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TAIT · 2 weeks ago

Mechanical Design Engineer II

Lititz, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

TAIT is a leading company that partners with artists and brands to create extraordinary live events through innovative technology and design. The Mechanical Design Engineer II will be responsible for project-based mechanical design work, focusing on specialized machinery and rigging systems for the entertainment technology industry, while collaborating with various departments to ensure project success.

Events

Responsibilities

Collaborate with project teams to develop innovative and effective technical solutions that align with project objectives and exceed client expectations

Plan and execute technical solutions to work within scope, schedule, and budget

Apply TAIT design best practices to design for fit and finish, manufacturing efficiency, onsite assembly + disassembly, and packaging

Identify and understand the underlying physics of complex problems to create successful technical solutions

Identify and prioritize project specific requirements and constraints to drive technical solutions

Apply TAIT Project Delivery best practices and processes including design reviews, project team meetings, use of planning systems/software

Participate in client meetings and produce client-facing drawing packages as needed

Communicate effectively through hand sketches, 2D CAD drawings and cross sections

Efficiently generate robust and clean 3D models to support TAIT’s collaborative design process

Produce pitch studies, schematics, storyboards, weight studies, and other supporting tasks to advance the design + engineering process

Identify appropriate timing and scale of prototyping to support design + engineering process

Recognize aspects of project work requiring engineering rigor to collaborate with internal and external engineering review on assigned project work

Identify long lead time items and work with purchasing department to procure project specific components and materials

Use custom TAIT CAD tools as appropriate in design and detailing processes

Maintain project documentation including drawing redlines and operation manuals as required

Release assembly and part drawings to be manufactured internal to TAIT as well as through subcontracting vendors using appropriate dimensioning and tolerancing

Efficiently solve technical issues as they may arise during fabrication, testing, and/or commissioning

Support legacy TAIT equipment as required by project needs and/or support department requests

Maintain awareness of standard of solutions within TAIT’s markets, product lines, and platforms

Maintain awareness of TAIT’s markets and competition

Qualification

3D CAD modelingParametric modelingDesign for manufactureRigging systemsLive entertainment technologyProject-based environmentTAIT technologyCross-functional collaboration

Required

Formal degree in Technical Theater, Engineering, Architectural, Industrial Design, Machine Design, CADD preferred, or High School Diploma/GED and equivalent work experience listed below

Design Experience: minimum 7 years with formal degree

Design Experience: minimum 9 years without formal degree

Background in 3D CAD modeling

Working knowledge of live entertainment technology

Experience working in a short-term, project-based environment

Success collaborating as part of a cross-functional team

Ability to be based in the Lititz, PA TAIT headquarters