Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Exceptional opportunity for a results-driven, take charge, self-starter to join a high volume electronic systems industry leader. Expanding the commercial results in

Advanced Electronic Systems

, demands driven, powerful technical leadership to MIH (“make it happen”). “

America’s Top 30 Innovator

” seeks an experienced senior mechanical engineer with proven creative and design skills to join our elite Team, using their expertise and ingenuity to create innovative original concepts and/or provide creative solutions to highly innovative functional designs.

Ascencioné currently designs, manufactures, and supplies the following qualified, field-proven products to DoD customers:

1. Self-Canceling Turn Switches

• Safety-critical driver interface components used on military tactical vehicles
• Supports fleet standardization and sustainment replacement programs

2\. Smart Start System (S3)

• Deployed on HMMWVs, MRAPs, MRUVs, FMTV, and other diesel platforms
• Integrated system combining:

○ Glow plug control

○ Vehicle starting system

○ Power management \& distribution

• Key contributor to cold-start reliability, battery protection, and mission readiness

3\. Master Vehicle Light Switch (MVLS)

• The world’s first ruggedized electronic lighting master switch
• Specifically engineered for harsh military tactical environments
• Safety-critical, configuration-controlled component

4\.  Series 1100 Transistorized Flasher

• Solid-state flasher widely used on military trucks, buses, and heavy vehicles
• Proven reliability over millions of fleet miles
• Sustainment and replacement-driven demand

5\.  Hydraulic Generator Systems

• Family of 4\.5kW to 25kW hydraulically controlled generator systems
• Microprocessor controlled closed loop systems
• Provides “clean” regulated power 120/240 VAC

These products position Ascencioné squarely in vehicle electrical architecture, driver controls, and sustainment-critical subsystems.

Skills \& Experience

BSME with 3-5 years, direct hands-on design/development/implementation experience (SolidWorks/CAD) preferred. Molding, forming, additive manufacturing \& electronics integration experience a plus. Advanced GD\&T Principles proficiency. Strong problem-solving/methodologies (8D, DMAIC, DOE, RCA, etc.).

• Strong product design experience with ability to conceptualize, simulate, benchmark, reverse engineer, design, apply FMEA and DFA/DFM. Engineering strengths such as GD\&T, tolerance stackups, assemblies, components, mating, fitting, and sealing.
• Working knowledge of materials science and material properties: plastics, elastomers, metals, fluids. Experience with fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and control theory (particularly with fluidics). Valve and hydraulic design experience a plus.
• SolidWorks/FEA preferred, Catia or Pro/E exposure, PDM, PLM, and Office software.
• Track record of employing automotive development methods such as APQP, ECO/ECR-ECN, PPAP, quality management systems, manufacturing quality standards, design and test standards (ASME, ASTM, or ANSI). Maintaining the role of quality from design to manufacturing.
• Experience with various fabrication methods - machining, molding, (overmolding, insert molding, multi-materials), stamping, forming (sheet metal cutting/ forming), AM, making tooling/fixtures, assembly/jig making.
• Preferred experience with electronics integration, product design with PCB assemblies and developing electromechanical and mechatronic parts and systems.
• Demonstrated involvement with testing \& validation exercises using best practices for DVP\&R, HALT testing, environmental tests, meeting automotive standards and requirements. Military spec compliance/PPAP a plus.
• Exceptional communications skills, written \& verbal (reporting, analysis, presentation)

Company

Our mission

is to create, and timely commercialize next generation, advanced

integrated

sensor/control systems to support the manufacture of:

Smarter, Safer

, and

More Technologically Advanced

electronic systems

. We have created and commercialized more than 50 “game-changing” industry technology FIRSTS.

*“The touchscreen’s path to preeminence did not happen overnight. Established in 1967, we were

the

early pioneer in touchscreen technology.*

We are credited with producing the electronic touch screen in 1995

. Our “Smart Touch

®”

capacitive sensing technology provided a breakthrough in human interface systems, by giving direct access to computer power, such as with smartphones”.

We design, manufacture and market proprietary electronic systems that “Sense, Compute and Control

®

” for military, automotive and consumer markets. Our Reed City based 200-acre complex includes plant facilities, engineering labs, technology centers, and testing infrastructure. Exceptional hybrid opportunity in a beautiful Northern Michigan location. EOE.