ICON
Manager, Mechanical Engineering
Austin, Texas, United States · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 54 days ago
AgileSolidWorksANSYSFEAMechanical DesignResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- As a Manager of Mechanical Engineering at ICON, you will be responsible for the quality of work and outputs by those in your mechanical engineering group.
- This role is based at ICON's Austin, TX campus.
- Ansys or Solidworks simulation. - Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, and the ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems. - Industrial safety system experience. - A hunger for learning and personal growth.
Responsibilities
- Hire, manage and coach individuals within the Mechanical Engineering function.Escalate potential and actual technical issues to the PM and Management that may impact safety, Business Goals, Requirements, Schedule, Budget, or Scope.
- Assign individual engineers to Subsystems projects and work with sub-system owners to manage their workload.
- Drive innovative design directions while balancing risks to projects.
- Establish and enforce quality assurance processes to maintain high standards of product integrity and reliability throughout development phases.
- Define and encourage the adoption of guiding design principles and best practices (i.e. "how work should be done" ).
- Operate as SME where applicable in design and development efforts.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional work experience as a Mechanical Engineer.
- Experience managing or leading technical teams.
- Demonstrated knowledge of component manufacturing processes (including machining, rapid prototyping, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience leading large system development projects.
- Proficiency in using parametric solid modeling and CAD software to design and document parts and assemblies.
- SolidWorks and PDM experience are required.
- Familiarity with making drawings and applicable drawing and tolerancing standards.
- Knowledge of the AGILE SCRUM methodology of project management.
- Ability to prioritize and stay cool in a dynamic start-up environment.
- Define how work within this discipline should be completed and to which standards (i.e. " how work must be done" ).
Skills
- Previous automation industry experience.
- Professional experience with thermal and mechanical FEA, and topological optimization. Ansys or Solidworks simulation.
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, and the ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems.
- Industrial safety system experience.
- A hunger for learning and personal growth.
This listing is sourced directly from ICON's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.