Design Engineering Lead

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer Job Description The Mechanical Design Engineer leads and oversees engineering design activities, ensuring all specifications, calculations, drawings, and documentation meet accuracy, quality, and performance targets. This role drives technical problem solving for both development and mass production issues, provides leadership and mentorship to a design team, and continuously improves design processes and tools. The engineer collaborates closely with cross-functional partners and external stakeholders to align technical direction with business objectives and maintain smooth project execution. Responsibilities

- Review and approve engineering output, including design specifications, calculations, drawings, and documentation, to ensure accuracy, quality, and alignment with performance and project targets.
- Lead technical problem solving for development and mass production issues by driving root cause analysis, defining countermeasures, and implementing risk mitigation strategies.
- Lead, supervise, and actively contribute within a design team to deliver development outputs across multiple concurrent projects.
- Assign and balance workloads, priorities, and resources within the team to achieve development schedules and business objectives.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance to team members to build capability and ensure consistent, high-quality engineering output.
- Drive effective communication within the engineering function and across other departments to resolve issues, align expectations, and support smooth project execution.
- Represent the engineering function in discussions with management, suppliers, and global affiliates to advocate for technical direction, resource needs, and project priorities.
- Grow technical capability within the team through knowledge sharing, mentorship, and the development and deployment of best practices.
- Improve design processes, tools, and methods to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and repeatability, using approaches such as PDCA and recurrence prevention.
- Promote cross-functional learning and the adoption of standardized engineering practices across the organization.
- Lead hiring activities and participate in performance evaluations to maintain a capable, balanced, and high-performing engineering organization.
- Support workforce planning by providing input on resource needs, skill requirements, and organizational structure.
- Assist in establishing team and individual goals that align with broader business objectives and performance targets.
- Contribute to management activities such as planning, adherence to policies, and ensuring operational continuity as needed.

Minimum requirements

- A minimum of 8 years of relevant engineering experience
- At least 2 years of leadership experience leading projects, teams, or both
- Strong design engineering background
- Experience in automotive, powersports, heavy equipment, or similar industries
- Catia is a must have. (real world Catia experience, not just from school)

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Experience in an R&D design environment with exposure to chassis systems or related mechanical components.
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as PDCA and recurrence prevention in design processes.
- Experience participating in or leading hiring processes and performance evaluations within an engineering team.
- Ability to represent engineering topics effectively to management, suppliers, and global affiliates.
- Strong communication skills to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and standardized engineering practices.

Work Environment The role is based in an office-based R&D design environment focused on mechanical and chassis system development. The engineer works primarily with 3D design and CAE tools, as well as standard office software, in a collaborative setting with other engineering and cross-functional teams. The work involves coordinating multiple projects, participating in technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to continuous improvement of design processes and standards.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Raymond, OH.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Raymond, OH.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 2, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Raymond,OH. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,
sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected
by law.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the
city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants
with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
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