Design Specialist

Title: Design Specialist

Location: San Jose CA

Duration: 06 months with a possibility of extension.

Job description:

• Sr. Designer to support program initiatives. Creates innovative and practical mechanical and electromechanical concepts and designs for components assemblies tools and products of varying complexity.
• Works closely with engineering vendors manufacturing quality and customers on design specifications. Ensures designs are free of layout process defects.
• May assist engineers with defining design standards and configurations. Applies Computer Aided Design (CAD) methodologies theories and techniques. Reviews various completed engineering documents to ensure compliance with engineering and military standards procedures specifications and accuracy of calculations and dimensions.
• Provides expert technical consultation to the division and customer community relative to comprehensive and indepth knowledge of design.
• Current Creo 7 experience required. MBD experience a plus. Develops highly innovative concepts that satisfy functional and operational requirements for existing product lines and new product development programs. Ensures that CAD models can easily transition to modeling and simulation software.
• Prepares the most complex design layouts schematics or sketches (including test plans procedures or specifications) of functional systems to satisfy system and integration requirements within cost and producibility constraints. Prepares drawing packages to military or equivalent ASME standards.
• Checks completed layouts drawings test plans test reports procedures and change history documentation (e.g. engineering change notices) for clarity completeness conformance to engineering military and industrial standards procedures specifications and codes and ensures accuracy of calculations and dimensions. Coordinates closely with systems engineers to ensure designs satisfy contractual requirements.
• Evaluates completed drawings specifications and procedures for producibility and viability of design appropriateness of tolerances fits finishes materials and validates integration of equipment. Positions are in San Jose CA and are onsite only.

Skills Required:

• Proficient in tolerance analysis and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Proficient in use of applicable CAD equipment and drafting techniques including 3D modeling and manipulation of files.
• Comprehensive knowledge of military drawings and specifications and applicable MILSPEC/STDs.
• Comprehensive product line knowledge at the component subsystem and system levels.
• Comprehensive knowledge of production methods and understanding of human factors.
• Knowledge of MBD (Model Based Definition) is a plus.

Experience Required:

• Minimum 9 years of design/drafting experience using ProE/Creo CAD system. Creo 7 experience is required.

Education Required:

• An Associate Degree with emphasis in engineering drafting/design or an equivalent combination of training and experience; plus a minimum of nine additional years drafting and design experience including five years of advanced design concepts and applications.