Document Control Specialist /Entry Level Mechanical Engineer

Overview 

As a Document Control Specialist and Entry Level Mechanical Engineer at HighRes Biosolutions, you will work closely with engineering and operations to create, maintain, and check CAD and manufacturing documentation required to fabricate, build, and qualify our products. In addition, you will be a member of the mechanical engineering team, assisting in the design, development, testing, and maintenance of the HighRes hardware product catalog. The qualified candidate will have experience using SolidWorks and standard engineering drafting practices to document product designs.  50 – 60% of your time will be spent focused on document control with the remainder contributing to the work output by the mechanical engineering team.  

HighRes Biosolutions is a leader in the field of lab automation. Our mission is to improve human health through life science robotics, and we accomplish that through innovative software and hardware developed by a passionate team. Our systems and devices are used by the top pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic research labs throughout the world to help discover new drugs faster and more efficiently. In this role you will have a direct hand in helping deliver these lab automation solutions.   

Responsibilities 

• Write and implement engineering change orders to release documentation, update parts and assemblies, and capture design changes on custom robotic systems.   

• Check and process documentation necessary to drive engineering change orders. 

• Ensure that document and change control procedures are followed, and that appropriate templates are used across the engineering team.  

• Review drawings, BOMs, cut sheets, and approved vendor list information to verify completeness, accuracy, and consistency of information. 

• Generate monthly ECO metrics for reporting to senior management using PLM system, excel, and/or Power-BI. 

• Create detailed documentation and design files including part and assembly modeling, drawing packages, and pneumatic schematics for the manufacture of custom robotic systems. 

• Work with mechanical and electrical engineers to gather requirements and product specifications for new products and continuous improvements. 

• Create and execute design verification test plans. 

• Simulate structural and thermal loading using SolidWorks Simulation. 

Qualifications 

• Associates degree in a relevant field of study, bachelors preferred. 

• 2-4 years of work experience. 

• Experience using SolidWorks to generate parts, assemblies, and drawings. 

• Experience with PLM and ERP systems a plus. BlueStar experience preferred though not required. 

• Ability to work on multiple projects and tasks at once. 

• High attention to detail and organization. 

• Work effectively as a team member and individually. 

• Excellent communication skills. 

• Experience working as a Documentation Control Specialist not required (will train as needed) 

About HighRes  

We design and build innovative robotic systems and laboratory devices used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies and academic research laboratories. Our work helps scientists accelerate drug discovery, high throughput genotyping, siRNA screening, next-generation sequencing sample prep, biorepository science and molecular diagnostics with highly flexible, expandable, and modular integrated systems, bench-top devices and consumables that are easily configured (and reconfigured) to create research environments conducive to achieving breakthrough results.