Mechanical Design Engineer/Product Design Engineer (FT) - Jobs in Mississauga

Job Description

Based in Mississauga, for over forty years our company, an industry-leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality consumer electronics products, has set the standard for excellence in every product category we offer. Our focus is on providing the best in performance and Luxury/Value, while continually pushing the upper boundaries in design and quality.Mechanical Design Engineer / Product Design Engineer We are looking for a seasoned professional to work in our Mechanical Design wing. Working in close collaboration with industrial designers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and even software developers, you will play a key role in creating mechanical design for products that last, with particular emphasis on quality and user experience. Your responsibilities will include:

• Define the look and feel or new products.
• Create designs for manufacturability and assembly.
• Optimize internal product layout for best mechanical and thermal performance.
• Qualify vendors and manage vendors through the part RFQ process.
• Validate engineering samples receivables.
• Work with Production, Supply Chain and Quality teams to ensure smooth implementation of designs in production, continuous improvement and post-release support of products.
• Participate in Project Management activities: write requirements and specifications documents, parts and subsystems validation protocols, work with the PM to define the scope of work, decompose and create estimations for tasks and deliverables.
• Assign tasks and evaluates work of junior members of the mechanical team

• Experience designing consumer electronics and/or power electronics products.
• Graduate in mechanical engineering, industrial design or an equivalent.
• Expert in Solidworks.
• Knowledge of advanced Solidworks Pro/Premium features (Cable routing, Wire harness design, Advanced Surface Flattening, Static analysis, Tolerance Stack-up Analysis) would be a strong asset.
• DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) guru.
• Experience in thermal / heat transfer analysis through FEA and experimenting.
• Methodological approach to work
• You can define and build prototypes, plan experiments and analyze results to resolve ambiguities.
• You produce quality, readable drawings for production and quality control. GD amp;T and ASME Y14.5 are your life partners!
• Your previous designs contained parts made of different materials, fabricated by different techniques and maybe even coming from different suppliers.
• Experience working with external suppliers (local and overseas) is a strong asset.
• You understand the behavior of different materials and practical limitations of fabrication techniques (sheet metal, casting, extrusion, injection molding, CNC) and optimize designs accordingly.
• Experience supervising junior team members or leading a small team would be an asset.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams would be a strong asset.
• You are a strong communicator and are not shy to raise flags when things go wrong. Stay assured you’ll receive proper credits for work once things are sorted out!
• Understanding of the product development process and of the project management techniques is a strong asset.