Job Description

Title: Mechanical Engineer

Job Location: Dayton, OH

Our Department: CTCT Division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar)

Are you a passionate Mechanical Engineer ready to design and develop cutting-edge products for the construction and mining industries?

What You Will Do

You will play a crucial role in our team, developing designs for Inertial Sensors (IMUs) based on product requirements. You'll manage the exciting journey of new product designs from their initial concept all the way through to production. Your work will involve designing, quoting, and overseeing the creation of tooling, installation components (like brackets), and fixtures. You will be responsible for defining and managing the Mechanical Bill of Materials (BOM) for our products and identifying Mechanical Special Product Characteristics (KCs). You'll also be creating and updating technical drawings, participating in design analysis reports such as DFMEA, FEA, and tolerance stacks, and preparing mechanical verification plans for product performance. Finally, you'll conduct mechanical verification tests to ensure compliance and meet all product requirements.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• 3+ years of relevant sensor mechanical design experience

• Experience in new product design and development, from research to warranty/end-of-life.

• Ability to perform tear-down and benchmark studies.

• Exposure to mechanical digital simulation methods and tools (FEA, Moldflow, Structural, Thermal).

• Experience with customer, supplier, validation, and testing team coordination and interactions.

• Experience in Change Management (product life cycle management).

• Experience in using DFMEA to identify risk and systematic risk mitigation.

Preferred Skills

• 3D CAD experience, PTC Creo preferred.

• Experience with troubleshooting mechanical failures in bolted joints, moisture ingress through seals and gaskets, and part and feature premature wear.

• Familiarity with random vibration and shock concepts.

• Matlab experience.

About Your Location

This position is based in Dayton, OH. We operate under a flexible work arrangement (hybrid), where you will collaborate with your manager to establish a mutually agreeable schedule for your time in the office, typically 1-3 days per week, or 20%-60% of the month. This role primarily supports the CTCT division and involves collaborative work across teams.

About Our CTCT Division

The CTCT division, a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar, is dedicated to developing cutting-edge positioning, control, and automation products for earthmoving and paving machines in the construction and mining industries. We leverage advanced technologies such as IMUs, GNSS, optical total stations, lasers, and sonics to provide accurate horizontal and vertical guidance, greatly benefiting machine operators. To learn more about our currently developed products, please visit http://construction.trimble.com/earthworks.

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Pay Equity

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Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Hiring Range:

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Bonus Eligible?

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Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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