

d) Analyze designs using FEA for bending, stress, vibration, and thermal effects.

e) Create system error budgets.

f) Develop assembly, calibration and compensation techniques.

g) Perform hands-on assembly, testing and troubleshooting.  Determine root cause and corrective action of system failures.

h) Develop and coordinate with vendors to provide finished work that meets requirements.

i) Serve as a mentor to other mechanical engineers and designers to advance their technical capability.

2) Other mechanical design and analysis responsibilities may be added in the future as business conditions evol

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