Mechanical Engineer (3-5 Years Experience)

Position Overview

Since 1998, Key Tech has been transforming complex technologies into intuitive products. We design and develop medical, industrial, and consumer products using novel sensors, wireless, ultrasound, microfluidics, optics, and robotics, just to name a few. Our uniquely personal approach attracts industry-leading global companies, as well as innovative startups to our Baltimore headquarters. The Key Tech team of interdisciplinary scientists, engineers, and designers take technologies into new applications. Key Tech is 100% employee-owned and is centered around people who are excited about designing high-tech products. Our mix of exceptional employees, creative project opportunities, and relaxed office culture provides an environment tailor-made to let employees flourish. Our location in downtown Baltimore places us in the center of the East Coast network of cities, where design opportunities abound.

Key Responsibilities

• Join interdisciplinary engineering and product development teams composed of industrial designers, technicians, electrical engineers, computer engineers, and other mechanical engineers to de-risk technologies, design medical devices, and evaluate their performance.
• Participate actively in mechanical design of devices and test fixtures, instrument and fixture testing/troubleshooting, technical review, and in the preparation and delivery of client presentations.
• Provide level of effort estimates for mechanical engineering tasks to support Project Managers in developing schedules and budgets.
• Contribute to the continual development and improvement of internal mechanical engineering processes.
• Participate in prospective client meetings and assist in proposal content generation.
• Travel to client sites across the US a few times per year.
• Work on-site at Key Tech’s Baltimore office at least 3 days per week, with flexibility to work from home up to 2 days per week depending on the project.

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
• 3-5 years of experience in mechanical design
• Experience in detailed mechanical design of plastic and metal parts, as well as overall complex mechanism design
• Experience with mechanical drawing creation and tolerance stack-ups
• Strong verbal and written technical communication skills
• Proficiency in 3D modeling, theoretical analysis and calculations, and system testing and debugging
• Experience with assembly prototyping, building, and prototype part sourcing
• Proven track record of effectively managing and communicating task status and schedules
• Experience working on an interdisciplinary engineering/design team
• Ability to interface with and present technical topics to stakeholders, clients, or management

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience in product development
• Technical design experience with thermal, fluidic, optical, static, and dynamic systems
• Experience in complex system design incorporating electrical and electromechanical components, including motors, linear actuators, sensors, pumps, and valves
• Proficiency with numerical simulation of complex systems (e.g. Python/MATLAB/Octave/etc.) and finite element analysis (e.g. SolidWorks Simulation, Ansys, etc.)
• Experience with design for manufacturing and assembly, including transitioning designs to production
• Experience writing design history file documentation, including technical design descriptions and bill of materials
• Background in medical device development and ensuring compliance with medical device and diagnostic device safety regulations (e.g., IEC 60601/61010)
• Experience with product verification and/or validation, including planning, writing, and executing verification test protocols
• Willingness to participate in training and mentoring other engineers
• Experience supporting the development of engineering work proposals, including scoping and cost estimation

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: $95,000 - $125,000
• Employment Type: Full Time