Principal Mechanical Engineer – DFX, Frames and Structures

🔥 18 hours ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $132.4k - $238.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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Jabil

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1966

🚘 Automotive

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Automotive • Defense • Healthcare

Jabil is a leading business-to-business (B2B) company providing engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and design services. With over 50 years of experience, Jabil partners with some of the world's top brands to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. The company operates over 100 locations globally, emphasizing sustainability and community involvement as part of its core values. Jabil is committed to supporting its workforce with diverse and inclusive opportunities and fostering professional growth and innovation. The company is recognized globally for its excellence and commitment to minimizing environmental impact while building vibrant communities.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain detailed CAD models, Bills of Materials (BOMs), engineering specifications, and manufacturing documentation for mechanical assemblies, frames, structures, enclosures, and related products • Provide Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Excellence (DFX) support to optimize products for manufacturability, quality, cost, reliability, serviceability, and scalability • Lead manufacturing process development, tooling and fixture design, and production readiness activities • Plan, develop, sustain, and improve assembly processes for mechanical products, subassemblies, frames, structures, panels, enclosures, and mounting solutions • Evaluate product flow, material delivery, storage, line feed methods, work in process levels, buffer requirements, and workstation or workcell layout • Perform process mapping, time studies, work measurement, capacity analysis, and line balancing • Design and improve ergonomic workstations, fixtures, tools, material-handling methods, and manufacturing layouts • Use CAD tools to develop and update models, layouts, drawings, and technical data packages • Provide design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly input for machined parts, sheet-metal components, welded structures, fasteners, and mechanical assemblies • Create and maintain manufacturing documentation, work instructions, process flows, layouts, equipment requirements, and product bills of material • Evaluate manufacturing feasibility, process risk, equipment needs, labor content, and cost for new or changing products • Lead or support PFMEA, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, yield improvement, quality improvement, and cost-reduction activities • Coordinate manufacturing trials, process validation, equipment qualification, and production readiness activities • Resolve manufacturing, assembly, material, and process issues with production personnel and equipment or component suppliers • Monitor process performance using production systems and metrics, identify gaps, and implement sustainable improvements • Propose and drive cross-functional improvement projects within the assigned workcell or product area • Provide technical guidance and share industrial engineering practices with less experienced engineers and cross-functional team members • May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering field • Typically 5 to 8 years of relevant industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical integration, or production support experience • Experience supporting complex products, processes, workcells, or manufacturing environments • A suitable combination of education, experience, and training may be considered • Practical understanding and hands-on experience of mechanical manufacturing and assembly processes, including sheet-metal fabrication, welded structures, machined components, fastening methods, and product integration • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, CAD models, bills of material, specifications, and manufacturing documentation • Ability to analyze manufacturing data, identify process constraints, and develop practical recommendations for quality, delivery, cost, and productivity improvement • Experience with PFMEA, design for assembly, fixtures and tools, quoting support, and manufacturing readiness activities • Strong communication, analytical, project coordination, and cross-functional problem-solving skills • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications • Working experience with CAD software such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Creo, or comparable engineering and layout tools • Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 30% • Master's degree is preferred • Experience with Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project is preferred • Experience with ERP, MES, PLM, or related manufacturing systems is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Short-term incentive based on performance • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment • 4 weeks of paid parental leave • 11 company-paid holidays in 2027 (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly • 401(k) retirement plan • Employee stock purchase plan