Design Engineer

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Drewco in Franksville, WI, is hiring a Design Engineer to work on unique, custom-tooling projects that require creativity, collaboration, and mechanical thinking. You can expect to develop your skills quickly in a hands-on, supportive engineering environment and move into taking on one-of-a-kind, interesting projects.

*Easy access off I-94, so great opportunity for anyone in Racine, Kenosha, or Southern Milwaukee Counties

What You'll Do

* Design workholding and custom tooling in SolidWorks

* Work directly with customers to understand requirements

* Create 3D models, assemblies, layouts, and detailed component drawings

* Calculate dimensions, clearances, and tolerances (GD&T) and create BOMs for manufacturing

* Collaborate with engineering, the shop floor, and sales

* Review your own work and assist in checking others'

* Manage projects from concept through release

What You'll Bring to the Team

* A commitment to quality, precision, and continuous improvement

* A self-motivated attitude with the ability to learn independently and work through challenging problems

* Natural mechanical intuition, ideally supported by hands-on manufacturing or shop experience

Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (minimum two-year technical degree considered)

* 2+ years of mechanical design experience in a 3D modeling application

* CAD proficiency required, SolidWorks preferred.

* Experience detailing components.

* Prior mechanical component or assembly design

* Comfort spending most of your day on a computer, modeling and refining designs.

Preferred: fixturing/workholding, machining, or shop-floor experience

Benefits:

Drewco provides a competitive pay and benefits package, including flexible start times, health insurance, 401K, profit sharing, and a relaxed, friendly, productive environment.

Why Drewco?

At Drewco, we create one-of-a-kind workholding and tooling solutions for leading manufacturers across automotive, agriculture, mining, defense, and gear industries. We value collaboration, hands-on problem-solving, and engineers who take ownership of their work. Here, your designs come to life on real shop floors, you collaborate directly with customers and management, and your ideas make a tangible impact every day.