Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, NPI

Join BorgWarner Portland (Cascadia Motion brand) as a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer, driving clean-sheet mechanical design programs from concept through production. As a proven professional, you will own the full mechanical design - from top-level system architecture to detailed component and complex tooled part design. You will be directly responsible for creating and managing large, detailed CAD models, with a focus on building robust geometry efficiently and quickly to support rapid iteration and design maturity.

The BorgWarner Portland team is a small, highly agile group specializing in the design and manufacture of hardware for electric vehicle propulsion & industrial power systems - including electric motors, power electronics (inverters), and transmissions. In contrast to the complex structures often found in large engineering organizations, we operate with lean, right-sized processes tailored to our customers’ needs - empowering engineers to make decisions quickly and keep projects moving efficiently. With design cycles typically around a year, our fast-moving environment fosters innovation, adaptability, and strong team engagement.

BorgWarner Portland has an extensive and international customer base, ranging from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to emerging technologies and startups.

·       Own the mechanical design and release of new products from kick-off to production launch.  

·       Effectively organize and plan to meet project milestones, while demonstrating exceptional effort when swift action is required. When challenges arise, communicate clear recovery strategies to ensure a successful path forward.

·       Blank-sheet mechanical design of electric vehicle propulsion systems (electric motors, power electronics (inverters) and transmissions)

·       Create expert level 3D CAD models using SolidWorks

·       Create 2D drafting sheets in SolidWorks applying GD&T to ensure design intent

·       Conduct peer-level and executive-level design reviews

Create and control bills of materials during the design phase to ensure the successful launch of your project.

What we’re looking for

Required Skills

·       Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

·       Strong engineering foundation with the ability to work with limited information to quickly solve problems and meet project timelines

·       Proficiency in 3D CAD with 10+ years on the job experience

·       Proficiency in 2D Drafting with 10+ years on the job experience

·       General understanding of GD&T per ASME Y14.5

·       General understanding of design and release of sheet metal, machined, injection mold and cast metal parts

Preferred Skills

·       Expert-level SolidWorks user with 10+ years’ experience and the ability to rapidly create complex parts

·       Ability to develop blank sheet GD&T schemes for complex parts per ASME Y14.5

·       10+ years’ experience in the design and release of sheet metal, machined, injection mold and cast metal parts

·       Experience in the mechanical design related to power electronics, specifically motor drives and electric motors

·       Experience in the mechanical design of gearing including the design and specification of gears and splines

·       Ability to construct assembly level FEA simulations to analyze stress and strain in assembly components. Ansys Structural and SolidWorks Simulation preferred

·       Ability to construct assembly level CFD simulations to analyze pressure drop, thermal characteristics and electronics cooling. Ansys Fluent and SolidWorks Flow Simulation preferred

What we offer

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