Senior Mechanical Engineer

Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace four years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality and excellence, we deliver cutting edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive! Your next big opportunity starts here. Be part of a company where your work supports a mission that makes a difference—apply today! Sr. Mechanical Engineer – Development Engineer

Design Mechanical Engineer is responsible to complete and contribute in the design, development, testing, qualification, and production support of motors in a cost effective and timely fashion to meet the customer’s needs and schedules. The engineer shall work within a multi-disciplined organization and enlist the help of other disciplines, when necessary, such as other engineers, manufacturing, purchasing, and quality assurance. 

Essential job functions and responsibilities

• Design electric motors in collaboration with Electromechanical Design Engineers to meet customer requirements.  

• Design of rotors, housings, endcaps, and other mechanical assemblies.

• Sizing and selection of Bearings to meet loads and life necessary to meet system performance

• Create and modify drawings with appropriate GD&T, documentation of change and efficacy. Verify Bill of Material. Ensure accuracy of drawings. 

• Design cost effective easily manufacturable hardware taking into account: 

• tolerance stack-ups 

• ease of assembly 

• meet customer installation requirements 

• materials of construction 

• methods of manufacture 

• mechanical environment (Thermal and Vibe) and Application Loading 

• preliminary analytical results (Hand calcs and FEA)    

• mistake proofing 

• Disposition non-conforming hardware and correct production/vendor issues. 

• Perform failure investigations of designs. 

• Create/Review and Approve processes for assembly, test, and related activities to the development and qualification testing of a design. 

• Interface with internal and external customers to determine product changes needed for applications as a representative of the company. 

• Write technical documents for internal and external customers. 

• Participate in design reviews (internal and external) 

• Support new business pursuits that address program technical requirements and associated schedule and costs. 

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills Required

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Experience solving technical problems using a methodical scientific approach. 

• Experience in 3D modeling of mechanical components and assemblies preferably CREO 

• Experience with Brushless DC motor design and operation 

• Experience with Finite Element Analysis for Structural, Thermal and Dynamic Analysis 

• Possess organizational and task management skills to work concurrent issues in parallel. 

• Leadership skills to interface with various other teams and disciplines at the company. 

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes such as additive manufacturing, casting, milling, turning, grinding, drilling, etc. 

• Must be a US Citizen

• Desire to do ‘what it takes’ to accomplish our goals and WIN 

• Speak up! Actively participate in team meetings to provide constructive recommendations and initiate actions to support company initiatives/goals 

• Be proactive, think ahead, and keep the big picture in mind 

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to conditions typical of a manufacturing/machine shop environment, including, but not limited to fluids, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, noise and vibration

• This job interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers/scanners/copier machine, as well as environments inclusive of the appropriate eye, hearing and foot protection (as required).

• Temperature of work environment may be affected by outside/external temperatures, machining processes, etc.

• Some travel may be required for this position (15%)

• Full time position

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle or feel.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• The employee is regularly required to stand at length (7-8 hours, daily), walk consistently, stoop, bend, turn, balance, and/or crouch, and move about the facility.

• This position requires the ability to skillfully use measuring instruments, hand, and power tools

• The employee may be required to lift, push, pull and/or move items weighing up to 50 pounds

This position is at our Chaska, MN Location

Pay Range: $110,000 - $130,000/year

Many of our contracts require proof that you are a U.S. citizen and/or that an export license has been obtained for employees who are citizens of certain countries. Your employment, both initially and continually thereafter, is conditioned on production of such proof of citizenship and/or any export license that may be required to comply with any and all applicable laws, regulations, or executive orders, or required by Federal, State, or local government contracts.

We offer a highly competitive compensation package for this outstanding position plus a quarterly bonus along with a full range of top quality benefits and employee services including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability income insurance programs, 401k retirement plans with company match, generous tuition aid program, paid vacation, sick and personal days, paid holidays and flexible work hours with compressed work week options. We recognize and reward our employee's accomplishments and host several employee engagement events per quarter.

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We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer M/F/IWD/Veterans

VETERANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY