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Get Access To All JobsAt Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
JOB SUMMARY
The Lead Mechanical CAD Designer is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for the end-to-end mechanical CAD design, configuration control and lifecycle support of complex mechanical systems, including chillers, coolant distribution units (CDUs), thermal subsystems, enclosures, structural frameworks and fluid piping assemblies.
This role requires deep hands-on expertise in advanced parametric modeling, configuration aware design and manufacturing documentation. The engineer independently executes complex designs, owns model and drawing integrity and serves as a key technical contributor in cross functional product development efforts throughout concept, NPI, production and sustaining phases.
Job Title: Lead Mechanical CAD Designer
Organization: Data Center Infrastructure Team
Location: Austin, TX - or Remote *
* Requires up to 25% domestic and/or international travel (rare)
Key Responsibilities
Mechanical CAD Design & System Integration
- Independently design and maintain complex mechanical assemblies using advanced parametric CAD modeling in SolidWorks and/or Creo.
- Develop detailed layouts and assemblies encompassing structural elements, enclosures, piping systems, thermal components, pumps, valves and mounting interfaces.
- Ensure mechanical designs meet performance, thermal, structural, manufacturability, serviceability and customer requirements.
- Resolve system level mechanical integration challenges, including packaging constraints and interface definition.
Configuration Aware Design & Lifecycle Execution
- Execute configuration and revision-controlled CAD designs supporting multiple product variants, options and revisions within a common platform.
- Maintain stability and integrity of complex models as engineering changes are introduced over time.
- Implement engineering changes (ECR/ECNs), ensuring traceability, compatibility with released configurations and minimal disruption to production.
- Ensure consistent alignment between CAD models, drawings, BOMs and PLM data across all lifecycle stages.
Manufacturing & Documentation
- Produce and maintain production ready manufacturing drawings, applying expert level GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, materials, finishes and inspection quality requirements.
- Design parts and assemblies with strong consideration for DFM/DFA, fabrication methods, welding, machining and final assembly.
- Support prototype builds, pilot production and manufacturing issue resolution through rapid design updates and documentation corrections.
- Ensure designs support repeatable, high-yield manufacturing across multiple sites, suppliers, and production volumes.
Cross Functional Technical Collaboration
- Work closely with electrical engineering to coordinate mechanical electrical interfaces, routing paths and packaging clearances.
- Partner with manufacturing, supply chain, quality and production teams to address build issues, component changes, and all feedback.
- Provide technical input during design reviews, release readiness assessments and product change discussions.
- Contribute to the refinement of CAD standards, modeling practices and documentation quality through hands-on execution.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of hands-on mechanical CAD design experience with complex, multi-component assemblies.
- Expert proficiency in Creo and/or SolidWorks, including advanced parametric modeling methodologies.
- Strong command of GD&T, tolerancing and manufacturing documentation.
- Proven experience executing configuration controlled designs across multiple product variants and lifecycle phases.
- Ability to independently own complex technical work with minimal oversight.
Preferred Experience
- Power and Cooling system experience (Switchgear, PDC, UPS, Busway, chillers, CDUs, liquid cooling platforms, or thermal management systems).
- Experience with fluid systems design, including piping, fittings, valves, pumps, filters and heat exchangers.
- Background in industrial, infrastructure or data center class equipment.
- Familiarity with PLM systems and formal product release and change processes.
- Experience supporting NPI and sustaining engineering in production environments.
Core Competencies
- Senior level hands-on CAD execution
- High technical rigor and attention to detail
- Strong configuration and documentation discipline
- Systems level mechanical problem solving
- Effective collaboration without managerial responsibility
- Ability to operate in fast paced, change driven engineering environments
About the Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) Team:
The DCI team consists of technical subject matter experts who specialize in end-to-end large scale physical infrastructure that powers and enables modern data centers. This includes power distribution systems such as transformers, substations, generators, switchgear, switch panels, busways, ATS units, EDPM, BMS systems, and control panels, as well as cooling solutions ranging from traditional evaporative and indirect cooling systems to emerging liquid cooling technologies including chillers, heat exchangers, CDUs, pumps, and secondary fluid networks. The team also addresses the mechanical structures that house these systems - hot aisle containment, steel enclosures, blanking panels, cable trays, and fiber and networking infrastructure.
The DCI team operates as a cross-industry center of excellence, partnering primarily with various cloud providers across the industry. Team members function as deeply technical subject matter experts who engage directly with customers and supply chain partners to assess requirements, identify challenges, and design infrastructure solutions end-to-end. The ideal contributor brings engineering-level expertise in either power or cooling disciplines, a working knowledge of the full infrastructure dependency chain, and the ability to translate that expertise into clear recommendations and collaborative problem-solving with both technical and business stakeholders.
