Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

What if you could work on highly visible medical and electronic hardware products where your designs move quickly from concept into production — and where engineers are expected to truly own what they create?

This opportunity is with a growing, innovation-driven product development organization seeking a hands-on Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to help lead new product development, production improvements and next-generation platform initiatives. The environment is highly collaborative, fast-moving and engineering-focused, with a small onsite team that works closely across mechanical, electrical, manufacturing and quality disciplines.

This is not a narrowly scoped CAD role. The position requires someone who enjoys balancing industrial design thinking, detailed mechanical engineering, manufacturability and real-world production support.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and develop mechanical systems, assemblies and product enclosures for new and existing products
• Create customer-facing product packaging and external enclosure designs while also engineering the internal mechanical components and assemblies
• Develop molded plastic parts, cast components, machined parts and stamped metal components
• Support products throughout the full product lifecycle, including prototyping, testing, manufacturing release and sustaining engineering
• Partner closely with electrical engineering teams to integrate electronic assemblies and board layouts into mechanical designs
• Participate in production support activities, troubleshooting and manufacturing problem resolution
• Lead and execute engineering change activities including ECNs, deviations and configuration management
• Assess design changes for manufacturability, quality, regulatory and risk impacts
• Support design reviews, prototype builds and first article activities
• Work directly with suppliers, manufacturing teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful product introduction
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and change management processes
• Support thermal considerations and enclosure integration for electronic assemblies

What They’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Approximately 5+ years of hands-on mechanical product development experience
• Strong experience designing:
• Plastic molded components
• Cast and machined parts
• Electronic enclosures and assemblies
• Precision mechanical systems
• Experience working in fast-paced product development environments where engineers wear multiple hats
• Strong CAD experience, preferably SolidWorks
• Experience supporting products through manufacturing release and production
• Ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, electrical engineering and supply chain teams
• Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset
• Comfortable working onsite in a highly interactive engineering environment
• Strong attention to detail, ownership and follow-through

Highly Preferred Experience

• Medical device or other regulated product development experience
• Experience with:
• Risk management
• Design FMEA / Process FMEA
• ECNs and change control
• ISO 13485, ISO 14971 or similar quality systems
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Background working with electronic packaging or thermal considerations
• Experience balancing product usability, aesthetics and manufacturability

Work Environment

• Fully onsite role
• Small, collaborative engineering team
• High visibility and direct interaction with engineering leadership
• Fast-paced product development environment with significant variety in day-to-day work

Company Description

At Insight Recruitment, we specialize in connecting top professionals in ERP, Information Technology (IT), Sales & Marketing, and Executive leadership with companies that need their skills most.

For over 25 years, we’ve been known as a boutique executive search firm that goes beyond “post and pray” recruiting. Instead, we take a hands-on, personalized approach — directly engaging with passive talent to deliver the right candidates, not just the most available ones.

With a track record of long-term placements and 99% of roles filled within the first 3–5 candidates presented/interviewed, Insight Recruitment has become the trusted partner for organizations across the Midwest and nationwide looking for quality hires who stay and make an impact.

Company Description

At Insight Recruitment, we specialize in connecting top professionals in ERP, Information Technology (IT), Sales & Marketing, and Executive leadership with companies that need their skills most.\r\n\r\nFor over 25 years, we’ve been known as a boutique executive search firm that goes beyond “post and pray” recruiting. Instead, we take a hands-on, personalized approach — directly engaging with passive talent to deliver the right candidates, not just the most available ones.\r\n\r\nWith a track record of long-term placements and 99% of roles filled within the first 3–5 candidates presented/interviewed, Insight Recruitment has become the trusted partner for organizations across the Midwest and nationwide looking for quality hires who stay and make an impact.