Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer II

Since 1957, battery manufacturers and developers around the globe have relied on Bitrode Corporation for innovative energy storage solutions. Starting as an in-house provider to a battery manufacturer in St. Louis, Missouri, Bitrode has continued to devote itself exclusively to serving the needs of the storage power industry. In 2008, Bitrode became a member of the Sovema family of companies, marking a significant milestone in Bitrode's continued growth and making us an even stronger player in the growing global battery markets. We offer an extensive product line of battery formation and laboratory test equipment, as well as software tools, battery simulation and manufacturing automation tools appropriate to all battery applications and chemistries.

Position Summary: The Mechanical Engineer position is responsible for generating mechanical electromechanical parts and design documents working from sketches, marked-up drawings, and/or vendor information provided by project engineers or senior designers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following :

• Responsible for using Autodesk Inventor to produce 3D solid models of electro-mechanical design assemblies and packaging of electronic equipment. Legacy System is AutoCAD 2D.
• Evaluates mechanical and electromechanical systems and products by designing and conducting research programs; applying principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, heat transfer, and materials.
• Responsible for producing all detailed drawings and design documentation necessary to support fabrication and assembly of client's mechanical designs.
• Develops detailed electromechanical parts for the newly developed parts library that is being converted from the legacy AutoCAD 2D bill of materials.
• Develops mechanical and electromechanical products by studying customer requirements; researching and testing manufacturing and assembly methods and materials; soliciting observations from operators.
• Develops manufacturing processes by designing and modifying equipment for fabricating, building, assembling, and installing components
• Interact with product development design and deploy new products.
• Identify and evaluate vendors to support product development, contact suppliers to gather cost efficient pricing solutions and ensure manufacture ability of new products.
• Support contract manufactures to confirm that client's mechanical and graphic designs are manufactured and fabricated to specifications
• Mechanical equipment design from concept-development-final layouts-bills of material.
• Carry out engineering solutions and designs in compliance with engineering principals, company standards, customer requirements and project specifications
• Review and interpret mechanical specifications
• Develop concept sketches, design/layout of stations then review and present the design with others including customers.
• Completes projects by training and guiding technicians.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Qualifications :

• 3 to 5 years of experience in mechanical design and development
• Must have working knowledge and experience using Autodesk Product Design Suite Includes AutoCAD Mechanical & Inventor
• Must have working knowledge and experience using AutoCAD 2D.
• Very strong oral and written communication skills
• Real world experience applying engineering principles
• Practical knowledge of engineering materials
• Fabrication experience
• Experience designing / modeling electro-mechanical devices
• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
• US Citizenship is required for this position.
• Relocation compensation is not offered for this position.

Current Openings for Mechanical Engineer Jobs at Bitrode Corporation