ACARA Jobs
Mechanical Design/Drafter
Apply- ID: 555257
- Posted: 11/11/2025
- Location: Austin, TX
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Temporary
- Duration: 9 - 12 Months
Are you a Mechanical Design/Drafter looking to join one of the top companies in the Manufacturing industry?
Are you looking to further your career and grow?
Do you have experience in the mechanical design industries (aerospace, defense)?
If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!
Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work onsite for our client in Austin, TX. Interested?
Here's what you'd do:
- This position will provide design and drafting support to the Research and Development (R&D), Sustaining Research and Development (R&D), and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
- Produce drawings and documents using SOLIDWORKS software.
- Perform engineering design calculations.
- Work with a cross-functional team to collect project information and communicate findings both orally and in writing.
- Work as a team member on various projects.
- Design and produce 3D printed fixtures for manufacturing and testing.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Prepares layouts, drawings, and designs according to engineering specifications.
- Participates in reviewing engineering drawings and supporting documents for adherence to drafting standards.
- Creates Computer-Aided Design (CAD) design layouts and detail drawings of products, including Printed Circuit Board (PCB) layout.
- Retrieves information from a file and displays it on the computer, using the necessary computer language.
- Displays final drawings to verify completeness, clarity, and accuracy.
- Thinking is within the frame of diverse procedures.
- Performs "troubleshooting" by applying background understanding of processes or incidents to analyze and resolve operational problems with given procedures in a well-known environment.
- Thinking is about evaluating and selecting an appropriate set of measures and about applying the correct set of tools and processes. Issue handling may often exceed the day-to-day horizon and involves planning and acting for periods of up to a few weeks ahead.
- Work performed is still procedure-based; however, issues and problems arising need accountable addressing and solution by the incumbent.
- Broad scope of tasks and accountabilities within one functional area needs to be managed by a senior, experienced incumbent.
- Non-routine inquiries and issues occur regularly and need to be solved instantly, with a certain degree of authority and bindingness towards (internal and external) customers.
- Creating complex parts & drawings, assemblies in SolidWorks or other drafting applications (Solid Edge, Pro E).
- Training in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
Here's what you'll get:
Pay: $ 46.62 / hr
Hours: 40 hrs / Week (1st shift)
Length: Temporary (12 months)
Sounds like a good fit?
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About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and deliver customized visionary talent solutions that drive the desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to provide comprehensive staffing solutions, including contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services, worldwide.
- Associate Degree in Drafting or Science or Technology or Engineering or Mathematics.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in mechanical design industries (aerospace, defense).
- Minimum 4 years of experience with revision control and drawing standards.
- Minimum 4 years of experience with Product Data Management (PDM) system administration within SolidWorks, Windchill, and Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) Creo.
- Bachelor's Degree
- Hands-on in the lab, building parts or prototyping.
- Familiarity with medical device design control and the medical device industry.
- Junior to mid-level engineers who are strong in drafting.
- Entry-level mechanical engineers with strong drafting skills.
- Proficiency in SolidWorks, Creo, and tooling design.
- Medical device experience
- Has theoretical understanding and broader practical skills in the field of work and needs to apply practical methods, concepts, and techniques, work procedures, and processes
- Vocationally trained positions that need both practical and theoretical understanding to perform various tasks and issues in related fields of work.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.