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Senior Mechanical Designer

Employer
Graco
Location
Minneapolis
Salary
Competitive
Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.

Graco has excellent opportunities available to individuals who want to be part of fast-moving, growing company - especially candidates committed to quality, innovation and solving customer problems. Graco was proud to be named a Best Place to Work in Manufacturing and Production by Fortune Magazine in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

Job Purpose

This position provides computer-aided (CAD) conceptual design and layout and drafting support to new product development and standard product support engineering activities. This position involves providing layouts for detailing, as well as CAD designing guidance, to a lower level CAD operator.

Essential Duties

* CAD design and documentation:
* Provide conceptual designs of new products in cooperation with a design team consisting of engineers, other designers and lab technicians.
* Produce concept design layouts, CAD models and detail drawings.
* Revise and redraw, as required, production drawings of existing standard products.
* Use and apply Graco design and drafting standards, including geometric tolerancing, and provide guidance to other designers.
* Complete ECOs by utilizing PDM and other tools.
* Perform tolerance analysis on critical assemblies.
* Perform engineering calculations as required to provide sound designs.

* Development project activities:
* Work with Model Shop, Purchasing, Technicians, and Manufacturing as required to produce designed products.
* Communicate with manufacturing and suppliers to develop cost effective parts designs.
* Release drawings to manufacturing and facilitate the manufacturing progress throughout the pre-prod cycle.
* Identify design activities and solve problems.
* Perform engineering calculations as required to provide sound designs.

* Project management & leadership:
* Assist lab technicians in completion of test plans.
* Provide leadership of entry level designers or technicians.

* Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

* Two-year technical degree or equivalent.
* Thorough knowledge of mechanical design drafting practices.
* Capable of using and applying Graco design and drafting standards.
* Minimum 4 years experience in drafting including two years at design level.
* Demonstrated ability to perform basic design calculations (example: thread strength, press fits, cylinder stress, etc.).
* Demonstrated ability to independently generate major, complex designs.
* Knowledge and capability to design for multiple tooling methods.
* Thorough knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes.
* Thorough knowledge of use and application of geometric tolerancing and tolerance analysis.

Proven Quality. Leading Technology. Launch your career with Graco!

Graco offers attractive compensation, benefits and career development opportunities. Graco's comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, stock purchase plan, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more.

Our expectations are high. That's why we are always looking to hire the brightest and the best!

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