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Sr. Design Specialist
San Jose, CA
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Position Title: Senior Designer (Onsite Only)

Position Description:

  • Support program and organizational initiatives as a Senior Designer, creating innovative and practical mechanical and electro-mechanical concepts and designs for components, assemblies, tools, and products of varying complexity.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, vendors, manufacturing, quality, and customers on design specifications and requirements.
  • Ensure all designs are free of layout process defects and meet applicable standards.
  • Assist engineers in defining design standards and configurations as needed.
  • Utilize advanced Computer Aided Design (CAD) methodologies, theories, and techniques.
  • Review completed engineering documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with engineering, military, and industry standards and specifications.
  • Provide expert technical consultation, leveraging comprehensive and in-depth design knowledge.
  • Develop highly innovative concepts to meet functional and operational requirements for both existing product lines and new product development programs.
  • Ensure CAD models are suitable for transition to modeling and simulation software applications.
  • Prepare complex design layouts, schematics, and sketches, as well as associated test plans, procedures, and specifications to meet system and integration requirements within cost and producibility constraints.
  • Prepare complete drawing packages to military or equivalent ASME standards.
  • Check final layouts, drawings, reports, procedures, and change history documentation for clarity, completeness, and conformance to required standards, ensuring accuracy of calculations and dimensions.
  • Work closely with systems engineers to ensure designs meet all contractual requirements.
  • Evaluate completed designs for producibility, viability, appropriateness of tolerances, fits, finishes, and materials, and validate equipment integration.
  • All positions are onsite only; remote work is not available.

Required Skills:

  • Proficiency in tolerance analysis and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Skilled in use of CAD equipment and drafting techniques, including 3D modeling and file manipulation (specifically Creo).
  • Comprehensive knowledge of military drawings and specifications, and applicable MILSPEC/STD's.
  • In-depth product knowledge at component, subsystem, and system levels.
  • Understanding of production methods and human factors in design.
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience specifically designing with Creo is required.
  • Model Based Definition (MBD) experience is a strong plus.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience in the design of combat vehicles or within the defense industry is highly preferred.

Experience Required:

  • Minimum 9 years of design/drafting experience, including use of Pro-E/Creo CAD systems.

Education Required:

  • Associate degree with an emphasis in engineering drafting/design, or equivalent combination of training and relevant experience. Must include a minimum of nine years of drafting and design experience, including at least five years with advanced design concepts and applications.

Additional Information:

  • Current experience with Creo 9 is required.
  • Only candidates willing and able to work onsite will be considered; remote work is not offered.


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