The pay range for this role is $105,100 - $189,200. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: .
As part of the total rewards package, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on performance. In addition, Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health, wealth, and resilient self. These include medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment; 4 weeks of paid parental leave; in 2027, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly; 401(k) retirement plan; and employee stock purchase plan.
BE AWARE OF FRAUD: When applying for a job at Jabil you will be contacted via correspondence through our official job portal with a jabil.com e-mail address; direct phone call from a member of the Jabil team; or direct e-mail with a jabil.com e-mail address. Jabil does not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. Jabil will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number, birth certificate, financial institution, driver’s license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail. If you believe you are a victim of identity theft, contact the Federal Bureau of Investigations internet crime hotline (www.ic3.gov), the Federal Trade Commission identity theft hotline (www.identitytheft.gov) and/or your local police department. Any scam job listings should be reported to whatever website it was posted in.
Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Accessibility Accommodation
If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Jabil.com/Careers site as a result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an e-mail to Always_Accessible@Jabil.com or calling 727-803-7988 with the nature of your request and contact information. Please do not direct any other general employment related questions to this e-mail or phone number. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to.
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At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
JOB SUMMARY
The Lead Mechanical CAD Designer is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for the end-to-end mechanical CAD design, configuration control and lifecycle support of complex mechanical systems, including chillers, coolant distribution units (CDUs), thermal subsystems, enclosures, structural frameworks and fluid piping assemblies.
This role requires deep hands-on expertise in advanced parametric modeling, configuration aware design and manufacturing documentation. The engineer independently executes complex designs, owns model and drawing integrity and serves as a key technical contributor in cross functional product development efforts throughout concept, NPI, production and sustaining phases.
Job Title: Lead Mechanical CAD Designer
Organization: Data Center Infrastructure Team
Location: Austin, TX - or Remote *
* Requires up to 25% domestic and/or international travel (rare)
Key Responsibilities
Mechanical CAD Design & System Integration
- Independently design and maintain complex mechanical assemblies using advanced parametric CAD modeling in SolidWorks and/or Creo.
- Develop detailed layouts and assemblies encompassing structural elements, enclosures, piping systems, thermal components, pumps, valves and mounting interfaces.
- Ensure mechanical designs meet performance, thermal, structural, manufacturability, serviceability and customer requirements.
- Resolve system level mechanical integration challenges, including packaging constraints and interface definition.
Configuration Aware Design & Lifecycle Execution
- Execute configuration and revision-controlled CAD designs supporting multiple product variants, options and revisions within a common platform.
- Maintain stability and integrity of complex models as engineering changes are introduced over time.
- Implement engineering changes (ECR/ECNs), ensuring traceability, compatibility with released configurations and minimal disruption to production.
- Ensure consistent alignment between CAD models, drawings, BOMs and PLM data across all lifecycle stages.
Manufacturing & Documentation
- Produce and maintain production ready manufacturing drawings, applying expert level GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, materials, finishes and inspection quality requirements.
- Design parts and assemblies with strong consideration for DFM/DFA, fabrication methods, welding, machining and final assembly.
- Support prototype builds, pilot production and manufacturing issue resolution through rapid design updates and documentation corrections.
- Ensure designs support repeatable, high-yield manufacturing across multiple sites, suppliers, and production volumes.
Cross Functional Technical Collaboration
- Work closely with electrical engineering to coordinate mechanical electrical interfaces, routing paths and packaging clearances.
- Partner with manufacturing, supply chain, quality and production teams to address build issues, component changes, and all feedback.
- Provide technical input during design reviews, release readiness assessments and product change discussions.
- Contribute to the refinement of CAD standards, modeling practices and documentation quality through hands-on execution.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of hands-on mechanical CAD design experience with complex, multi-component assemblies.
- Expert proficiency in Creo and/or SolidWorks, including advanced parametric modeling methodologies.
- Strong command of GD&T, tolerancing and manufacturing documentation.
- Proven experience executing configuration controlled designs across multiple product variants and lifecycle phases.
- Ability to independently own complex technical work with minimal oversight.
Preferred Experience
- Power and Cooling system experience (Switchgear, PDC, UPS, Busway, chillers, CDUs, liquid cooling platforms, or thermal management systems).
- Experience with fluid systems design, including piping, fittings, valves, pumps, filters and heat exchangers.
- Background in industrial, infrastructure or data center class equipment.
- Familiarity with PLM systems and formal product release and change processes.
