Mechanical Engineer

Description



Job Title: Mechanical Engineer Location: Erie, PA Employment Type: Direct Hire Industry: Manufacturing Compensation: $70K - $80K/year. Schedule: 40 hours/week About the Opportunity:

• This role is part of the Engineering Team in a small manufacturing environment.
• This is an excellent opportunity to join a long-established but growing family-owned company.
• Acts with integrity, drive for results, communicates and influences, demonstrates business acumen, thinks strategically, drives a continuous improvement culture, develops employees, team and self.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do:

• Perform full lifecycle product development (design, develop, test prototypes and manufactured tools).
• Research, analyze, and design tools and components that meet or exceed customer needs and requirements.
• Work with various foundries, tool and die companies, and local machine shops to produce new or re-designed components for tools.
• Where needed, re-design tools to upgrade, reduce costs, and increase profitability.
• Continuously work to reduce overall costs.
• Work directly with external and internal groups to design for manufacturability.
• Identify, formulate, and produce effective solutions to emerging problems.
• Evaluate final product's overall performance, reliability, and safety.
• Alter and modify designs to meet requirements.
• Prepare product reports and documentation (i.e., product specifications and operating instructions, process and inspection sheets, and assembly instructions).
• Assist customer service to support end users in the field.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology.

What Sets You Apart:

• 3+ years of experience in industrial manufacturing.
• Fluent with 2D and 3D engineering design and manufacturing tools utilizing Creo.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Excellent team and leadership skills, proficient analytical and computer skills.
• Adequate knowledge of engineering analysis, mathematical computing, and analysis tools (Creo Simulate software).
• Solid understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, materials science, and other related topics.
• Ability to communicate technical knowledge.
• Technical writing skills.
• Experience with motors, circuitry, cordless technology, and related fields.
• Basic computer skills.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• Lifting/Moving 20-50 lbs; Frequent.
• Ability to move over 50 lbs using lifting aide equipment; Occasional.
• Twisting/Bending.
• Pushing/Pulling/moving objects, equipment with wheels; Frequent.
• Climbing/accessing heights; Seldom.
• Sitting; Seldom.
• Standing; Frequent with ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Walking; Frequent.
• Talking / Hearing; Occasional.
• Writing; Seldom.
• Manual Keying/Data Entry; Occasional.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.


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