Laborup

Mechanical Design Engineer

Laborup  •  Maryville, TN (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a detail-driven and collaborative Mechanical Design Drafter to help drive the design, documentation, and manufacturing success of our precision-engineered commutators and slip rings. In this role, you’ll serve as a vital link between customer needs and internal manufacturing capabilities, developing custom part designs, supporting production workflows, and leading continuous improvement efforts across the full product lifecycle.

This is a hands-on, fast-paced engineering environment ideal for professionals who enjoy low-volume, high-skill custom product work. You’ll collaborate with machinists, production leads, and quality engineers to ensure every component meets rigorous technical standards while remaining manufacturable and cost-effective. Engineers who thrive at here bring a strong sense of craftsmanship, a passion for solving real-world manufacturing challenges, and a collaborative mindset rooted in communication and mutual respect.

Compensation

  • 90k- 120k
  • M-F schedule

Benefits:

  • Health, dental, and vision (almost entirely company paid for)
  • 401 with matching
  • Short and long term disability
  • Life insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • PTO

Responsibilities

2D Design & Drafting

  • Create detailed 2D part and assembly drawings using SmartSketch or comparable 2D drafting tools.
  • Translate customer-supplied components, prints, or specifications into manufacturable drawings that align with internal practices.
  • Develop fixture and tooling layouts and update drawings for slight part variations or new customer requirements.
  • Ensure drawings accurately reflect manufacturable geometry, material callouts, and production needs.

Customer & Cross-Functional Support

  • Assist Sales, Engineering, and Customer Service by reviewing customer parts and identifying manufacturability considerations.
  • Provide technical input during quoting or early design discussions to help determine feasibility and required design adjustments.
  • Support customer conversations when needed, offering clear explanations of design approaches and production considerations.

Manufacturing & Machining Collaboration

  • Work closely with machining, fabrication, and assembly teams to troubleshoot issues and refine drawings.
  • Adjust designs based on shop-floor feedback related to fit, tooling, materials (copper, bronze, steel, mica), or machining constraints.
  • Help develop fixturing approaches for new or slightly modified customer parts.
  • Participate in problem-solving efforts tied to machining, rotation/lathe processes, or assembly challenges.

Documentation & Process Support

  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date drawings, revision history, BOMs, and related documentation.
  • Support engineering change processes and implement updates required for production.
  • Contribute to improving internal drafting standards, documentation methods, and consistency within the design process.
  • Assist with light continuous improvement work tied to design flow, manufacturability, or documentation clarity.

Requirements

Qualifications

  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Drafting/Design, or a related technical field.
  • 4+ years of mechanical design experience within a manufacturing, machining, or fabrication environment.
  • Proficiency with 2D CAD drafting tools, such as SmartSketch or similar software used for producing manufacturing-ready drawings.
  • Experience with metal machining and fabrication, including work with materials such as copper, bronze, steel, and mica, and understanding how material properties impact manufacturability.
  • Working knowledge of rotational/lathe machining, fixturing, tooling, and translating customer part variations into accurate production drawings.
  • Background in manufacturing engineering or drafting, with the ability to create, modify, and standardize production drawings, fixtures, and tooling details.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret customer-supplied parts/drawings and convert them into consistent, repeatable manufacturing processes.

Benefits

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision (almost entirely company paid for)
  • 401 with matching
  • Short and long term disability
  • Life insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • PTO
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About Laborup

Laborup is the #1 AI powered talent platform for America’s industrial workforce. We use AI to create jobs, not take them away. We help HR and plant leaders hire and keep the skilled workers who keep plants running: machinists, welders, maintenance techs, operators, industrial electricians, and engineers. USA Today called us the “LinkedIn for blue collar workers,” and Forbes profiled our work in “How AI Is Solving America’s 1 Trillion Dollar Manufacturing Labor Crisis.”

Today we work with manufacturers from 50 person shops to large public companies with tens of thousands of employees, and the story is the same everywhere. It is hard to find talent, hard to keep good people, and staffing costs keep rising. In a market where filling critical industrial roles can take months and turnover is constant, Laborup helps teams move qualified workers from first contact to on site interview in days instead of weeks and keep them on the floor longer.

Most of the workers our customers need are not on LinkedIn or the usual job boards. Laborup uses AI to find this hidden workforce, call and text them, screen and qualify them, build real profiles, and match them directly to the plants and roles where they can succeed. For workers, that means real, permanent roles at serious manufacturers, not one off gigs. For companies, it is durable infrastructure for hiring and retention at scale in a labor market that will stay tight for years.

We work across nuclear, defense, and advanced manufacturing, as well as sectors like aerospace, automotive, and food production. Teams that use Laborup hire 5 to 10 times faster, see around 3 times better retention, and cut cost per hire by up to 50 to 70 percent. That turns into fewer empty shifts, fewer missed orders, more stable teams, and more capacity without more headache.

We are building the modern talent system for America’s industrial base with a simple long term goal: put a billion industrial workers to work in good jobs that matter.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Knoxville
Year Founded
Unknown
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