Looking to build your career with a company that values innovation, stability, and people? Join our dedicated team as a R&D Engineer III - Mechanical, in Bridgeton, MO!
Since 1946, Hunter Engineering has been aligning cutting-edge technology with a strong commitment to quality. As a family-owned, American-made company, Hunter is the global leader in automotive service equipment, with our products used in over 130 countries by top vehicle manufacturers, tire companies, and service centers.
We’re proud to be recognized as a Best Places to Work finalist by the St. Louis Business Journal for five consecutive years (2022 – 2026) – a testament to our commitment to our people. Here, employees are supported, challenged, and take pride in their work. We offer exceptional benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
If you’re ready to join a team that’s shaping the future of automotive service, read on.
As a R&D Engineer III - Mechanical, you will be responsible for taking machine design projects from conception through production release.
What You’ll Do:
- Design, develop, and test new products for the Automotive Service Industry
- Achieve reliable function that satisfies project scope criteria through the selection of parts, materials, and manufacturing processes
- Validate concepts through analysis and testing including design of test fixtures and special instrumentation where necessary
- Design parts and assemblies consisting of sheet metal, weldments, machined parts, castings, plastics, sensors, and electronics
- Collaborate with other functional groups to meet project deliverables
- Core contributor with the ability to lead large projects
- Occasional travel to manufacturing and customer sites required (<10%)
- Additional duties as assigned
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar field.
- 7+ years minimum machine design experience.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Must be a proactive, creative self-starter, proficient with CAD (Creo preferred)
- Preferred to have design experience with the following:
- Sheet metal
- Weldments
- Mechanisms
- Machined parts
- Tooled components
- Hydraulics
- System integration
- Structure analysis
- Material selection
- Heat treatment
- Patent experience
- GD&T
- General knowledge of vehicles and their suspension systems is helpful.
What We Offer:
- Industry-Leading Healthcare Coverage
- Profit-Sharing Plan with Safe Harbor Contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Free Onsite Fitness & Recreation Center
Join us in our mission to ‘Align People and Innovation to Drive Excellence!’
- Make Lives Better Together
- Take Pride in the Extraordinary
- Define the Standard
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar field.
- 7+ years minimum machine design experience.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Proficient with CAD (Creo preferred)
- Design experience with sheet metal, weldments, mechanisms, machined parts, tooled components, hydraulics, system integration, and structure analysis.
- General knowledge of vehicles and their suspension systems
Hunter Engineering Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many salaried and plant roles, with consistent descriptions of good pay and fair compensation. Earning potential can be notably strong in consultative field roles when performance and territory align.
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Retirement Support — A Safe Harbor 401(k) with an automatic company contribution is paired with a separate profit‑sharing plan. Plan specifics include immediate vesting for Safe Harbor funds and a defined vesting timeline for profit sharing.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation that scales with tenure, personal days, and a broad paid holiday schedule are described. Parental and adoption leave complement the package, with paid volunteer time also noted.
Hunter Engineering Company Insights
What We Do
Hunter Engineering Company is a global leader in automotive service equipment, offering state-of-the-art wheel alignment systems, wheel balancers, tire changers, vehicle inspection equipment, brake lathes and more. Since 1946, when Automotive Hall of Fame inductee Lee Hunter founded Hunter Engineering, the company has built a reputation for innovation and visionary leadership in the application of the newest technologies to automotive undercar service. Hunter's award-winning research and development team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers are responsible for hundreds of patented and exclusive features that make Hunter products the most productive undercar service equipment available. Hunter has a total of over 350 awarded patents while releasing an average of 7-10 new patents each year. Hunter fields the largest dedicated sales and service force in the undercar service industry with approximately 390+ sales representatives and 410+ independent service representatives throughout the United States.
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