Sr. Project Designer - Engineering Services – Irvine

Alcon is the world's leading eye care company with sales of $4.9 billion. The company's nearly 13,000 employees worldwide, work in 75 facilities around the world to research, develop, manufacture and sell our products in more than 180 countries. Alcon is the largest specialty eye care company in the world and leads the growing $14.5 billion market for eye care products. For nearly 60 years, Alcon has delivered strong and stable growth, and it is positioned to build on this record in the years to come. For nine consecutive years, Fortune magazine has selected Alcon as "One of the 100 Best Companies to Work For". Alcon's U.S. General Office is based at its 300-acre campus located in Fort Worth, Texas.

This opportunity is located in Irvine, California.

We are industry-leading organization using CAD/CAE and PLM systems, looking for a talented design engineer to develop products utilizing state-of-the-art tools and processes. We have carefully developed business processes and successfully deployed many Pro-Engineer solutions to define digital models of our products. Top Down Design methodologies are utilized to capture product requirements with extensive use of Master Model techniques and free-forming surfacing to meet aesthetic requirements. With Pro-Engineer, we design electro-mechanical systems using parametric geometry, sheet metal, mechanism, routed system (cabling/harness and diagram), and ECAD-MCAD PCBA. Associative design documentation includes 2D fabrication drawings, 3D process assembly, photo-rendering, and animation. The data is configured and manage throughout the product's lifecycle utilizing Windchill PDMLink and shared with cross-functional teams using Visualization tools. Product View is our official viewer to access ‘watermarked” released data and part of our check process using Annotation and Drawing Overlay functionalities. Alcon is committed to continuous improvements and optimizing product development systems to design and manufacture accurate and quality products.

The incumbent will be responsible for mechanical design and manufacturing support using Pro-Engineer to capture complex design intent and related processes.
The design engineer will provide fundamental engineering support to develop initial design concepts through proto-typing and production release. This individual will interface directly with R&D, Manufacturing and external vendors to resolve design and fabrication issues.

Duties:
• Design precision machine parts, cams & gears, mechanism, castings and sheet metal brackets.
• Design parts/assembly/fixture from scratch or sketches and with minimal instructions/directions.
• Develop conceptual layouts to capture product specification and function of assembly/component interface, size, location, and placement.
• Specify material/finish and selection of OEM components (hardware, fasteners, pins, fitting, etc.)
• Create complex 3D models, large assembly, fabrication drawings utilizing Pro-Engineer – Wildfire 3.0
• Proficient in Top Down Design (TDD) methodologies and applications of model-centric designs
• Generate detailed fabrication drawings per Global DRM and ASME Y-14M with extensive knowledge of GD&T application
• Perform complex interference fit checks, motion studies, and tolerance analysis on large assembly
• Proficient in Pro-Engineer foundation modules (3D Detail Design/Part/Surfacing/Sheetmetal/Assembly modeling ,Pro-Report and Pro-Process)
• Utilize Windchill PDMLink to configure and manage Pro-E CAD data
Additional responsibilities:
Generate Best Practices, How To & presentations of 3D CAD and PLM applications

Minimum Qualifications:
15 years of experience in mechanical design with extensive use of Pro-Engineer.

Preferred Qualifications:
BS Mechanical Engineering + 7 yrs; 2 yrs medical industry
Working knowledge in kinematics mechanism design and/or industrial surface design using advanced MCAD applications. (e.g., ISDX, Pro-Mechanism/Mechanica, MathCAD)

Our generous benefits package includes the Alcon 401(k) Plan which matches employee contributions up to 5% of eligible pay at the rate of $1.00 for each dollar contributed, and the Alcon Retirement Plan (ARP), a qualified plan in which Alcon contributes 7% of eligible pay to the accounts of all eligible employees. By combining the Company's contributions to the 401(k) and ARP, employees can receive up to 12% of eligible pay from Alcon towards retirement. Alcon also offers medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an on-site fitness center and much more. Consider having all this in a fast paced environment within a stable world-class organization.


Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to quality through diversity. M/F/D/V. Pre-employment drug testing.

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