Design Engineer
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Job Summary
Join Our Team!
At Petersen our team members are not just employees they are members of the Petersen/Precinmac community. We recognize that a company is only as good as its team members and ours are incredible!
Petersen offers a competitive benefits package which includes 4x10 work schedule food market breakrooms. Competitive wage quarterly bonuses referral bonuses for selected positions. wellness program medical dental vision disability life 401k with employer match. Paid time off and holiday pay. On the job training programs and training reimbursement. We also offer multiple employee engagement activities and community events.
Summary Of Position
The Design Engineer develops and validates custom equipment structures and mechanical systems with an emphasis on mechanical design engineering analysis and real-world performance validation. This role ensures that all designs are safe functional analytically sound and properly documented. Responsibilities include creating designs in SolidWorks performing hand calculations and FEA defining engineering requirements and coordinating physical validation testing.
- Maintain high standards of honesty ethics professionalism and positive work attitude.
- Understand and follow Petersen Inc. values regarding quality safety business ethics and document control.
- Design custom equipment structures and mechanical systems to meet project and customer requirements.
- Develop SolidWorks models layouts and detailed fabrication drawings.
- Perform engineering analysis including hand calculations statics mechanics of materials stress and deflection analysis and FEA using ANSYS or equivalent tools.
- Define loads boundary conditions assumptions and design requirements.
- Prepare plan and execute validation testing such as FATs load testing and other performance verification.
- Document engineering calculations test procedures validation plans and test results.
- Ensure designs comply with relevant codes standards and safety requirements (ASME ANSI etc.).
- Conduct research and gather technical data necessary for design decisions and component selections.
- Provide engineering support during fabrication including resolving technical issues and clarifying design intent.
- Thoroughly check calculations drawings and documentation created by others as assigned.
- Support quoting efforts with design input engineering judgment and preliminary calculations.
- Strong understanding of statics mechanics of materials stress and deflection and freebody diagrams.
- Proficiency in SolidWorks.
- Experience performing and validating engineering calculations.
- Ability to plan and execute physical testing (FAT load testing etc.).
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent prioritization organizational and logical decisionmaking abilities.
- Highly selfmotivated and able to independently own engineering tasks.
- Good CAD skills; SolidWorks strongly preferred.
- FEA experience (ANSYS or equivalent) preferred.
- Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office and basic engineering software.
- Basic understanding of machining and fabrication processes.
- Familiarity with applicable design codes and standards.
- Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
- 510 years of relevant experience in mechanical design and analysis.
- Designs are analytically sound validated and fully documented prior to release.
- Clear alignment between analysis testing and actual system performance.
- Comprehensive engineering documentation capturing analysis decisions and validation evidence.
- Ability to independently manage projects from concept through final validation.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Contract Precision Machining & Fabrication. Supports Aerospace, Nuclear, Medical, Defense, Gov, Power Generation, and Semiconductor Related Programs. CNC, 5-Axis, Manufacturing.
