CareerPlan

Sustaining Mechanical Engineer

Salem, VA, usFull-time$69k2026-10-06 → 2026-11-11
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

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

Role type

Senior IC mechanical engineer (product sustaining)

Builds

Existing rail and industrial product lines

Domain

Rail transit and industrial components

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Solid modeling (SolidWorks), Product Data Management (PDM), GD&T, materials and manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA, lean/continuous improvement, ERP systems (Oracle), project management

Preferred skills

Rail/transit/braking systems experience, industrial components background

Technologies

SolidWorks, Oracle ERP, MS Office

Responsibilities

Coordinate Engineering Drawing Release Notices and BOM releases; Manage business system changes; Support new product development and prototype builds; Transform concepts into robust engineering solutions using SolidWorks; Design and execute engineering validation tests; Analyze test data and implement design improvements; Research and select qualified suppliers; Apply Lean principles to improve design-to-production flow.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC