SolidWorks Designer

Tri-Mation has a great opportunity for an experienced SolidWorks Designer, in custom machine building; preferably in automation to join our team. You need to have a collaborative mindset and want to positively work as a team; you know how to work independently but also have self-awareness to ask for help when needed; you need to be hungry to learn and be proactive. This position can become a lead design role and handle larger projects with multi designers.

The ideal candidate must have: 1) Experience and working knowledge of SolidWorks, GD&T, MS Office, and other project tracking modules; 2) Ability to plan, develop, schedule, and coordinate in-depth and up-to-date technical knowledge; 3) Ability to read and have a good understanding of blueprints.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include 1) Support Design Department with development and implementation, prioritization of work and execution of projects delivered on-time, within the scope and on budget; 2) Conceptualize and design specialty machines; 3) Customer contact from kick-off to design approval; 4) Oversee program needs, customer expectations and project add-ons from beginning to end; 5) Track timeline and budgets; monitor progress; 6) Develop BOM from the design; 7) Research and select sensors, and other purchased components; 8) Design with part variation and tolerancing in mind; 9) Design for manufacturability using machining techniques; 10) Create related engineering documentation; 11) Be an active team player to support, accept responsibility and collaborate with the team; have effective skills in interpersonal communication, problem solving, critical thinking, empathy, and building relationships; and use independent judgment, creativity, and initiative; 12) Travel less than 5%; same day and overnight; may have occasional international travel; 13) May mentor interns and co-op students.

To be successful at Tri-Mation you need to have demonstrated skills as an active team player to support, accept responsibility and collaborate with the team; effective skills in interpersonal communication, problem solving, critical thinking, empathy, relationship building; coaching and training, persuasion and decision making; use of independent judgment, creativity, and initiative.