Senior CAD Designer

Senior CAD Designer, DEWALT Cordless Power Tools

Towson, MD


We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.


Come Build The World With Us


This is the career you’ve been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.


Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We design and develop the tools that are used to change the world every day here in our engineering headquarters in Towson, Maryland. Our design teams are involved with every step of the process bringing these world class products to life. From conducting end user research to identify new needs, to designing and prototyping tools to ensure we meet our customers high expectations, to creating robust tests to guarantee the tools we make stand up to the toughest environments, our engineers own every aspect of the process along the way.


Who You Are
You’re a strong problem solver who loves digging into the details to fully understand what is going on. You have fixed a lot of problems, so you know how sort out what is meaningful and what is not to be as efficient as possible. You have run DOE’s and done the statistics to make well informed decisions. You like getting your hands dirty and want to be the one disassembling a problem to find out what is broken and how to fix it. You’re agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure we deliver top-notch customer experiences, always. You want to work on a project where you can see the fruits of your labor come to life and enjoy getting to see the finished product on the shelves of major retailers around the globe. You also have:

• Two year degree in Engineering technology or applied science or CADD degree from trade school
• 5+ years of experience designing subassemblies & complex parts using CATIA V5 or similar 3D CAD system.

• Experience in the use of 2D & 3D CATIA V5 or similar CAD system

• Extensive knowledge of ASME Y14.5 2D drawing standard; knowledge of GD&T preferred

• Experience performing dimensional tolerance stack ups preferred

• Hands-on ability to build prototypes

• Experience with manufacturing assembly processes preferred

• Experience with various component manufacturing processes including injection molding, die casting, & metal stamping preferred

• Good organization and communication skills. Ability to work with more than one engineer and handle multiple assignments concurrently.

The Job
As a Senior CAD Designer, you’ll be part of our Global Tools & Storage team located in Towson, MD. Specifically, you’ll:

• Execute product design of power tools as part of a product development team
• Develops and refines concepts, prototype and/or specifications to solve given challenges
• Creates parts of moderate complexity using 3D CAD system, and designs entire mechanical assembly for a product
• Design subassemblies & complex parts using CATIA V5
• Basic understanding of GD&T and how to apply to 2D Drawing
• Design parts and subassemblies for various manufacturing processes including injection molding, die casting, stamping and machining
• Setup BoM structure and maintain documentation in PLM system through entire product life cycle
• Understand and be able to apply simple calculations (Stackup analysis, Spring Design, Press fits…).
• Effectively maintains appropriate documentation for work performed
• Capture and analyze data (current, voltage, speed, etc)
• Communicate clearly to team members technical concepts and ideas
• Gathers and analyzes data to identify and solve complex problems that arise with little or no precedent
• Work effectively with engineering team to achieve effective design solutions

• Use manufacturing knowledge & experience to guide product & tooling design

• Specifies 3D geometry, 2D technical drawings, and executes tolerance stack-ups

• Ability to construct prototypes, perform teardowns of competitive designs, and perform basic experiments to improve design output

• Coordinate with vendors the design release for tooling

• This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker. ​

• The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.​

• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases. ​

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being. ​

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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