The Senior Mechanical Engineer designs and develops major engineering projects with minimal management guidance or intervention. The Senior Engineer will assume all management duties in the absence of the Engineering manager, and will provide work direction and guidance to less experienced team members.

Salary Description: $100,000 to $130,000

Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Matching 401K, Generous PTO, Education Reimbursement

• Oversee all aspects of assigned project, from conception through production.
• Includes: providing estimation of time and materials required for a project, meet estimation if the quote becomes an order.
• Leads an engineering project to ensure the team satisfies the customer requirements within budgeted cost and the time allotted.
• Mechanical Design (3D Cad Design, mechanical detailing, dimensioning, and tolerances, following MPI drawing procedures).
• Knowledge of Electrical design (electrical enclosure layout and design, understanding of electrical schematics).
• Knowledge of PLC programming (creating operating sequence for machines).
• Hydraulic design (design and troubleshoot hydraulics).
• Pneumatic design (design and troubleshoot pneumatics).
• Coordinates all documentation including shop manuals, customer manuals, engineering manuals.
• Support and troubleshoot engineering issues with assembly technicians. Develop and maintain clear and open relationships with assembly technicians.
• Maintain contact with customer for clarification of order specifics, as required.
• Interface with Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Service departments.
• Attend weekly department meetings. (Is capable to lead the meeting)
• Be available to assist other engineers with their projects. Determine when to request assistance from other engineers for your projects.
• Utilize MPI's inventory software program to access new part numbers, Bill of Materials, component, numbers, etc.
• Represents the engineering department as necessary at meetings in the absence of the Engineering Manager.
• Provide estimates of time and materials (Engineering Quick Quotes) as required for potential new projects.
• Attends (limited) trade shows, conferences, sales calls, and vendor visit meetings, as required or desired.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each principal duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, experience, skill, and ability required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering plus a minimum of post graduate experience of 6 to 10 years.
• Experience as an engineer working with capital equipment using electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical engineering practices, PLC experience (if possible).
• Proficient using Microsoft Office, Solidworks, and MPI information system Made to Manager, and Epicor.
• Some supervisory experience preferred.
• Due to ITAR, US Citizenship is required.

https://www.mpi-systems.com/

MPI is headquartered in Poughkeepsie, NY, and is proud to be able to stamp all of their equipment with the “Proudly Made in America” moniker. Within its impressive facility, there exists a fully functioning laboratory, showroom and production facility to demonstrate our state-of-the-art wax room equipment. We also boast a full training center to provide ongoing training classes for process engineers, machine operators and maintenance staff, available to our entire global customer base. MPI also offers impressive pattern injection and pattern assembly capabilities. Pattern production is mutually beneficial because it gives the customer a chance to reap the benefits of the process without the initial commitment to purchase. It also allows MPI to clearly see opportunities for enhanced equipment design.