Motorola Solutions
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Schaumburg, IL · Senior
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About the role
- Engineers in this position will function primarily as a mechanical engineer in large and/or complex team projects, as well as an individual contributor on smaller tasks and assignments.
- Setting up and maintaining bills of materials and releasing mechanical prints.
- Performing mechanical verification tests per products specifications and writing test reports.
Responsibilities
- Designing and conducting experiments using statistical tools and techniques to confirm analyses, evaluating new or existing designs to conform to product specifications.
- Working with suppliers and commodity teams to meet cost and lead-times goals for tooling and piece parts.
- Modeling complex component and assembly designs using advanced 3D CAD tools, and interpreting and generating 2D drawings per mechanical drafting standards.
- Understanding of tolerances and effects on design.
- Setting up and maintaining bills of materials and releasing mechanical prints. Supporting prototype/pilot builds.
- This role would also support method and process improvements on existing product lines.
- Works autonomously but able to work effectively with other engineers within mechanical and other disciplines (electrical engineering, industrial design, product marketing, manufacturing, etc…).
- Generates concise and comprehensive design and test report documents.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent design projects.
Requirements
- Some travel may be required.
- Knowledge of DFA / DFM requirements is desirable.
- Hands-on experience and high proficiency with Creo Parametric (Pro/Engineer) 3D modeling and surfacing software, or equivalent, to design complex components and assemblies.
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Ability to perform hand or FEA calculations for stress and thermal is required.
Nice to have
- Experience with tolerance analysis and effects on design (6-sigma design methodology a plus).
- If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.
Skills
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- Good writing and communication skills.
Compensation
- $10k-$25k
Benefits
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
Company info
- Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people.
- We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world.
Equal opportunity
- Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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