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Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

This role leads the design, development, testing, optimization, and launch of hoisting systems and electromechanical components used in suspended access and lifting equipment. The Mechanical Engineer owns product performance, innovation, manufacturability, customer experience, and margin improvement across the full product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design, development, testing, and launch of electromechanical systems, assemblies, and components.
• Translate customer, regulatory, and internal requirements into robust, manufacturable designs.
• Perform engineering analysis including stress, fatigue, deflection, and load calculations.
• Own new product introduction activities including design reviews, prototyping, testing, and launch readiness.
• Optimize existing products using customer feedback, field data, warranty trends, and manufacturing input.
• Drive improvements to reliability, safety, usability, and overall customer experience.
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities through design simplification, material changes, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and suppliers to improve manufacturability and reduce lifecycle cost.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing, assembly, and field issues.
• Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards, codes, and safety regulations.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation including drawings, BOMs, specifications, and manuals.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3-5+ years of mechanical design and testing experience.
• Experience designing electromechanical systems or safety-critical equipment.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks and FEA tools.
• Direct industry experience designing, building, or supporting scaffolding, suspended access, hoisting, or lifting systems.
• Strong understanding of statics, mechanics of materials, machine design, and fatigue.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with GD&T, blueprint reading, and manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience leading product launches and cross-functional engineering projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Work Environment

The work environment includes an office setting approximately 50% of the time, a test lab for about 20%, and a manufacturing environment for around 30%

This is a Permanent position based out of Delaware, OH.

The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $100000.00/yr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Delaware,OH.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 24, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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