Reel to Reel Design Engineer

Technic - Equipment Division
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:
Technic is seeking a Design Engineer to develop custom reel-to-reel plating systems for connector strip, wire and flexible circuits. This role takes each machine from customer specification through detailed design, fabrication support and startup.

Responsibilities:
•    Design reel-to-reel plating lines, including payoff and take-up, accumulators, tension control, strip guides and drive systems
•    Design plating cells, contacts, anodes, selective plating heads, rinses and dryers around each customer's product
•    Calculate current density, plating thickness and line speed; size rectifiers, pumps, filtration, heating, cooling and exhaust
•    Produce P&IDs, floor layouts, 3D models and fabrication drawings in SolidWorks
•    Prepare customer approval drawings and support sales with technical proposals
•    Support fabrication, assembly, factory acceptance testing and field startup
•    Coordinate with electrical, controls and project management teams to keep projects on schedule
•    Improve and standardize existing machine designs

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
•    3+ years designing industrial machinery; web handling, strip or wire processing experience preferred
•    Proficiency in SolidWorks; PDM experience a plus

•    Electroplating or wet process equipment experience preferred
•    Working knowledge of plastic (PP, PVDF, CPVC) and stainless steel fabrication
•    Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with customers
•    Willingness to travel occasionally for testing and installations

Benefits:
•    Competitive base salary
•    Health, dental, vision insurance
•    401(k) with company match
•    Paid time off