Associate Mechanical Engineer I

Location: Plainville, CT, United States

Department: Engineering

Work Location: onsite

The Associate Mechanical Engineer is a hands-on development role for an early-career engineer to build broad technical capability through real engineering work. The position supports experienced engineers while learning to investigate problems, define and implement product changes, conduct testing, and improve existing products. Through repeated practice and progressively greater ownership, this role increases the capacity of the engineering team while developing the fundamentals and judgment needed for future engineering roles.

Essential Functions:

• Learn structured problem solving by investigating manufacturing, quality, supplier, product-performance, and customer-related challenges through hands-on observation, analysis, testing, and implementation of approved solutions.
• Learn how products are designed, built, and sustained by creating and maintaining CAD models, drawings, bills of material, routings, configurations, and engineering records used throughout the product lifecycle.
• Build disciplined engineering execution by evaluating impacts, implementing approved product changes, maintaining accurate technical information, and carrying solutions through release across engineering and business systems.
• Develop engineering judgment through evidence by planning, conducting, analyzing, and documenting testing, requalification, product characterization, and technical investigations.
• Learn how engineers improve existing products by defining opportunities, evaluating feasibility and alternatives, developing recommendations, and executing appropriately scoped projects that improve cost, quality, manufacturability, reliability, or customer value.

Critical Success Factor: 

• Build Mastery Through Deliberate Practice: Embraces hands-on learning, repetition, feedback, and reflection to build strong engineering fundamentals and judgment. Uses each assignment to deepen product knowledge, improve execution, and earn progressively greater ownership of engineering work.

Education & Experience Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, with 0–2 years of experience through internships, co-ops, academic projects, personal projects, or early-career engineering assignments.

• Hands-on exposure to manufacturing, testing, product design, troubleshooting, fabrication, repair, or other technical work. Experience may come from professional assignments, university programs, Formula SAE, Baja, robotics, design-build teams, maker activities, or personal technical pursuits.

• Demonstrated curiosity about how products and manufacturing processes work, with a genuine interest in building, repairing, modifying, testing, or creating physical products.

• Humble and coachable, with the willingness to ask questions, learn from mistakes, seek feedback, and build mastery through repetition rather than rushing toward advanced responsibilities.

• Takes ownership of assigned problems, follows work through completion, and recognizes when technical consultation, peer review, or approval is required.

• Able to organize technical information and collaborate effectively with engineers, operators, technicians, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Product Management, Technical Support, and Sales.

• Basic familiarity with 3D CAD, engineering drawings, and mechanical engineering fundamentals. Experience with PDM, ERP, engineering change, configuration management, or testing systems is helpful but not required.

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Ralliant Corporation Overview

Ralliant, originally part of Fortive, now stands as a bold, independent public company driving innovation at the forefront of precision technology. With a global footprint and a legacy of excellence, we empower engineers to bring next-generation breakthroughs to life — faster, smarter, and more reliably. Our high-performance instruments, sensors, and subsystems fuel mission-critical advancements across industries, enabling real-world impact where it matters most. At Ralliant we're building the future, together with those driven to push boundaries, solve complex problems, and leave a lasting mark on the world.

About Gems Setra

Gems Setra is a leading global supplier of sensing and monitoring technologies, operating within the Precision Technologies platform of Ralliant Corporation. Through our comprehensive portfolio of premium sensing products, we deliver solutions to customer problems and challenges. As two Fortive businesses merged in 2022, Gems Setra's vision is to connect our customers to their environment to create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. Gems Sensors product offerings include a range of products that encompass liquid level, flow, and pressure sensors, miniature solenoid valves, proximity switches, and integrated fluid management solutions. The Setra Systems product line offers an extensive selection of high-quality sensing instruments for humidity, current, vacuum, energy, and pressure measurements. At the heart of our combined company's mission lies a shared dedication between Gems Sensors and Setra Systems to deliver high-quality sensing solutions, backed by reliable customer support on a global scale. As a part of Ralliant, we embrace a culture of innovation, driving progress and empowering advancements in the industries and customers we serve.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ralliant Corporation and all Ralliant Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Ralliant and all Ralliant Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@Ralliant.com.

Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 58960.00-109340.00