Project Mechanical Engineer

Project Mechanical Engineer

Posted on 09/29/2026

Location

Flagstaff, Arizona

Description

ETM develops transverse flux electric motors with torque density and efficiency that conventional motor architectures can't match. Our business model is technology development and licensing; our products are the IP, the engineering, and the manufacturing knowledge we transfer to partners. We stay involved beyond technology transfer, supporting partners through production, ongoing development, and a flexible licensing model that evolves with the relationship. It's a rare model, and it attracts engineers who want to see their work scaled without being tied to a single production line.

We're part of Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG), a Fortune 1000 industrial manufacturer with 3,000+ employees worldwide. That backing gives us resources and stability without sacrificing the pace and focus of a specialized R&D team.

Ready to Join Us?

We are seeking a Project Engineer for our R&D Center of Excellence in Flagstaff, Arizona. You'll join a specialized team as a mechanical generalist who carries hardware the whole way: analyzing, designing, drawing, sourcing, building, testing, and troubleshooting. A lot of what we do has no established playbook, so you'll be writing the procedures as often as you're following them.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

What You Will Do

Design & Analysis

• Produce conceptual designs for motor and drive hardware, then carry them to detailed design: models, drawings, tolerance stacks, and the applicable standards.
• Bracket problems with first-principles physics
• Provide appropriate structural, thermal, and dynamic analysis of designs using FEA and hand calculation
• Contribute to product specifications and translate customer and partner requirements into mechanical requirements.

Build, Test & Troubleshoot

• Define and lead prototype builds and lab testing.
• Verify assumptions with quick prototypes.
• Troubleshoot motors and assemblies that don't behave as modeled, in the lab, on the line, or at a partner site — and drive the corrective action.
• Build and improve fixtures, tooling, and test setups.

Supply Chain & Manufacturing

• Create manufacturing-ready prints and work with machine shops, stampers, molders, and specialty suppliers.
• Drive DFM and DFA on metal and plastic parts across machining, casting, stamping, extrusion, and injection molding.
• Work with manufacturing and partner engineering teams on process development, first articles, and documentation.

Project Ownership

• Define and lead prototype development and lab and field tests.
• Report project status and identify threats to schedule and cost early and communicate them clearly to the project team and to management before they become surprises.
• Help build new standards, templates, and procedures

Minimum Skills & Abilities

What You Will Bring

• Hands-On Capability: real time building, instrumenting, and testing your own hardware.
• Design Tools: proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred) and the ability to produce manufacturing-ready drawings with sound GD&T.
• Manufacturing Judgment: experience driving DFM and DFA on metal and plastic parts across processes such as machining, casting, stamping, extrusion, and injection molding.
• Communication: articulate and concise in oral and written communication to a varied audience.
• Ability to travel within the US and internationally on occasion.

Accelerators

• Electric motor design or manufacturing experience — laminations, windings, magnets, rotor and stator assembly.
• Global industrial manufacturing experience. 

Minimum Education & Experience

4+ years of mechanical design and new product development experience, with demonstrated repeated success producing innovative and successful products.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related technical field.

Master's degree preferred.