Mechanical Design Engineer

Active - Salary-1 full-time

Spring Grove, IL, US

Design the equipment that powers Scot Forge.

At Scot Forge, our manufacturing operations depend on innovative, reliable, and safe equipment. As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, improving, and supporting the custom machinery and systems used throughout our forging operations. From concept through installation, you'll help deliver solutions that improve safety, productivity, quality, and equipment reliability across multiple facilities.

What You'll Own

• Design and develop custom machinery, equipment, tooling, and systems that support forging, heat treat, machining, and material handling operations.

• Lead mechanical engineering efforts for capital projects, including equipment upgrades, reliability improvements, and new manufacturing capabilities.

• Perform engineering analysis, component selection, and validation to ensure designs meet performance, safety, and reliability requirements.

• Partner with operations, maintenance, project teams, contractors, and suppliers to successfully manufacture, install, and support equipment.

• Support equipment troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts across Scot Forge facilities.

What You'll Do

• Create mechanical designs, layouts, assemblies, and manufacturing drawings using SolidWorks.

• Design and specify components such as gears, bearings, shafts, cylinders, frames, tooling, and other machine elements.

• Perform calculations, stress analysis, finite element analysis (FEA), and other engineering evaluations to validate designs.

• Develop bills of material, specifications, and documentation needed for procurement and fabrication.

• Collaborate with production and maintenance teams to improve equipment performance, safety, and maintainability.

• Support equipment commissioning, startup activities, and occasional troubleshooting outside normal operating hours.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• 3+ years of machine design or industrial equipment design experience.

• Proficiency with SolidWorks, mechanical drafting, and engineering calculations.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, material selection, tolerancing, and mechanical systems.

• Experience with FEA, equipment reliability, and industrial machinery is highly preferred.

• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.

Why Scot Forge?

At Scot Forge, engineers have the opportunity to work on complex, one-of-a-kind manufacturing equipment that directly impacts production across our operations. You'll be part of a team that designs, builds, and improves large-scale industrial systems while contributing to projects that enhance safety, operational excellence, and long-term growth.

Compensation

The estimated pay range is the lowest and highest amount we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We ultimately may pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. The actual base pay offered to a candidate will depend on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, seniority, geographic location and prevailing minimum wage, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business or organizational needs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for eligible employees including Medical, Vision, Dental, Hearing, Life (Basic & AD&D), Disability (STD & LTD), 401K Plan with match, Profit Sharing, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Tax Savings (FSA & HSA), Vacation Time, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, or any other form of compensation for any particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Scot Forge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and inclusion and welcome all qualified candidates to apply.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.