Senior Specialist, Mechanical Designer
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Waterdown • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Responsible for mechanical design and analysis of complex opto-mechanical and electromechanical products from concept through to production using modern CAD and analysis tools
- Assigned projects will be of an advanced nature and will involve solving difficult technical problems
- Perform innovation and/or suggest ways to improve our systems and/or reduce cost
- Carries out complex and difficult engineering assignments requiring specialized engineering knowledge
- Is relied upon to complete difficult projects in a timely manner
- Contributes to the definition of departmental best practices and design approaches
- Work is assigned in terms of specific objectives and goals with defined boundaries
- Participate in design reviews as either a presenter or a reviewer
- Supporting the verification and validation of new product designs
- Keep in synchronization with mechanical industry trends and new technologies that may be relevant to L3 Wescam’s present and future product development
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience (ideally with 8 years of Mechanical Systems Engineering experience)
- Experience with Matlab or an equivalent mathematical application
- Proficient user of FEA for static and dynamics analysis, preferably ANSYS
- Proficient user of a CFD (computation fluid dynamics) analysis package, preferably ANSYS
- Advanced knowledge of a 3D CAD system, preferably SolidWorks
- Extensive knowledge of drawing standards and mechanical design standard practice
- Well versed in mechanical dynamics and vibration
- Well versed in strength of materials and classical analysis methods
- Well versed in opto-mechanical design principles
- Well versed in machining, casting, sheet metal, and composites manufacturing techniques and processes
- Well versed in rapid prototyping techniques and methods
- Well versed in Materials Science
- Technical Leadership skills
- Strong communication skills and the ability to prepare detailed technical reports and specifications
- A highly motivated, self-starter
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
mechanical designopto-mechanical designelectromechanical productsMatlabFEAANSYSCFD3D CADSolidWorksMaterials Science
Soft skills
technical leadershipstrong communicationself-starterproblem-solvinginnovationtime managementcollaborationpresentation skillsreport writingbest practices definition