System Engineer

Job Title: System Engineer

Location: Buffalo Grove, IL

Employment: Temp (5 months)

Industry: Manufacturing

Compensation: $50.00/hr.

Schedule: 40 hours/week - 1 st shift

About the Opportunity:

• Provides support of existing products, drives Cost Value Engineering efforts, and assists in the development of new mechatronic products.
• Designs and develops mechanical hardware and devices including controllers, sensors, actuators, enclosures, and accessories.
• Works with senior engineering personnel, mechanical engineers, lab engineers, technical writer, approvals manager, technicians, and others within the organization to coordinate development of designs.
• Assembles or directs the assembly of mechanical hardware and systems and other tasks.
• Use engineering and other software for project management, engineering, development (3D modelling), and report writing.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Sound like a good fit?

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What You'll Do:

• Prepares rough copy of technical documentation to support product designs.
• Works with outside vendors to optimize design and obtain costing for production quantities and tooling.
• Assists field employees in trouble shooting product problems in field offices, distributors, or customer locations.
• May visit suppliers to assist in resolving their production problems.
• Generates development and product cost, schedule, and mechanical engineering specifications to support design teams.
• Use 3D modelling software to design new, modify existing components for mechatronic products.
• Use engineering and other software for project management, engineering, development (mechanical layout, mechanical component details and mechanical illustrations), and report writing.
• Prepares rough copy of technical documentation to support product designs.
• Works with outside vendors to optimize design and obtain costing for production quantities and tooling.
• Assists field employees in trouble shooting product problems in field offices, distributors or customer locations.
• May visit suppliers and customers to assist in resolving their issues.
• Generates development and product cost, schedule and mechanical engineering specifications to support design teams.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in mechanical engineering or mechatronic product development.

What Sets You Apart:

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, assembly and fabrication for electro-mechanical devices and components.
• Good written language skills for generating progress reports and engineering specifications.
• Ability to use personal computers and software tools for design, working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP) and TeamCenter.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• 3+ years of design experience using TeamCenter tools.
• Experience in mechanical laboratory, other hands-on environments.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.