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Job Description

Position Title: Mechanical Design Engineer FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: CNS R&D Mechanical Reports To: Mechanical Engineering Manager

Mechanical Design Engineer

SUMMARY: Westell is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our product design team in its Aurora, Illinois headquarters. This position will be responsible to design, develop, document, test and debug products from concept to engineering release - involving all Westell product lines including our outside plant cabinet, cabinet system integration, IBW, and ISM product lines. Youll be responsible for the entire mechanical product design and will need to collaborate with other mechanical, electrical, system or software engineers in the planning, design, and development of a variety of end products. The position is full-time and onsite in Aurora.

The ideal candidate will have proven cross-functional team experience working with local and remote teams. The candidate will develop significant new products and see their new products come to market.

Join a company where you can be a product development leader and not just one of the crowd.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Mechanical engineering leadership in cross functional development teams

Provide technical expertise in definition, design, new product introduction and technical support

Identify new technologies and technical partners to successfully bring products to market

Provide leadership in supporting products for the entire product life cycle

Productize designs developed internally or externally (including generating bills of materials, part specifications, test specifications, fabrication drawings, etc.)

Direct testing and evaluation of internally and externally developed designs/products

Generation of technical documentation including requirement and test specifications

Act as a product expert providing technical support for sales and marketing activities

Evaluate existing designs for performance cost and quality improvements

Performs other duties as assigned.

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

Understand basic heat transfer

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering

3 - 5 years of applied mechanical design skills.

Strong communication and leadership skills working in cross functional teams

Experience with mechanical CAD, SolidWorks a plus

Experience with PDM and BOM management, Agile PLM a plus

Experience with sheet metal, plastics, and printed circuit board design a plus

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Owns NP design / test/ documentation

Achieve NP Design Goals & Milestones

Execute NPD Process for all designs

Research / identify new technologies

Existing Product Support

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required to sit, stand, bend and walk regularly; lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Visual and auditory ability sufficient for written and verbal communication.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. **,

Salary:** \$85,000.00 - \$95,000.00

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