Description
Design Equipment That Helps Save Lives
Ready to put your design skills to work on something truly meaningful?
At ABEC, you’ll design cutting-edge bioprocess equipment used by the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to manufacture life-saving medicines. Every project is unique, every day brings new challenges, and every design you create has a real-world impact.
If you enjoy solving problems, collaborating with talented engineers, and seeing your designs come to life on the manufacturing floor, this is the opportunity for you.
What You’ll Do
- Design custom stainless steel process equipment using Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD.
- Create 3D models, fabrication drawings, piping layouts, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, and Quality from concept through production.
- Interpret customer specifications and transform them into precision-engineered solutions.
- Support manufacturing, participate in design reviews, and drive continuous improvement.
What You Bring
- Associate degree in CAD/Drafting or equivalent experience.
- Experience with 3D CAD software (Autodesk Inventor preferred).
- Strong mechanical drafting skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- A passion for learning, problem-solving, and creating innovative solutions.
Bonus Points For
- AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor experience
- ERP/BOM/ECN experience (Syteline preferred)
- ASME/BPE knowledge
- Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience
Why ABEC?
- Design equipment that supports the production of life-changing medicines.
- Work on exciting, custom projects—not the same design over and over.
- Collaborate with industry experts in a growing global company.
- Enjoy outstanding benefits, career growth, and a culture built on innovation and teamwork.
Skills Required
- Associates Degree in Computer Aided Design and Drafting or equivalent.
- 1 year postgraduate experience in drafting and design.
- Knowledge of 3D Parametric CAD.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel.
- Detail oriented with solid understanding of drafting standards, design fundamentals, and fabrication processes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
- Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Create and maintain piping arrangement drawings, 3D models, spool drawings, and bills of material.
- Generate Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) to document and publish design changes.
- Willingness to travel (domestic and international) as required.
- Demonstrated ability to carry a project from conception to production.
- 1-2 years in a related industry using 3D parametric CAD with direct experience processing ECNs and BOMs.
- Prior experience using Autodesk Inventor and/or Routed Systems.
- Prior experience using Autodesk AutoCAD 2D/3D.
- Experience with ERP software for item and bill-of-material creation; Syteline preferred.
- Experience with ASME/BPE Bioprocessing Equipment standards.
- Awareness of and prior experience implementing Continuous Improvement (CI).
What We Do
ABEC engineered solutions and services for biotech manufacturing Since 1974, ABEC has been a global leader in delivering integrated process solutions and services for manufacturing in the biopharmaceutical industry. Many of today’s leading antibody, vaccine, and recombinant protein therapies are manufactured by processes and equipment engineered, manufactured, installed and serviced by ABEC, and a majority of the world’s pharmaceutical and biotech companies are ABEC customers. ABEC’s unique value is based on long experience, complete in-house capabilities, a custom, flexible approach, and long-term credibility. Whether building new capacity or improving existing facilities, ABEC’s turn-key solutions reduce overall cost and time to market while delivering maximum productivity. For more information, please visit www.abec.com or email [email protected] Interested in a career at ABEC? Learn more about our open positions at https://www.abec.com/join-our-team/
