Drive Innovation as our Next Mechanical Design Engineer (Inertial Sensors)!
Ready to shape the future of machine automation and heavy industries?
We are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to architect, implement, and validate cutting-edge inertial sensor technology that directly guides massive earthmoving and paving machines across the globe.
About Us
Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.
Field Systems: The Trimble Field Systems segment provides solutions to increase precision and productivity in construction tasks by empowering stakeholders to collect accurate information and manage conditions with cutting-edge technology. Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT) is a joint venture under our Field Systems Segment here at Trimble.
CTCT develops advanced machine control, guidance, and positioning systems for the heavy construction, earthmoving, and mining industries. By combining Trimble's precision positioning technologies (like GNSS/GPS, lasers, optics, and sonics) with Caterpillar’s heavy machinery expertise, CTCT builds software and hardware that automates and optimizes equipment operations.
The core focus of CTCT is Grade Control Solutions (such as the Cat Grade 3D and Trimble Earthworks platforms). These systems give machine operators precise, real-time vertical and horizontal guidance inside the cab, allowing bulldozers, excavators, scrapers, and graders to cut, fill, and level earth to exact 3D design specifications.
What Makes This Role Great
In this role, you will own the mechanical architecture of high-precision Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) from early concept through high-volume production, creating robust designs that withstand the most demanding construction environments. Working within a high-impact joint venture between two industry giants, your mechanical innovations will directly control and automate heavy machinery worldwide.
Key Exciting Responsibilities
Architect and develop mechanical concepts for next-generation Inertial Sensors (IMUs), translating product requirements into clear mechanical specifications.
Lead new product designs completely from concept through production, managing the mechanical BOM and identifying Key Product Characteristics.
Conduct rigorous design analyses and generate technical documentation, including DFMEAs, finite element analysis (FEA), and precision tolerance stack-ups.
Design, direct, and oversee comprehensive validation testing to ensure structural and environmental performance meets strict survival criteria.
Coordinate cross-functional teams, lead design reviews, and deliver impactful technical presentations to customers and internal stakeholders.
Essential Skills & Experience
You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
You bring 5+ years of experience in new product design and development, specifically within rugged product sectors like automotive or sensors.
You possess hands-on design experience with diverse fabrication methods, including injection-molded plastics, sheet metal, and cast metal components.
You are skilled in digital simulation methodologies and tools, covering FEA, Moldflow, structural, and thermal analysis.
You have a strong understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM) and robust change management procedures.
Bonus Points For
Dedicated experience in sensor mechanical design.
Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling, specifically utilizing PTC Creo.
Deep experience troubleshooting mechanical failures in bolted joints, dynamic seals, gaskets, and moisture ingress.
Familiarity with random vibration and shock concepts, incorporating them into dynamic simulation workflows.
Experience with Matlab and designing mechanical components for Functional Safety standards.
Logistics
Location: Dayton, OH
Travel Requirement: 10%
Why You'll Love Working With Us
At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.
You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.
Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."
Mechanical Design Engineer, Sensor Engineer, Inertial Measurement Unit, IMU, Heavy Machinery, PTC Creo, FEA, Finite Element Analysis, CAD Design, Automotive Sensors, Injection Molding, Cast Metal, Shock and Vibration, CTCT, Caterpillar, Product Lifecycle Management
Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
Hiring Range
$85,900.00–$118,100.00Pay Rate Type
SalaryBonus Eligible?
YesCommission Eligible?
No
Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.
How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.
Application Deadline: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.”
Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.
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