Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Redmond, WA

Position Type: Contract 

Duration: 6 / 12 Month

Work Type: Onsite 

Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Job Description:

Role Overview:
We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer with strong expertise in NX CAD to support backlog cleanup, documentation standardization, and detailed modeling.
The role involves consolidating technical drawings from multiple vendors and formats into a consistent NX CAD dataset while producing comprehensive documentation packages to support fabrication, assembly, and integration of test racks.

Key Responsibilities:
• Review, interpret, and consolidate technical drawings and documentation for test equipment racks.
• Create NX CAD models with associated controlled drawings.
• Provide rack elevations and complete Bill of Materials (BOM) for each system.
• Deliver assembly instructions to support fabrication and build.
• Develop interconnect instructions for system-to-system and subsystem connections.
• Generate wire diagrams and detailed wiring schematics.
• Produce fixture drawings for test equipment.
• Deliver full connection documentation for complete end-to-end system setup.
• Ensure alignment with design engineering, product engineering, and product development stakeholders.
• Provide outputs in NX native files plus standard formats (PDF, STEP, DXF).
• Convert and standardize vendor-supplied input files (.STEP, .PDF, etc.) into NX CAD.
• Contribute to process improvements for CAD documentation and data management.

Qualifications & Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• 6–8 years of experience in mechanical design engineering.
• Proficiency in Siemens NX CAD (modeling, drafting, BOM generation, and data management).
• Strong background in creating controlled drawings, assembly instructions, and interconnect documentation.
• Experience developing wiring schematics and fixture drawings.
• Familiarity with handling and converting multiple data formats (.STEP, .PDF, DXF, etc.).
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills with ability to collaborate across design, product, and test engineering teams.
• Experience with test equipment racks or similar complex mechanical/electromechanical systems preferred.

Work Arrangement:
• Hybrid role with approximately 30% onsite presence in Redmond, WA.

Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek’s diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.

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