Design Project Leader

Job description

Job Opportunity: Design Project Leader – Fameccanica - West Chester, OH Do you excel at turning machine concepts into manufacturable automation systems? Are you strong in technical execution design, build, testing, and delivery in fast-paced settings? Do you partner with cross-functional teams to improve reliability, cost, and assembly while ensuring quality and safety? If you answered yes, let’s talk! The Design Project Leader is a hands‑on engineering role responsible for taking existing machine designs and turning them into reliable, manufacturable, and sellable automation solutions. This position combines strong mechanical design expertise with technical project leadership and ownership across the full execution lifecycle. The role includes up to 30% travel. This is not an R&D or concept‑only role. The focus is on industrialization, execution, and continuous improvement of automation systems in a lean, fast‑moving environment. What you’ll do: - Own technical execution of automation projects from early design through build, test, and customer delivery - Perform hands‑on mechanical design and refinement of automation and robotic systems - Improve existing designs for manufacturab...