Contract mechanical designer vs senior mechanical engineer

Differences between contract mechanical designer and senior mechanical engineer duties and responsibilities

Contract mechanical designer example responsibilities.

• Work with JPL / NASA packaging and fabrication engineering leads (on-site).
• Correspond with various vendors to select proper HVAC equipment.
• Develop detail drawings, mechanize animations, bill of materials, ECO, and ECR's.
• Generate ECO to update part specification in accordance with manufacturing requirements.
• Create designs and documentation to facilitate manufacture of products including drawings, BOM and material specifications.
• Design and automate electro-mechanical machinery to customer specifications.
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Senior mechanical engineer example responsibilities.

• Create DFMEA documents to help manage risks and improve initial quality.
• Set up and manage PCB manufacturing including all chemical baths, lasers, and exposure equipment.
• Restructure VHDL code and chip/module hierarchy to achieve timing goals for the dual cache controller and the chip.
• Achieve timely convergence of complex designs by building RTL models from validation area and integrating them, before official model release.
• Lead FPGA development of key digital communication component used in successful demonstration of spacecraft radio link.
• Provide mechanical design and sustaining engineering expertise to troubleshoot manufacturing defect trends and achieve a more robust and producible product.
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