Technic Equipment Technic - Equipment Division Full-time
Job Summary:
Technic is seeking a Design Engineer to develop custom reel-to-reel plating systems for connector strip, wire and flexible circuits. This role takes each machine from customer specification through detailed design, fabrication support, and startup.
Responsibilities:- Design reel-to-reel plating lines, including payoff and take-up, accumulators, tension control, strip guides and drive systems
- Design plating cells, contacts, anodes, selective plating heads, rinses and dryers around each customer's product
- Calculate current density, plating thickness and line speed; size rectifiers, pumps, filtration, heating, cooling and exhaust
- Produce P&IDs, floor layouts, 3D models and fabrication drawings in SolidWorksPrepare customer approval drawings and support sales with technical proposals
- Support fabrication, assembly, factory acceptance testing and field startup
- Coordinate with electrical, controls, and project management teams to keep projects on schedule
- Improve and standardize existing machine designs
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field 3+ years designing industrial machinery; web handling, strip or wire processing experience preferred
- Proficiency in SolidWorks; PDM experience a plus
- Electroplating or wet process equipment experience preferred
- Working knowledge of plastic (PP, PVDF, CPVC) and stainless steel fabrication
- Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with customers
Benefits:- Competitive base salary
- Health, dental, vision insurance 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
