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Fortive Corporation Mechanical Engineer (Manufacturing Focus) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mechanical Engineer
Description:
The Mechanical Engineer (Manufacturing Focus) is a key technical owner responsible for independently solving manufacturing, sustaining, and quality issues while enabling fast, scalable, and reliable fulfillment. This role provides deep Manufacturing Engineering capability, owning problem resolution from root cause through validated solution and implementation, with Design Engineering primarily providing final technical approval.
The Mechanical Engineer drives manufacturability, quality, cost, and production efficiency across existing products, new product introductions, and acquired product integrations. This role is accountable for developing and validating technical solutions, updating engineering and manufacturing documentation, and implementing process improvements that reduce cycle time, minimize rework, and improve service outcomes. Success requires strong technical judgment, structured problem-solving skills, and the ability to operate with a high degree of ownership in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Mechanical: Design, develop and test mechanical components, assemblies, fixtures, and tooling with a strong emphasis on design for quality and reliability, Manufacturability (DFM), and serviceability; Optimize materials, tolerances, and related processes for cost effective and repeatable manufacturing.
New Product Integration: Support new product integration by transitioning designs from rollout to production, ensuring manufacturing readiness and process capability
Quality & Compliance: Ensure products and processes meet engineering specifications, quality standards, and applicable regulatory and safety requirements; Support quality investigations, nonconformance resolution, and engineering change activities including Engineering Change Notifications and Letters of Deviations; Perform product and firmware line validations working closely with product teams and Quality Assurance.
Process Improvement: Implement opportunities to enhance productivity, reduce waste, and improve overall efficiency.
Issue Escalation: Work with a high degree of urgency and extreme ownership to root cause and counter measure line down or urgent situations
Collaboration: Work with operations leadership to problem solve, root cause and ensure seamless integration throughout manufacturing processes.
Equipment Management: Maintain and repair manufacturing equipment.
Documentation: Create and maintain process, fixture and test procedure documentation.
Compliance : Ensure processes meet or exceed stated compliance requirements
Management System: Assess, approve and implement Engineering Change Notifications, Oracle Configuration Management changes, and Letters of Deviation.
Technical Support: Provide Operations Team members with fixture, test procedure, and process support.
Training: Provide Operations Team members training on fixture, test procedure, and processes.
Qualifications Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
2 or more years of experience in a manufacturing application
Problem solving skills – Capable of troubleshooting and implementation of counter measures
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, tolerancing, and fabrication methods
Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work effectively in cross‑functional, fast‑paced manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize data, perform detailed analysis, and provide recommendations to management regarding corrective actions and potential design improvements.
Must be able to work with minimal supervision
Experience with LabView and CREO to create or update drawing information
Qualifications Strongly Preferred:
Electrical Engineering concepts
Hardware test and verification
Experience with regulatory compliance
Experience in embedded software/firmware
Gas detection equipment experience
Existing knowledge of Lean Concepts with demonstrated success
Basic operational knowledge of Oracle, Salesforce, JIRA and Windchill
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Industrial Scientific
Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985, we have pioneered numerous technologies, including the first 3-gas detector, 6-gas detector, wireless gas detector, and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle.Today, we continue to innovate and expand our hardware and software offerings to equip the connected workers of the future. Our latest solutions make it possible to see and respond to hazards in real time, bringing us one step closer to our vision of ending death on the job by 2050.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.
Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.
Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 70,600.00 - 117,900.00
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 70,600.00 - 117,900.00
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.