Working as a Mechanical Engineer at SPT Labtech Covina provides you with the opportunity to see your ideas come to life. If you are creative, have a passion for product development in a technically challenging field, good at managing your technical work and working collaboratively with your team members and are determined to see technical development challenges through to successful outcomes then you will fit right in.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Design mechanical and electro-mechanical components, systems, and products for life science automation lab equipment.
- Develops test methods and perform testing in a laboratory environment through the entire life cycle of the product.
- Generates detailed fabrication drawings utilizing GD&T and mechanical tolerance analysis.
- Develops requirements, leads design reviews, performance of verification and validation, production transfer and related documentation.
- Support all aspects of documentation. Verification Plans and Reports; and design control through ECN, and Windchill.
- Works as a part of cross-functional project teams including EE, SW, QA, ME, OE, ID, HF, Manufacturing and Field Service.
- Ensures regulatory / statutory / legislative compliance such as CE/UL etc for all project work.
- Facilitate technical problem solving and troubleshooting through proposed experimentation and alternative designs/approach.
- Collaborating with multi-disciplinary team members on project deliverables, including documentation, FMEA's, ESHR, verification/validation protocols, and production release of new designs
- Participating in hands-on activities including prototyping, and engineering tests.
- Contributing to design reviews and developing consensus on design decisions
- Contributing to the development and maintenance of project schedules and budget in coordination with Project Management
- Communicate status and updates for projects – keep Project Managers informed of project progress and potential roadblocks.
- Support projects from initiation through delivery
- Develop and document design history files per design control requirements.
- Generate models/drawings for engineering changes and Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Follow engineering change request (ECR) process when necessary.
- Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment
- Be responsible for project delivery timeline from early design through production, launch, and recovery.
Requirements
The essentials:
- Must be highly organized, self-motivated, able to balance multiple priorities and projects, flexible, able to follow through, and can work under pressure with associated deadlines.
- Design with customer, service, manufacturability, and cost in mind
- Understands overall manufacturing processes and has experience to proactively identify constraints and improvement opportunities.
- Understand the key concepts of lean manufacturing and ISO 9001 section 8.3 and CE regulatory requirements to the development of lab equipment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Applications; Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint
- Excellent communication skills (written/verbal), must be able to clearly communicate technical content to peers and management, support conclusions and recommendations with calculations, test data, industry literature, etc.
- Demonstrate good interpersonal skills and ability to network in an effective and professional manner with external companies and within the internal organization.
- Strong mechanical and troubleshooting skills. Must be able to quickly analyze, troubleshoot, and determine root cause of issues.
- Knowledge of manufacturing methods of thermoplastic (machined and injection molded), cast metal, and machined parts.
- Must possess fundamental, theoretical and applied knowledge related to general Mechanical Engineering.
- EMC design experience.
- Proficiency in CAD. Creo or SolidWorks preferred.
- Knowledge of design for fabrication methods including machining, casting, injection molding, and rapid prototype.
- Proven ability to develop solutions for problems that require the regular use of creativity.
- Have project managing experience.
- Create comprehensive PPT or illustration for senior management or customer.
- Ability to travel (<15%)
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
Our company culture supports diversity and is inclusive of all regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, or family status, and we end401(k)
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off
Our company culture supports diversity and is inclusive of all regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, or family status, and we endeavor to support our employees' needs to the best of our ability.
