Job Description
Sterling Engineering is partnering with a growing manufacturer in Wood Dale, IL to hire a Mechanical Design Engineer. This is a hands-on product design role for an engineer or designer with experience taking fabricated metal products from concept through production.
Location: Wood Dale, IL 60191
Salary: $75,000–$90,000
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: Medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), bonus opportunity, paid time off, paid holidays, and additional company benefits.
What You’ll Do
Design and develop custom fabricated metal products and assemblies
Create detailed production drawings, fabrication drawings, and assembly prints
Develop and maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs)
Design parts and assemblies using Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks
Work with sheet metal and other fabricated metal components
Translate concepts and customer requirements into manufacturable designs
Work directly with manufacturing and production teams to ensure designs can be efficiently fabricated and assembled
Revise drawings and designs based on production feedback, customer requirements, and project changes
Support prototype builds, testing, and new product development
Review designs for manufacturability, cost, material usage, and ease of assembly
Manage multiple design projects and engineering priorities
Support continuous improvement and value engineering initiatives
What We’re Looking For
3+ years of mechanical design, product design, or design engineering experience within a manufacturing environment
Experience designing fabricated metal products, sheet metal components, or mechanical assemblies
Strong experience creating production drawings and assembly drawings
Experience developing and maintaining BOMs
Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks
Understanding of metal fabrication and manufacturing processes
Ability to design with manufacturability and assembly in mind
Comfortable working directly with manufacturing and production teams
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Wood Dale, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Assembly Drawingsunmatched
- Autodesk Inventorunmatched
- Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Engineeringunmatched
- Illustrating Abilityunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Assemblyunmatched
- Manufacturing Designunmatched
- Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
- Mechanical Assemblyunmatched
- Mechanical Designunmatched
- Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
- Metal Manufacturingunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Product Designunmatched
- Product Developmentunmatched
- Product Testingunmatched
- Project Engineeringunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Prototypingunmatched
- Sheet Metal Designunmatched
- SolidWorksunmatched
- Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Value Engineeringunmatched
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