Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Oakville, Ontario
  • Full Time
Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Mechanical Design Engineer for a 6-month contract to assist with new product introductions. This role offers the opportunity to be part of a multimillion-dollar project, providing a challenging yet rewarding experience as you bring engineered products to life.

100% Requirements (Non-Negiotables)

  • 5+ years of mechanical design experience, preferably with medical devices or consumer products with complex electro-mechanical architecture.
  • Solidworks experience (5 years) with plastic, sheet metal, and electro-mechanical sub-assemblies.
  • Capability to work to product requirements, monitor program milestones, and report project issues as they occur.
  • Experience in plastic enclosure design.
  • Ability to manage vendor deliverables for a medical cart.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Proficiency in GD&T.
Responsibilities
  • Review high-level user/project requirements and translate them into mechanical product functional and performance requirements.
  • Design and develop mechanical components and assemblies, including fabricated metal components, plastic injection product enclosures, and electrical-mechanical interfaces as needed.
  • Collaborate with purchasing to manage BOM COGS targets throughout the development process and provide input into the make/buy process.
  • Support engineering prototype builds and resolve assembly/testing issues throughout the pilot build.
  • Perform root cause analysis, verify, and implement corrective actions related to product quality issues.
  • Initiate, promote, and manage engineering change notices, documenting engineering justification supporting the change.
  • Conduct initial feasibility studies for OTS component selection and provide input into the qualification plan.
  • Assist with the development of mechanical design verification test protocols, execution, and reporting of electrical-mechanical systems.
  • Evaluate suppliers and supplied product conformance, including tolerance analysis, first article inspections, part traceability, and part risk level determination.
  • Support product safety certification processes and human factors engineering.
  • Responsible for dFMEA and provide input into pFMEA and production controls to ensure product quality.
  • Develop and monitor mechanical timelines against project milestones and report project issues to engineering and project management.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
  • Experience with new product introductions or sustaining products.
  • Design and development of mechanical components including critical dimensions.
  • Component and assembly design with 3D designs and 2D drawings.
  • BOM lifecycle management.
Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $45.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Oakville,ON. A propos d'Actalent:

Actalent est un chef de file mondial des services dingenierie et de sciences et des solutions de talents. Nous aidons les entreprises visionnaires a faire progresser leurs initiatives en matiere dingenierie et de science en leur donnant acces a des experts specialises qui favorisent la mise a lechelle, linnovation et la mise en marche rapide. Avec un reseau de pres de 30000consultants et plus de 4500clients aux Etats-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Actalent est au service dun grand nombre dentreprises du classement Fortune 500.

Actalent est un employeur souscrivant au principe de legalite des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de lage, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut dancien combattant, dun handicap, de lorientation sexuelle, de lidentite sexuelle, des renseignements genetiques ou de toute autre caracteristique protegee par la loi.

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About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Job ID: 486405144
Originally Posted on: 7/22/2025

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