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Mechanical Engineer - Kansas City, Missouri, United States - 196001 - Koch

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Mechanical Engineer

Location(s)

Kansas City, Missouri

Company

Smiths Interconnect

Career Field

Engineering

Job Number

196001

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Your Job

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and supporting innovative mechanical solutions that enable the assembly, testing, and production of electronic products. You will collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to optimize product designs and manufacturing processes, ensuring high levels of quality, reliability, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Your work will help drive continuous improvement while supporting products from concept through full-scale production.

Our Team

You will join a collaborative Engineering team focused on supporting advanced electronics assembly operations. Working closely with manufacturing, quality, product development, and operations teams, you will help deliver innovative products while driving improvements in safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.

What You Will Do

• Work under the direction of the Principle Engineer performing highly detail-orientated design/drafting functions for new and legacy products.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support new product introductions and ensure designs are scalable for production.
• Drive the development and implementation of mechanical solutions that improve manufacturing efficiency, product quality, and operational performance on legacy and new products.
• Evaluate manufacturing challenges and develop innovative solutions that enhance reliability, throughput, and customer satisfaction.
• Creates assembly/component detailed drawings in 2D and 3D using company CAD systems (typically Solidworks) while following drawing change procedures and meeting KPIs.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on assembly processes, tooling, fixtures, and equipment performance.
• Support product and process validation activities to ensure compliance with quality, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to optimize component designs, manufacturing methods, and cost-saving opportunities.
• Contribute technical expertise during design reviews, problem-solving efforts, and strategic engineering initiatives.
• Promote a culture of safety, innovation, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Be able to train internal and external stakeholders on our products and capabilities, with a willingness to travel up 10%

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor''s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience supporting mechanical design, manufacturing engineering, or process improvement within an electronics assembly or manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks, Creo, AutoCAD, or similar design platforms.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, mechanical assemblies, engineering drawings, and GD&T principles.
• Experience communicating and working cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting electronic product manufacturing.
• Experience designing tooling, fixtures, or automated assembly equipment.
• Familiarity with PCB assemblies, connectors, or cable assemblies.
• Experience with continuous improvement, failure effects, mechanical simulation tools, process validation, and root cause analysis and methodologies
• Six Sigma certification, knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, or experience leading cost, quality, or productivity improvement projects.
• Working knowledge of ERP or product lifecycle management systems.
• Understands export control, fair trade, and anti-bribery/corruption law.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate''s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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