Sr. Mechanical Engineer​​

Sick of making minor revisions to pre-existing hardware? Unleash your full creative potential and start designing equipment from scratch. At Hageneering, we specialize in helping our clients design and build custom machines from the ground up.

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As Sr. Mechanical Engineer at Hageneering, you will design, build, and test custom machines for the entertainment, automotive, and aerospace industries.

• You will design mechanisms, motion systems, control systems, and structures.

• You will help supervise the fabrication of the hardware you designed.

• You will test everything you’ve designed and built.

• You will go to project sites around the world to install the equipment you've built.

 

We are looking for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and building machines.

 

Responsibilities

• Work with clients to understand the equipment requirements.

• Design machines (mechanisms, motion systems, and structures) that solve the right problem.

• Present your designs both internally and to our clients.

• Adapt to fast-changing inputs, data, specifications, and requirements.

• Write documentation such as Operations and Maintenance manuals, structural analyses, engineering specifications, and bill of materials.

• Draft 3D CAD models, schematics, and 2D engineering drawings

• Create detailed component and assembly drawings incorporating an understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups.

• Hands on fabrication supervision at our shop in Torrance, CA.

• Troubleshooting and Testing

• Hans on installation supervision at project sites around the world.

 

Personality Fit:​

We have a world class team of engineers and refuse to be diluted by mediocrity. This role will not be a good fit for most people. We are looking for high performing individuals that can add to our team.

• A sense of Extreme Ownership (Jocko Willink)

• A strong desire and passion for custom machines and to travel around the world

• An attitude of continuous learning and improvement

• The ability to make calm and rational decisions when there is high stress

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Desired Skills and Experience

• CAD experience. We use Solidworks, but any CAD experience is helpful

• 5+ years of experience designing, analyzing, building, and testing mechanical systems

• Expertise in Finite Element Analysis

• Proficient in the use of first principles calculations for system sizing

• Expertise in test setup design and test plan documentation

• Experience communicating engineering requirements and drawings to production technicians or machine shops

• Hands-on fabrication experience is desired: Welding, CNC milling and lathe, plasma cutting, soldering, and wiring

 

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work on-site in Torrance, CA, as well as occasionally travel around the world for installation support.

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