Reel to Reel Design Engineer

Technic - Equipment Division
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