3D CAD Designer - 21331
Mechanical 3D CAD Designer — Product Development Location: Remote – South Africa or Philippines Employment Type: Full-Time (8am - 5 pm EST) Industry: Manufacuring Reports To: Founder / Executive Leadership We design and manufacture high-reliability custom hardware for banking and security applications, including camera mounts, protective housings, custom brackets, retrofit kits, and specialized physical components. We manufacture using SLA and SLS 3D printing, sheet-metal fabrication, and CNC machining, with an active product roadmap combining mechanical design, plastics, cameras, and embedded sensors. Role Overview We are urgently seeking a mechanically minded 3D CAD Designer to partner directly with our founder. Our founder currently dedicates ~40 hours a week to CAD and maintains a clear vision for upcoming product builds. Your primary mission is to translate that vision into accurate, fully editable 3D models, complex assemblies, and production-ready technical drawings. You will handle routine mechanical details, solve fit issues, and serve as our core CAD specialist for initial model creation, rapid revisions, and simple layout tasks—supported directly by leadership on complex mechanical challenges. This position offers an extraordinary mentorship environment: our founder commits 10 hours per week to dedicated, hands-on working sessions to review designs, share trade secrets, and walk through manufacturing strategies with you. Key Responsibilities * CAD Modeling & Design: Create and iterate brackets, mounts, covers, adapters, and custom enclosures based on rough sketches, reference components, dimensions, and live feedback. * Assembly & Detail Resolution: Work out practical mounting arrangements, select appropriate hardware/fasteners, define functional clearances, and resolve spatial packaging constraints. * Manufacturing Preparation: Generate organized CAD files, assembly drawings, and export formats optimized for SLA/SLS 3D printing, sheet-metal bending, and CNC machining. * Design Optimization: Identify potential interference or manufacturing flaws early; propose clean, sensible mechanical improvements. * Iterative Design: Update and refine models rapidly based on prototype testing and engineering feedback. What We Are Looking For…
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