Love solving problems and bringing ideas to life? Join ETC as a Mechanical Design Engineer and help design, test, and improve innovative products alongside a team of experienced engineers. If you're a recent graduate or have a few years of experience, this is a great opportunity to grow your skills in product design, prototyping, and manufacturing support while making a real impact.
If you have any questions about the position or recruitment process, please reach out to Kennedy Kitelinger at [email protected] or 608.824.5318.
Representative Responsibilities
• Performs assigned project tasks under direct supervision of more senior-level engineers
• Participates in the development effort under the direction of management and more senior team members
• Makes design modifications or improvements to development projects with supervision
• Maintains project reference documentation
• Develops test and verification procedures
• May be involved in continuing engineering maintenance and manufacturing floor support of existing products
• Provides task completion time estimates
• Schedules and attends identified training classes
• Participates as a team member, works effectively in a team environment
• Becomes familiar with tools and applications utilized by department
• Learns department and corporate policies, procedures and plans
• Conduct research on development or maintenance projects of a simple nature or portions of a development or maintenance project, which are more complex in nature with direct supervision from senior level engineers
• Analyze and conduct necessary investigative work on relatively simple project problems to determine probable cause and potential solutions
• Receives some level of responsibility for the overall quality and completeness of the product release documentation and part QC, including tooling, fabrication, wire harness, and assembly drawings
• Receives some level of responsibility for the various prototypes and if necessary Pilot run process, including part procurement, assembly, testing, review, and follow-up actions
• Provide input to improve departmental processes and quality
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Completes special projects and assignments in a positive and timely manner
Minimum Qualifications:
• Technical Bachelor’s Degree
• 0-3 years of job-related experience
• Demonstrates basic written/verbal skills
• Has good grasp of grammar and sentence structure for technical writing
• Listens/gives constructive feedback
• Good group interaction skills
• Ability to follow directions and project plans
• Demonstrates ability to solve problems of limited scope and perform root cause analysis
• Analyzes data using standard, straightforward methods
• Grasps technical concepts and asks for clarification and direction when needed
• Ability to implement designs for well-defined blocks
• Understands and applies accepted engineering principles and practices
• Assists with design or modification of a product, service, or process
• Reasonable knowledge of design principles such as DFA, DFM, tolerancing, and drafting standards
• Reasonable knowledge of various parts production & assembly methods
• Good knowledge of AutoCAD and Solidworks programs
• Ability to generate hand sketches to communicate design ideas
• Ability to maintain individual task list, and log individual time in approved timekeeping program
Skills Required
- Technical Bachelor's Degree
- 0-3 years of job-related experience
- Basic written and verbal communication skills
- Good grammar and sentence structure for technical writing
- Ability to listen and provide constructive feedback
- Good group interaction and teamwork skills
- Ability to follow directions and project plans
- Problem-solving and root cause analysis ability
- Ability to analyze data using standard methods
- Ability to understand technical concepts and seek clarification when needed
- Ability to implement designs for well-defined blocks
- Understanding of accepted engineering principles and practices
- Ability to assist with product, service, or process design and modification
- Knowledge of DFA, DFM, tolerancing, and drafting standards
- Knowledge of parts production and assembly methods
- Good knowledge of AutoCAD and SolidWorks
- Ability to create hand sketches to communicate design ideas
- Ability to maintain task lists and log time in an approved timekeeping system
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits are often noted as a strong part of the package and help offset modest base pay in some roles. Feedback suggests medical coverage contributes meaningfully to overall satisfaction.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation time and paid leave are described favorably alongside flexibility and work-life policies. Feedback suggests time off policies are a consistent bright spot even when salary levels feel average.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, on-site gyms, subsidized food, company events, and other on-site perks enhance day-to-day experience. Feedback suggests these lifestyle benefits add tangible value beyond base pay.
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What We Do
A global leader in the manufacturing of lighting and rigging technology, ETC employs nearly 1400 people in 13 corporate offices around the world. ETC is proud of its industry reputation for unmatched technical and customer service, 24/7/365. And with a family of over 300 authorized service centers throughout the world, staffed by hundreds of certified technicians, customers are never far from an ETC resource with a face and a name. ETC develops professional tools and makes them accessible to everyone. Their products are found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theatres, churches, restaurants, hotels, schools, television studios, casinos, theme parks, and opera houses. Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC was begun with the passionate belief that there was a better way to make a lighting control console. A small group of university students challenged themselves by creating a microprocessor-based console that outdid other boards on the market at the time. That entrepreneurial spirit grew into an award-winning business. To learn more about ETC and our history of innovation, visit www.etcconnect.com.
