At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex mechanical design projects and mentor junior designers.
- Company: Innovative engineering firm focused on advanced mechanical solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, mentorship opportunities, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for technical growth and cross-functional collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving challenging mechanical problems and guiding future engineers.
- Qualifications: Degree in engineering and extensive experience in mechanical design.
The predicted salary is between 49.85 - 49.85 $ per hour.
As the Principal Mechanical Design Specialist, you are a senior technical authority and internal consultant who helps solve complex mechanical challenges, improves consistency across designs, and strengthens early concept, feasibility, and risk discussions with Applications.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Advanced Technical Leadership
- Solve the hardest mechanical design problems and guide major architecture decisions on complex or high-risk systems.
- Help teams make better technical decisions by applying practical judgment, system-level thinking, and long-term design experience.
- Design Standardization & Technical Excellence
- Improve reuse, engineering robustness, and common design practices across the Mechanical Design function.
- Review critical designs for safety, manufacturability, performance, quality, and long-term reliability.
- Collaboration with Applications Engineering
- Support proposal and concept development by contributing senior mechanical judgment to feasibility, architecture, and risk discussions.
- Help ensure proposed solutions are practical, buildable, and ready for execution.
- Mentorship & Technical Development
- Mentor junior designers, developing team members, and co-op students through practical, hands-on design guidance.
- Build stronger engineering judgment across the team by sharing practical knowledge and reinforcing sound design practices.
- Customer & Cross-Functional Support
- Support customer-facing, build, integration, and issue-resolution work with credible senior mechanical input.
- Help Sales, Applications, Operations, Manufacturing, and customer teams align around practical technical solutions.
- Systems Engineering & Lifecycle Support
- Contribute mechanical input on requirements, specifications, FMEAs, interfaces, verification, testing, and acceptance criteria.
- Strengthen execution readiness and lessons learned without taking ownership away from the assigned project or design execution leads.
Working Relationship
This role partners with the Mechanical Design Manager and Team Leads to raise technical quality, support sound decision-making on complex work, and mentor others through technical influence rather than direct people management.
Where This Role Adds the Most Value
- Complex or high-risk projects.
- New platform or product architecture development.
- Cross-project technical problems requiring deeper expertise.
- Common design practices and technical improvement initiatives.
- Early concept decisions where experienced judgment can reduce downstream risk.
- Technical growth of less experienced designers.
Key Requirements
- Degree or Diploma in Mechanical, Mechatronic, Systems Design, Engineering Physics, Engineering Science, or related discipline.
- Extensive experience in industrial automation, custom machine design, and complex system development.
- Strong expertise in concept development, technical risk identification, machine architecture, and system integration.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and developing technical capability in others.
- Strong proficiency in SolidWorks, PDM, AutoCAD, and related engineering tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly across teams.
- Ability to travel to customers, other sites, or business units as needed.
The base pay range for this position is $49.85/hour - $68.54/hour (CAD). The posted range reflects the expected base hourly rate for this position. Actual base pay will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and experience, as well as internal equity considerations. Offers are typically made within the range and not at the top of the range to support growth and progression. This position is eligible to participate in a short-term incentive plan. Incentive awards, if any, are based on business and individual performance and are not guaranteed.
Principal Mechanical Design Specialist employer: Samuel Automation
As a Principal Mechanical Design Specialist, you will thrive in a collaborative and innovative environment that prioritizes technical excellence and mentorship. Our company fosters a culture of continuous learning and growth, offering ample opportunities for professional development while working on complex projects that make a real impact. Located in a vibrant area, we provide competitive compensation, a supportive team atmosphere, and the chance to contribute to cutting-edge mechanical design solutions.
