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Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

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Job Description

Utilize your mechanical engineering expertise to design and develop products, as well as implement product changes and enhancements, in alignment with design standards and workflows. Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to innovate and verify new components and designs.

Responsibilities

+ Develop plans and execute structural and mechanical testing for components on new and current designs.

+ Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, production, and product development engineers to design, simulate, and verify new components and designs.

+ Conduct validation tests to ensure product quality and maintain accurate documentation of concepts, designs, calculations, drawings, and processes.

+ Ensure new products meet functional and non-functional specifications, including safety, performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability.

+ Troubleshoot operational issues and devise both short-term and long-term remedies.

+ Identify and act on opportunities for continuous improvement.

+ Travel to customer sites to commission pre-production tests or troubleshoot technical issues, with travel required less than 10% of the time.

+ Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

+ Proficiency in design tools such as SolidWorks and AutoCAD.

+ Strong mechanical engineering and new product development skills.

+ Experience in mechanical and structural testing, validation testing, and FEA analysis.

+ Ability to perform calculations and simulations, particularly with structural steel.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ R&D experience, with a focus on development.

+ Ability to set up and run test benches for new products.

+ Minimal FEA work, primarily sending information to the simulation team and reviewing results.

Work Environment

Join a growing department that is essential for new product development. Enjoy a flexible work schedule with options to work 4x10 hour days, 4x9 and a half day on Friday, or 5x8 hour shifts. The current team consists of a manager, one designer, and one engineer, with plans to add one to two more members.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $110000.00/yr.

Competitive Benefits: 401k + Company Match, Quarterly profitability bonus, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Life, STD & LTD, Paid Life insurance, Paid Vacation, PTO, 8 paid holidays per year

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Louisville,KY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 21, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.