Senior / Principal Design Engineer
On-siteRiverton, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Lead the design engineering team as a senior technical mentor, strengthening design judgment, GD&T fluency, and design-for-manufacturability thinking through daily guidance and unblocking complex mechanism design challenges. Prioritize tasks against the product roadmap, translating business goals into actionable engineering plans while partnering with Product and Project Management. Establish engineering processes, standards, and documentation from the ground up, including design reviews, drawing templates, and structured lessons-learned reviews to shift the organization from reactive firefighting to continuous improvement. Own and review mechanism designs, apply ASME Y14.5 tolerancing, and create parametric CAD models and production drawings in SolidWorks. Identify, qualify, and manage suppliers and contract manufacturers, resolving technical issues and defining inspection criteria to ensure designs are producible and cost-effective.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
- 8+ years of mechanical design experience for Senior level, or 12+ years for Principal level, with a demonstrated track record in mechanism design
- Deep, demonstrated expertise in GD&T (ASME Y14.5), with the ability to teach and mentor others in its application and interpretation
- Experience designing go/no-go and functional inspection gaging
- Strong CAD design and drawing skills
- Direct, hands-on experience sourcing, vetting, and managing suppliers and contract manufacturers
- Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally with Quality, Operations, Procurement, and Manufacturing
- Comfortable coaching and mentoring other engineers - whether or not the role carries formal management responsibility
- Experience prioritizing engineering work against a product roadmap, and partnering with Product/Project Management on planning, timelines, and resourcing
Desired Qualifications
- SolidWorks strongly preferred
- Experience in the firearms industry, or personal interest/familiarity with firearms design, manufacturing, or use
- Experience building engineering processes and documentation from the ground up in a small- to mid-size manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with formal continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen)
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