The Mechanical Designer/Drafter I assists a team of engineering staff to design components, parts and assemblies, and to create engineering drawings, engineering change orders, bills of materials, and other related engineering documentation. The role involves working with engineers and manufacturing personnel to create new designs and drawings, modify existing ones, document design changes, update bills of materials, and shepherd documents through the configuration management system. The position focuses on designing mechanical parts, including composite, metallic, and non-metallic components, and ensuring manufacturability through tolerance analysis and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Responsibilities

Designs mechanical parts, components & assemblies, including composite parts, metallic, and non-metallic
Creates and reviews engineering drawings and documents that conform to company and industry drawing standards
Analyzes manufacturing tolerances and fabrication methods to help ensure part/assembly manufacturability
Applies geometric dimensioning and tolerance
Specifies materials, finishes, and workmanship callouts in accordance with industry specifications
Works on assignments that are moderately difficult, requiring judgment in resolving issues or in making recommendations
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

High School diploma or GED equivalent is required
A minimum of 0 - 2 years of related experience with mechanical design and drafting or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Experienced and proficient with SolidWorks EPDM; Demonstrated expertise in SolidWorks CAD
Demonstrated competence in designing composite aerospace structures & related composite manufacturing processes
Experience should have emphasis on the design of electro-mechanical systems, mechanical assemblies, electronics packaging, composite parts, plastic injected molded parts, tooling & fixtures, and wire assemblies
Experienced in creating the following types of drawings: machined parts drawings, composite parts drawings, plastic injection molded part drawings, sheet metal fabrication drawings, source control drawings, specification control drawings, wire assembly drawings, mechanical assembly drawings, and weldment drawings
Demonstrated understanding of industry design & documentation standards (GD&T, ASME, Change Control, etc.)

Nice to have

Vocational or technical school training in related discipline is preferred
Hands on design/build UAV experience preferred, especially lightweight RC aircraft or other miniature robotics systems
Experience with Agile PLM preferred

Benefits

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.