Senior MCAD Designer
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Senior mechanical CAD designer creating 3D part/assembly models, annotated drawings, and manufacturing documentation for aerospace & defense control systems at Marotta Controls. Day-to-day work centers on PTC Creo solid modeling, Windchill data management, GD&T, and tolerance stack-ups under design engineers' direction.
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Senior MCAD Designer
Position Profile:
The Senior Designer (CAD Designer) provides computer aided design and technical drawing support for new product research and development, including derivatives of our existing product lines under the direction of design engineers. The designer shall be capable of interpreting industry design and drafting standards, military specifications and company internal procedures.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Associates degree, Mechanical engineering technology degree or Electrical technology degree.
- 4-7 years’ experience working as an electro-mechanical designer.
- Experience with PTC Technology at least Creo 4.0 and Windchill 12.0.
- Experience in mechanical design, material properties, fits and finishes, geometric tolerancing (GD&T) is required.
- Strong PTC CREO CAD solid modeling experience and understanding of mechanical design principle.
- Demonstrated strong knowledge of separating operations such as turning, milling, drilling, boring and tapping metallic and polymer materials.
- Knowledge of fluid components, including sealing element designs, bearings and other mechanical elements, electro- mechanical packaging, PCB design, harness design a plus.
- Strong verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization.
- Highly computer literate, with MS Office/PC expertise, and demonstrated experience with applicable systems, programs, equipment, etc.
- Must be a US Citizen.
Essential or Primary / Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare detailed 3D design layouts of complex parts and assemblies, including fits, finishes, tolerances and materials selection, as requested by the project engineer.
- Prepare simple design layouts of parts and assemblies, including fits and tolerances as requested by the project engineer or higher-level designers.
- Prepare detailed manufacturing documentation of parts and assemblies in accordance with all company and industry standards, including a thorough tolerance stack-up to prove out design intent for fit and function.
- Support the creation of a standard library of parts and features for re-use later to support the department’s needs.
- Maintain existing documentation through the preparation and incorporation of ECN’s and AECN’s.
- Effectively interprets industry design and drafting standards, military specifications and company internal procedures.
- Participate in selected PDR and CDR reviews to help present design parameters.
- Must be capable of performing basic trigonometry and solid geometry calculations.
- Detail checking of assemblies and drawings to company standards. Including redraws.
- Must be knowledgeable in the practical application of Geometric tolerances (GTOL).
- Prepare fully annotated drawings of parts and assemblies from 3D Assembly models.
- Responsible for utilizing existing Marotta hardware for new designs/redesigns. This would include detailed research using Marotta’s business system and custom software.
- Own projects from concept through production in an integrated and product development professional team environment.
- Analyze designs and determine opportunities for design improvements.
- Work with engineers to develop and evaluate the feasibility of designs.
- Analyze and apply tolerances on parts in a way that satisfies the design needs while satisfying manufacturing and inspection. (GD&T certificates preferred).
- Create as-built drawing package with a high level of efficiency.
- Performs basic engineering calculations, tolerance stack-ups, and determines the proper fits of moving and stationary parts.
Additional Duties / Responsibilities:
- Conduct research as needed.
- Bring initiatives and activities to closure in a timely manner through effective interaction with individuals, both internal and external to the Marotta organization (as required).
- Abide by all safety, quality, housekeeping and company policies/procedures to ensure compliance with all regulatory and internal system requirements.
- Contribute to a positive and cooperative work environment through effective communication at all levels internal and external to the organization.
- Actively participate in team meetings, improvement initiatives/programs, etc. and support actions to drive company initiatives/goals.
- Assist in the training of personnel to perform the required technical tasks (as directed).
- Consistently demonstrate commitment to company values.
- Keep management informed of area activities and of any significant problems.
Physical Requirements:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
- The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle or feel.
- The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, stoop, or crouch, and move about the facility.
- The employee may be required to lift and/or move items weighing up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to conditions typical of a manufacturing/machine shop environment, including, but not limited to: fluids, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, noise and vibration.
- This job interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, as well as environments inclusive of the appropriate eye, hearing and foot protection (as required).
- Temperature of work environment may be affected by outside/external temperatures, machining processes, etc.
- Days and hours of work are 9 hours/day (Monday through Thursday), 4 hours (Friday). Overtime and weekends could be required as job duties demand.
- No travel is expected for this position.
We offer a highly competitive compensation package for this outstanding position plus a quarterly bonus along with a full range of top-quality benefits and employee services including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability income insurance programs, 401k retirement plans with company match, generous tuition aid program, paid vacation, sick and personal days, paid holidays and flexible work hours with compressed work week options. We recognize and reward our employees’ accomplishments and host several employee engagement events per quarter.
This position is at our Parsippany, NJ office location.
Pay Range: $87,500 - $105,000/year
Many of our contracts require proof that you are a U.S. citizen and/or that an export license has been obtained for employees who are citizens of certain countries. Your employment, both initially and continually thereafter, is conditioned on production of such proof of citizenship and/or any export license that may be required to comply with any and all applicable laws, regulations, or executive orders, or required by Federal, State, or local government contracts.
We offer a highly competitive compensation package for this outstanding position plus a quarterly bonus along with a full range of top-quality benefits and employee services including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability income insurance programs, 401k retirement plans with company match, generous tuition aid program, paid vacation, sick and personal days, paid holidays and flexible work hours with compressed work week options. We recognize and reward our employees’ accomplishments and host several employee engagement events per quarter.
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We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer M/F/IWD/Veterans
VETERANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY