Mechanical Design Engineer/ Mechanical Designer

Job Description
The Mechanical Design Engineer/Mechanical Designer role reports to the engineering group that is primarily responsible for concepting, designing, and industrializing new intrusion products. The position will collaborate with electrical hardware engineers, RF engineers, and product management as part of a gated product development process.
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a committed attention to detail, and the ability to work within a structured product development process. This hybrid role will require the ideal candidate to be onsite in our Fairport, NY office full time for the first 2 months of employment to get acclimated to our people, process and products. A Hybrid work week can be arranged after that with expectations of being in the office 2-3 times per week.
To be successful in this position, individuals must have a high level of self-motivation, a drive for self-development, and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Our culture fosters a collaborative working environment with cross functional and product development engineers as well as remote associates.
Responsibilities:
Product concepting and designing:
plastic optical (Fresnel) lenses and light pipes for use in intrusion motion detector products
Plastic enclosures for motion detectors, keypads, and other intrusion products
Sheet metal enclosures
Simulation analysis- interference analysis, tolerance stack-up, finite element analysis
Create prototypes of product designs or engineering fixtures utilizing onsite machine shop equipment or external job shops
Perform pre-compliance and mechanical testing on product sample builds. For example:
impact analysis, drop testing, torque testing
Support tooling activities including:
drawing updates, sample inspection, product testing, and release documentation