Mechanical Engineer

Digital Control Incorporated (DCI) is the world's leading supplier of underground locating and steering products for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry. Since the introduction of this revolutionary technology 30 years ago, Digital Control has been at the forefront of trenchless technologies that enable the efficient installation of underground utilities such as fiber optic, telecom, gas, and water lines world-wide. DCI's products are valued for their durable design, ease of use and uncompromising commitment to customer service.

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer for our growing Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) team in Kent, Washington. In this role you'll collaborate with diverse cross-functional teams to develop and sustain cutting edge hardware, manufacturing systems and automated test/calibration equipment designs. If you're hands-on and passionate about applying your expertise in electromechanical design to technology, collaboration, and continuous improvement, then DCI could be a perfect fit for you!

Who you are

• Self-driven, results oriented engineer who strives to create clean, well designed solutions without taking short-cuts
• You prefer a role where you get to do a lot of different things collaborating with a team to create novel solutions for challenging problems
• You are looking for an opportunity to take the initiative, shape the direction, and see all tasks through from start to finish
• You are an analytical thinker with excellent judgment and strong problem-solving skills

What you'll do:

Sustaining Engineering

• Perform redesign and requalification of commercial products for performance, cost, and reliability improvement
• Investigate and propose solutions to address customer feedback, field failure incidents, service repair trends, and production issues

New product introduction

• Represent manufacturing needs in product development to bring the next-generation industry-leading equipment to market
• Develop and maintain new quality control test processes and systems, including electromechanical designs for automated fixtures and equipment.

Manufacturing & test process engineering

• Develop and implement solutions to increase the efficiency and yield of assembly and testing methods, systems, automated equipment, and processes
• Provide technical support and guidance to internal teams and supplier partners, participate in audits, and evaluate first-article materials and parts

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, design, simulate and test electromechanical manufacturing systems
• Design parts and assemblies with DCI manufacturing and product teams from requirements through production and post-production support; propose concepts, detail design, system bring up and debug
• Support manufacturing design, production test system, and automation related projects
• Work with operations partners, electrical engineers, and test engineers to create and maintain production test systems and automation
• Collaborate with R&D engineers to prepare product and equipment concepts for production
• Manage in-house and out-of-house prototype build processes
• Establish partnerships and relationships with suppliers and vendors
• Translate between engineering and business requirements