Mechanical Design Engineer

About the Role

Our customer is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to design and develop high-performance enclosures, housings, and components for machine vision lighting solutions. This role is ideal for someone with strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, hands-on product development experience, and the ability to collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams to deliver reliable, production-ready designs.

What You'll Do

• Design mechanical enclosures, housings, brackets, and related components for LED-based machine vision lighting products using SolidWorks and 3DExperience

• Apply DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, material selection, sealing, and thermal design principles to create manufacturable, cost-effective designs

• Build, evaluate, and validate prototypes to confirm thermal, structural, dimensional, and performance requirements

• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, optical, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams throughout product development

• Create and maintain CAD models, drawings, BOMs, specifications, test reports, and other engineering documentation

• Support compliance, certification, supplier communication, milestone tracking, and continuous improvement activities.

• What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

• 4+ years of mechanical product design experience, ideally with electronics packaging, precision enclosures, or related products

• Strong SolidWorks skills; working knowledge of 3DExperience preferred

• Experience with prototyping, testing, validation, 2D drawings, BOMs, and engineering documentation

• Knowledge of DFM/DFA, tolerance stack-up, sheet metal, die cast, injection molded plastic, aluminum extrusion, and sealing design principles

• Familiarity with ECR/ECO processes, APQP methodology, IP ratings, CE, UL, or RoHS is a plus

• Strong communication, collaboration, critical thinking, attention to detail, and supplier-management skills

• Nice to Have

• Familiarity with ECR/ECO processes, APQP methodology, IP ratings, CE, UL, or RoHS is a plus (if not already listed above)

• Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Rate: $90,000 - $120,000 per year

• Contract positions: Will be employed and paid hourly by iMPact Business Group. Benefits (medical, dental & vision) are available after 90 days of employment.

• Permanent placed employees: Paid by and qualify for benefits in accordance with the policies of the hiring company.

• A recruiter will review resumes within a business day or two and reach out if next steps are desired.