Parametric CAD and Manufacturing Specialist
Job Description
Create, revise and validate mechanical CAD models and manufacturing documentation.
What you will do
• Build constrained parametric parts and assemblies with robust sketches and feature trees, using FreeCAD or transferable CAD methods.
• Prepare engineering drawings, tolerance analyses, assembly instructions and reproducible design records.
• Audit dimensions, GD&T and manufacturability and resolve model defects.
• Design for applicable CNC, sheet-metal, injection-molding, plastics or casting/forging processes.
• Use optional scripting to automate modeling and validation; incorporate technical-review feedback.
Required background
• Ability to produce accurate parametric mechanical models and explain manufacturing decisions.
Preferred background
• For general FreeCAD/manufacturing modeling, 2• years of relevant mechanical, product, industrial or manufacturing design is preferred.
• For specialist model editing, 4• years of applied parametric work is preferred; complex-assembly creation briefs prefer 10• years.
• FreeCAD or equivalent parametric skills; relevant platforms include SolidWorks, Inventor, Fusion 360, Onshape, Creo and NX.
• GD&T using ASME Y14.5 or equivalent, tolerancing and production-ready documentation.
• DFM knowledge across at least two to three relevant manufacturing processes for the specialist creation/editing briefs.
• Assembly-level modeling, current practical CAD work and reverse engineering such as scan-to-CAD or point-cloud reconstruction.
• Optional automation with Python, iLogic, VBA or NX Open; strong communication and CAD-quality review.
Availability
• Remote work; agree the assignment schedule before starting.
Pay and engagement
$32–$105/hr
Amounts are in USD. The applicable rate or fee and work requirements are agreed before you begin.