Job Abstract

Kelly Government Solutions is hiring a Mechanical Designer for a University Scientific Laboratory Company with our customer in Stanford, CA.

Position Title: Mechanical Designer (BH9423280)
Pay Rate: $31.50/hour plus additional $4.98/hour Health & Welfare stipend that goes toward your pension or medical
Location: Stanford, CA
Travel: None
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
Citizenship: U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residence only

Job Description:
 

• Develop and execute complex mechanical design, assembly, and tooling to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
  

• Perform mechanical design tasks requiring fully developed skills and understanding of area of specialization.

Core Duties:

• Design original components or a portion of mechanical systems using 3D computer aided design CAD based on research concepts.
  

• Analyze and modify designs to develop and/or improve manufacturing operations.
  

• Create intricate mechanical designs from written and verbal input.
  

• Prepare original rough layouts and sketches to support design and proposal recommendations to engineers.
  

• Perform in-depth analysis of fit, form and function tolerance studies to ensure manufacturability.
  

• Compute moderate to complex engineering calculations including volume, mass, and surface area.
  

• Inspect design for accuracy and adherence to engineering criteria/specifications, manufacturing, tooling, material, planning, and appropriate production standards.
  

• Determine ease of manufacturing, availability of materials, and specifications.
  

• Generate workflow between design development and engineers and/or project managers and shops to evaluate manufacturability, mitigate cost risk, and accuracy of process.
  

• Provide recommendations for improvements to support design strategy, project execution, and maintain drawing schedules.
  

• Attend and contribute to design review meetings.
  

• May collaborate with key contacts outside own area of expertise.
  

• May serve as project leader or provide guidance to less experienced mechanical designers.

Minimum Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor s degree in a related engineering discipline or 5 years of related equivalent experience or combination of education and experience.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Ability to perform complex mechanical designs, modeling, and routine engineering, planning duties and the ability to estimate drafting time accurately.
  

• Utilizes job-required 3D computer-aided design tools create and maintain complex assembly drawings and models.
  

• In-depth knowledge of the principles and practices of mechanical design.
  

• Demonstrated understanding of the principles and concepts of Mechanical Engineering.
  

• Demonstrated sound understanding of manufacturing capabilities and be able to demonstrate the ability to design for manufacturability.
  

• Extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of tolerances, clearances, and fit of parts.
  

• Good understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing GD T Ability to translate established design concepts into finished pieces.
  

• Ability to perform detailed work with high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  

• Ability to work with minimal supervision, follow department standards and processes.
  

• Ability to work with others effectively as part of a team.
  

• Strong organizational and communication both written and verbal skills.
  

• Demonstrated understanding of job required software applications and tools.

Proficiency:

• Microsoft Office applications Excel, Word, PowerPoint or similar software

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