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Sustaining Mechanical Engineer

Salem, VA, us💼 Full-time💰 $68,900–$68,900🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-25

Core

Drive product sustaining efforts, implementing engineering changes to existing products and managing releases for rail and industrial components.

Role type

Sustaining Mechanical Engineer

Builds

Existing rail and industrial product lines, engineering drawings, and BOMs

Domain

Rail transit and industrial equipment manufacturing

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Solid modeling, GD&T and tolerancing analysis, materials and manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA principles, lean/continuous improvement, supplier research, engineering validation test execution, 2D drafting

Preferred skills

Rail/transit/braking systems experience, SolidWorks PDM or Windchill, Oracle ERP

Technologies

SolidWorks, MS Office, Oracle ERP, SolidWorks PDM, Windchill

Responsibilities

Coordinate Engineering Drawing Release Notices and BOM releases; Manage business system changes; Support new product development and project management; Transform concepts into robust engineering solutions; Ensure designs meet regulatory and performance requirements; Design and execute engineering validation tests; Analyze test data and implement design improvements; Research and select qualified suppliers; Incorporate customer feedback into product enhancements; Apply Lean principles to improve design-to-production flow

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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