Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Mechanical Engineer

Shift/Hours: Monday - Friday - 7:30am-4:00pm

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Pay Rate: $80,000+/annually

Location: Whippany, NJ

PrideStaff is assisting a local manufacturer with over 70 years as an industry leader to help find a Mechanical Engineer.

As the Mechanical Engineer, you must independently evaluate, select and apply standard mechanical engineering techniques, procedures and criteria, using judgement in designing and making adaptations and modifications to equipment such as hoists, winches, and cargo hooks.

Duties:

Use PTC Creo for modeling mechanical and mechatronic components including rotating components, brakes, clutches, actuators, valves, sheet metal structures, composite fairings, and general aerospace structures.

Perform basic and finite element analysis of custom designs for strength, fatigue, vibration characteristics, thermodynamics, and motion studies using cad-assistive software programs.

Create or assist with qualification test procedures, acceptance test procedures, and validation procedures for development hardware.

Oversee & assist the drafting team with the development and checking of two-dimensional drawings (especially machining, assembly, and electrical drawings) or annotated 3D CAD models.

Conduct investigative and qualification testing for military and aerospace requirements

Write engineering technical reports typically expected during multi-year aerospace development programs

Assist with the company's introduction of new but proven technologies to ensure first-in-class product reliability, safety, and operational productivity.

Assist or perform assembly or rework of development mechanical and packaging designs.

Assist the production floor with troubleshooting of mechanical components for first and continuing production articles.

Works closely with other engineers of other disciplines to meet technical objectives laid out by project managers or other management team

Works courteously and resolutely with customers, subcontractors, and suppliers to achieve project goals.

Required Qualifications:

Must be able to work independently but take direction from

Minimum B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering

Experienced in mechanical engineering development and systems engineering activities supporting military or commercial marketplaces.

Relevant experience with Creo or similar CAD software including complex geometries

Relevant experience with FEA software such as ANSYS

Ability to review drawings with specific experience in the use and proper specification of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

Possessing analytical skills required for mechanical design including stress analysis, fluid mechanics, and modal analysis

Excellent problem-solving and time-management skills.

Excellent business and technical communication skills.

Business and technical astuteness.Company Description

PrideStaff is a national staffing service founded in 1978 with over 80 locations nationwide. We are currently expanding with a new office in East Hanover and are looking for individuals to share our mission: Consistently provide client experiences focused on what they value most. Professionals who are client service driven, goal orientated, organized and have an internal drive for success possess the qualities to be successful with PrideStaff. Additionally:

•\tClients and candidates consistently rate PrideStaff among the top recruiting firms within the staffing industry based on Net Promoter Score (NPS) data

•\tPrideStaff provides comprehensive training to Staffing Consultants on our proven sales, recruiting and staffing processes

•\tWe help our Staffing Consultants succeed with leading edge recruiting technology and performance improvement programs

•\tWe offer one of the most unique and competitive compensation plans in the Staffing and Recruiting industry

Full-time