Title:  Senior Associate, Mechanical Engineer

Job Title: Senior Associate, Mechanical Engineer 

Job Code: 34455

Job Location: Mason, Ohio

Job Description: 

• Provide mechanical engineering support for both new product development activities as well as factory support of existing products 

• Translate product requirements into a mechanical specification and test plan to be used for development 

• Execute verification testing as defined by the mechanical specification and test plan 

• Conduct design analysis and testing, both structural and thermal, to prove design will meet customer requirements 

• Responsible for understanding customer needs, generating test procedures and finally executing the test 

• Generate and/or process engineering change orders (ECO’s) as required 

• Work directly with mechanical designers on CAD models and part documentation 

 Qualifications: 

• To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing a Master's degree in mechanical engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Engineering or related field  or have completed their Master's degree within the last 12 months, regardless of age.

 Preferred Skills:  

• CAD or analysis (FEA) tools exposure, and/or experience in mechanical design or analysis of electronic systems, structures and mechanisms 

• Familiarity with transducer instrumentation, data collection and or automation and software programming for numerical analysis 

• Must be able to apply the principles of Structural Mechanics to predict internal stresses and structural instabilities 

• Must be able to generate free body diagrams, determine reaction forces, calculate internal loads, and develop shear and moment diagrams 

• Working knowledge of one programming language 

• Familiarity with finite element methods and fatigue and damage tolerance principles