Job Description & Details
This is a hands-on contract gig for a Senior Mechanical Designer to jump straight into new product development. If you live and breathe SolidWorks and know your way around heavy assemblies and sheet metal fabrication, this role drops you right into the thick of hardware engineering without getting bogged down in endless corporate bureaucracy.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
Your day-to-day will be heavily focused on taking conceptual ideas and turning them into production-ready 3D models and engineering drawings using SolidWorks. You'll spend a lot of time building complex assemblies, managing sheet metal flat patterns and bend allowances, and making sure your designs actually make sense for the shop floor. You'll also be living inside Teamcenter PLM, handling design releases, revision control, and engineering change management, so keeping your documentation clean and organized is non-negotiable.
The Core Tech Stack
SolidWorks is the undisputed king here—you need deep proficiency across parts, large assemblies, configurations, weldments, and sheet metal. On top of that, you must have solid, practical experience with Teamcenter PLM. The team needs someone who doesn't just draw pretty parts, but understands the actual fabrication processes and manufacturing methods required to build physical hardware reliably.
Interview Expectations
Expect the hiring manager to grill you on your deep SolidWorks capabilities, particularly how you handle heavy assemblies without crashing your system and how you structure your configurations. They'll also want to hear specific war stories about how you managed engineering change notices (ECNs) and revision control in Teamcenter PLM when things went wrong during a product release.
Application Advice
Make sure your resume screams SolidWorks and Teamcenter PLM right at the top. Don't just list them as skills; explicitly mention your experience with large assemblies, sheet metal design, weldments, and new product development (NPD). If you've got examples of taking a product from a napkin sketch all the way to manufacturing release, spell that out clearly to catch the recruiter's eye.