Associate Mechanical Engineer

About the Role

Fike Corporation seeks an Associate Mechanical Engineer to assist in developing new systems and components for the fire and explosion suppression and pressure relief industry. This role provides technical support to engineering, operations, sales, and marketing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs engineering design and analysis for product validation tests, failure analyses, and basic research.
• Confers with other engineers, Sales, Production, and Quality to clarify or resolve problems.
• Conducts laboratory experiments to determine engineering parameters, discusses, analyzes, summarizes, and publishes test results.
• Uses test data and reports to determine if designs meet functional and performance specifications.
• Evaluates test results for possible application to development of other uses.
• Prepares product or system layouts, detailed drawings, and schematics.
• Performs project and system design.
• Uses computer assisted engineering and design software and equipment for engineering and design tasks.
• Confers with other engineering personnel and prepares design modifications as required.
• May make recommendations for improvements to current production processes.
• Coordinates activities with approval agencies to ensure compliance of new products with industry standards.
• Coordinates completion of all documents required to produce new products, including assembly drawings, bills of materials, and Fike business system item masters.
• Provides engineering and manufacturing support for new and existing products when problems arise.
• May interact with customers to provide engineered solutions to their requirements and product problems.
• Provides support in calculations and application information.
• Studies ASME, ANSI, MIL, AISI, IFI, NACE, API, AWS, and NFPA standards and applies them to new designs.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge through workshops, seminars, publications, networking, and professional societies.
• Adheres to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) policies and procedures related to NIST 800-171.
• Maintains the confidentiality of all processed information.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• CAD experience.
• Experience with Inventor 3-D design software (preferred).
• Background in fluid flow, thermodynamics, metallurgy, or stress analysis using finite element methods (preferred).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical, Computer Applications, Design, Research, Project Management, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving skills.
• Preparing for the engineering-in-training certification (preferred).

Compensation

• The pay range for this position is $61,099 to $76,392 a year. May increase depending on the level of experience.