Manufacturing Design Evaluation Task Author
Job Description
IXO is engaging specialists to evaluate CAD and manufacturing tasks whose designs can be checked and released confidently. Your contribution is technical work: make the reasoning inspectable, identify substantive errors and provide evidence that supports a reliable assessment.
Work you will do
• Create or evaluate models, drawings and design decisions within the assigned mechanical or manufacturing task.
• Check GD&T, tolerance stacks, DFM or assembly constraints against the intended part and process.
• Provide clear technical assessments and reference reasoning, including release, change-control or manufacturing-rubric considerations where relevant.
Required background and routes
• General CAD-evaluation route: practical experience with a CAD system such as Creo, CATIA, Inventor, Onshape, SolidWorks, AutoCAD or Fusion 360 and clear technical explanations.
Preferred background
• Production-design route: mechanical/aerospace/industrial-design BS or MS with at least five years owning designs through tolerances, GD&T, DFM and drawing release; CSWP/CSWE is useful.
• Parametric modelling, ASME Y14.5 and B89, ECR/ECN, manufacturing constraints and concept-to-release work. PLM/PDM, CAM/CNC and multi-platform CAD are valuable.
• For general evaluation, Python/coding agents, Autodesk tools, CAM/manufacturing, AI tools or rubric work are helpful. Production problem-setting, exam/standards committees, competitions or research distinctions are particularly valued.
Deliverables
Submit the completed technical artifact or assessment with its supporting evidence, explicit assumptions, reproducible checks where applicable, and concise reasons for each material judgment. Address review findings within the agreed scope.
Location and schedule
Remote assignments are scheduled by agreement, with no guaranteed weekly volume. Availability planning can include 15-20 hours per week depending on the track. IXO confirms the applicable timing before work.
Pay and working terms
Per completed task; fee agreed before work USD. Payment is for a completed task that meets the agreed acceptance criteria. The fee, task specification and revision requirements are agreed before work; an advertised time estimate does not determine payment. Applying does not guarantee an assignment. Use public, licensed or otherwise authorized material only; do not submit confidential employer information, personal data or restricted research.