Design Engineer
Sacramento, CA 94273 United States
Job Description
Job Title: Design Engineer
Job Location: 7464 French Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828
Pay Rate: $50/HR on W2
Duration: 6+ months with possible extension
Job Description:
- Onsite, but has the potential for hybrid depending upon performance, etc. Training and learning from others is best done onsite.
- Siemens Mobility Rail Division has an immediate opening for a Mechanical Design Engineer at their Sacramento, California Facility.
- The candidate will have the ability to help develop the design and production of our Light Rail Vehicles, with a focus on a myriad of mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies.
- We are looking for professionals with the drive to work in the high paced rail industry to build new and innovative designs for our future vehicles.
- In this role, you will assist the Engineering Department personnel to assure proper execution of the design, compliance with industry standards and customer specifications.
- Requires the ability to create parts, assemblies, and bills of materials of various complexities, guided by more experienced colleagues and leadership.
- Must be detail oriented and take ownership of tasks as part of a team.
- Must be able to work independently on projects to troubleshoot technical issues with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to develop conceptual designs and assist others to implement the final solution.
Responsibilities:
- Execute (individually or as member of an engineering team) customized production orders under minimum supervision, utilizing industry standards and best engineering practices.
- Provide drafting support to engineers on submittals, and as-built drawings. This includes the design of new components, modification of mechanical drawings, and incorporate field or customer-based changes.
- Manage small to large relatively complex PTC Creo 3.0 / PDMLink or higher 3D assemblies. This entails creating, setting up, copying, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting.
- Provide cross-functional support with other design staff, designers and System Engineers while supporting multiple simultaneous projects and platform designs.
- Support the Project / Platform Drawing Tree creation and updates.
- Support the procurement, manufacturing, and testing cycles as needed.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in related field with 3 or more years of similar work experience (preferred)
- Associate’s degree in related field with 8 or more years of similar work experience
Required Skills:
- Minimum 1 year of experience designing with 3D CAD modeling software (completed coursework can be considered as experience).
- Experience with PTC Creo 9 strongly preferred.
- The applicant will need to show examples of relatable experience and willingness and ability to learn PTC Creo 9.
- Design experience, a minimum of 3 to 5 years; preferably in Rail Vehicle Design.
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes, fabrication methods, corrosion mitigation practices, material properties and good design practices.
- Large and small welded and/or bolted assemblies design experience
- Mechanical / Electrical integration experience
- Experience creating bill of materials and work instructions
Desired Skills:
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment and communicating/interfacing with factory workers
- Sheet metal and welded steel structures design experience
- Fiberglass and plastic part design experience
- Experience with and skilled at clearly communicating with suppliers and internal customers/stakeholders in the English language
- Experience with creating and presenting designs for internal design reviews
- AutoCAD (2D models and drawings for legacy projects)
- PTC CREO 3.0 or higher sheet metal, piping, surfacing and advanced modeling experience
- Windchill or similar Product Lifecycle Management software (PLM)
- SAP Experience (Releasing work packages using Engineering Change Requests (ECR) and Engineering Change Notices (ECN, ECO)