Senior Mechanical Engineer
Job Description:
Position Overview:
The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for the engineering duties required to maintain, grow, and improve a portfolio of lighting products and services. The position is expected to oversee the execution of Engineered-to-Order product sales as well as supporting other product-sustainment roles while interfacing with various departments including manufacturing, product management, quality, and other engineering departments.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Primary Role:
- Manage order flow and design/testing/documentation of Engineered-to-Order (ETO) products needed for specific customer demands.
- Secondary Roles:
- Coordinate testing requirements and complete prototype builds to support marketing and sales needs such as product expansions.
- Perform profitability improvement (VEA) projects such as product-cost reductions and/or inventory reductions.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to implement product discontinuations, obsolete products and recommend dispositions of inventory.
- Provide technical assistance to Warranty/Quality/Technical Service requests.
- Complete drawings and 3D models to support updates to product portfolio.
- Additional duties as required.
Education, Skills & Requirements:
- A 4-year degree in Engineering and 5-7 years of related experience is preferred.
- Must be proficient in MS Excel.
- 2D and 3D Computer Aided Drafting experience is needed.
- SAP ERP system experience is highly desirable.
- Manufacturing knowledge, particularly in sheet-steel fabrication and assembly, is desirable.
- Excellent communications skills: interpersonal, listening, oral, and written.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Current is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. At Current, we are Always On and working to improve lives with the industry's most expansive portfolio of sustainable advanced lighting and intelligent controls that reliably meet our customers' needs. Learn more at CurrentLighting.com
Skills Required
- Four-year degree in Engineering
- Five to seven years of related engineering experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- 2D and 3D computer-aided drafting experience
- SAP ERP system experience
- Manufacturing knowledge, particularly sheet-steel fabrication and assembly
- Excellent interpersonal, listening, oral, and written communication skills
Current Lighting Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Current Lighting and has not been reviewed or approved by Current Lighting.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for some roles and locations, with mentions of a solid benefits package. Certain technical or management tracks are described as aligning more closely with market rates than other areas.
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What We Do
At Current, we are Always On and working to improve lives with the industry’s most expansive portfolio of sustainable advanced lighting and intelligent controls that reliably meet our customers’ needs. Learn more about our HLI Brand Portfolio at CurrentLighting.com and our GLI Brand Portfolio at LED.com.




