Design Specialist II - Mechanical
Sterling Heights, MI 48312 US
Job Description
- Creates innovative and practical mechanical and electromechanical concepts and designs for components, assemblies, tools, and products of varying complexity.
- Ensures designs are free of layout process defects.
- May assist engineers with defining design standards and configurations.
- Applies Computer Aided Design (Creo 7) methodologies, theories, and techniques.
- Reviews various completed engineering documents to ensure compliance with engineering and military standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensions.
- Provides expert technical consultation to the division and customer community relative to comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of design and drafting.
- Develops innovative concepts that satisfy functional and operational requirements for existing product lines and new product development programs by utilizing sound design principles and practices.
- Prepares moderately complex design layouts, schematics or sketches (including test plans, procedures, or specifications) of component(s) or a portion of a functional system to satisfy system and integration requirements within cost and producibility constraints.
- Checks completed layouts, drawings, test plans, test reports, procedures, and change history documentation (e.g., engineering change notices) for clarity, completeness, conformance to engineering, military, and industrial standards, procedures, specifications, and codes, and ensures accuracy of calculations and dimensions.
- Performs and documents technical calculations such as design evaluations, tolerance studies, mass and section properties, static and dynamic loading.
- Identifies assembly interference, design errors, omissions and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design. Interfaces with various internal customers to solve moderately complex technical problems.
- Six years drafting and design experience, including a minimum of two years design work.
- Must be skilled in the creation of model centric models and drawings utilizing Creo 7.
- Associate Degree/Certification with emphasis in engineering drafting/design or an equivalent combination of training and experience plus a minimum of six additional years drafting and design experience, including a minimum of two years design work.
- 401k
- Health Insurance
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
Meet Your Recruiter

Vladmir Balatbat
With over four years of recruiting experience, Vladmir has been with HEPCO since 2017. During his time, he has enjoyed providing individuals with the opportunity to share a life-changing stepping stone in their career journey. Vladmir’s favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.