Senior Mechanical Drafter - SolidWorks

<table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Work Arrangement</strong></p> <p>This is an onsite position at our Baltimore, MD location.</p> <p><strong>Job Overview</strong></p> <p>AEVEX Maritime Systems is seeking a Senior Mechanical Drafter – SolidWorks to serve as a key technical resource within the Engineering organization, responsible for transforming engineering concepts, 3D models, sketches, redlines, and partially developed drawings into complete, accurate, and production-ready technical documentation. This position will work closely with Project Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, manufacturing personnel, suppliers, and other technical staff to ensure drawings clearly and fully define design intent for fabrication, inspection, assembly, and installation. The successful candidate will also serve as an independent drawing checker and subject-matter resource for drafting standards, GD&T, dimensioning and tolerancing, revision control, and drawing quality, helping ensure that released engineering documentation is complete, manufacturable, and consistent with company and industry practices.</p> <p><strong>Essential Functions</strong></p> <ul> <li>Create, revise, complete, independently check, and approve detailed mechanical drawings and associated technical documentation using SolidWorks.</li> <li>Convert engineering concepts, 3D models, sketches, redlines, and partially developed drawings into complete, unambiguous, production-ready manufacturing documentation.</li> <li>Develop detailed part, assembly, installation, fabrication, and instructional drawings.</li> <li>Determine and apply the views, sections, details, dimensions, tolerances, fits, GD&T, materials, finishes, notes, symbols, datum structures, and other information necessary to fully define components and assemblies for manufacture, inspection, assembly, and installation.</li> <li>Serve as an independent drawing checker and subject-matter resource for engineering drawing practices.</li> <li>Review engineers' drawings for completeness, clarity, dimensional consistency, manufacturability, BOM consistency, revision accuracy, and compliance with company drafting standards and applicable industry drawing practices.</li> <li>Exercise drawing/documentation approval authority while engineering technical-design approval remains with the responsible engineer.</li> <li>Identify incomplete, conflicting, over-constrained, under-defined, or ambiguous drawing information and work with the responsible engineer to resolve issues prior to release.</li> <li>Independently develop routine drawing details necessary to complete the manufacturing definition while escalating decisions that affect engineering design intent.</li> <li>Apply sound dimensioning and tolerancing practices, including GD&T where needed, to communicate design intent while considering manufacturing and inspection capability.</li> <li>Identify unnecessarily restrictive tolerances or other requirements that may increase manufacturing cost or difficulty and recommend improvements to the responsible engineer.</li> <li>Generate and maintain Bills of Material and support accurate transfer and control of BOM and drawing information within applicable PDM and PLM systems.</li> <li>Incorporate approved engineering changes, redlines, and as-built information while maintaining accurate revision history and configuration traceability.</li> <li>Work closely with Project Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, other engineering disciplines, technicians, manufacturing personnel, suppliers, fabricators, and machinists.</li> <li>Support resolution of drawing and manufacturing questions and clarify documented design intent in coordination with the responsible engineer.</li> <li>Provide manufacturability, assembly, documentation, and cost-related feedback to engineering teams and recommend improvements without independently changing engineering design requirements.</li> <li>Maintain and improve company drafting standards, SolidWorks drawing templates, sheet formats, standard notes, blocks, libraries, standard components, and related drafting resources.</li> <li>Provide guidance to engineers and other technical personnel regarding drawing standards, GD&T, dimensioning practices, drawing completeness, and preparation of high-quality engineering documentation.</li> <li>Support multiple concurrent engineering projects with changing priorities and schedules while maintaining strong ownership, attention to detail, and task follow-through.</li> <li>Perform other duties as required.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Standard Essential Functions</strong></p> <ul> <li>Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].</li> <li>Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.</li> <li>Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications and Competencies</strong>              </p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to interpret engineering design intent and convert preliminary or incomplete engineering models, sketches, and documentation into complete manufactur