- Experience supporting NPI and sustaining engineering in production environments.
Core Competencies
- Senior level hands-on CAD execution
- High technical rigor and attention to detail
- Strong configuration and documentation discipline
- Systems level mechanical problem solving
- Effective collaboration without managerial responsibility
- Ability to operate in fast paced, change driven engineering environments
About the Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) Team:
The DCI team consists of technical subject matter experts who specialize in end-to-end large scale physical infrastructure that powers and enables modern data centers. This includes power distribution systems such as transformers, substations, generators, switchgear, switch panels, busways, ATS units, EDPM, BMS systems, and control panels, as well as cooling solutions ranging from traditional evaporative and indirect cooling systems to emerging liquid cooling technologies including chillers, heat exchangers, CDUs, pumps, and secondary fluid networks. The team also addresses the mechanical structures that house these systems - hot aisle containment, steel enclosures, blanking panels, cable trays, and fiber and networking infrastructure.
The DCI team operates as a cross-industry center of excellence, partnering primarily with various cloud providers across the industry. Team members function as deeply technical subject matter experts who engage directly with customers and supply chain partners to assess requirements, identify challenges, and design infrastructure solutions end-to-end. The ideal contributor brings engineering-level expertise in either power or cooling disciplines, a working knowledge of the full infrastructure dependency chain, and the ability to translate that expertise into clear recommendations and collaborative problem-solving with both technical and business stakeholders.
The pay range for this role is $105,100 - $189,200. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: .
As part of the total rewards package, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on performance. In addition, Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health, wealth, and resilient self. These include medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment; 4 weeks of paid parental leave; in 2027, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly; 401(k) retirement plan; and employee stock purchase plan.
BE AWARE OF FRAUD: When applying for a job at Jabil you will be contacted via correspondence through our official job portal with a jabil.com e-mail address; direct phone call from a member of the Jabil team; or direct e-mail with a jabil.com e-mail address. Jabil does not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. Jabil will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number, birth certificate, financial institution, driver’s license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail. If you believe you are a victim of identity theft, contact the Federal Bureau of Investigations internet crime hotline (www.ic3.gov), the Federal Trade Commission identity theft hotline (www.identitytheft.gov) and/or your local police department. Any scam job listings should be reported to whatever website it was posted in.
Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Accessibility Accommodation
If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Jabil.com/Careers site as a result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an e-mail to Always_Accessible@Jabil.com or calling 727-803-7988 with the nature of your request and contact information. Please do not direct any other general employment related questions to this e-mail or phone number. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Mechanical Designer
Document your degree field precisely
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree directly relates to mechanical design. A degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrial design strengthens your petition. A general engineering or unrelated degree may require a credential evaluation to establish equivalency.
Search LCA filings for actual sponsors
Use the OFLC Wage Search to filter Labor Condition Applications by job title and state. Employers who have filed LCAs for Mechanical Designer or related titles in the past three years are far more likely to sponsor than those with no filing history.
Target manufacturers over staffing firms
Direct manufacturers in aerospace, automotive, and industrial equipment file H-1B petitions for in-house design roles far more reliably than staffing agencies. Third-party placement arrangements add legal complexity and are more frequently challenged by USCIS during adjudication.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check Level I through Level IV thresholds before your offer discussion so the LCA your employer files isn't challenged at filing.
Find verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to see which employers have active H-1B LCA filing history for Mechanical Designer roles. You can filter by location and occupation code so you're applying only to companies with a demonstrated record of sponsoring this type of position.
Request premium processing if your start date is fixed
If you're changing employers or starting a new role on a specific date, ask your employer to file Form I-907 for premium processing. USCIS guarantees a decision within 15 business days, which matters when project timelines or end-client contracts set a hard start date.
H-1B Visa Mechanical Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Mechanical Designer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, if the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a closely related field. The key is that the degree requirement must be tied to the specific role, not just preferred. Employers with vague job descriptions stating 'degree preferred' rather than 'degree required' risk an RFE from USCIS during adjudication.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Mechanical Designer roles?
Manufacturers in aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial equipment tend to sponsor most consistently for mechanical design positions. You can verify which employers have active filing history by searching Migrate Mate, which surfaces DOL Labor Condition Application data by occupation and location so you can target only confirmed sponsors.
Does CAD software specialization affect my H-1B petition as a Mechanical Designer?
It can strengthen it. If your employer's job description requires proficiency in a specific platform like SolidWorks, CATIA, or Creo for a role that demands specialized engineering judgment, that specificity supports the specialty occupation argument. Generic drafting roles without degree requirements are harder to sustain under H-1B standards.
Can I switch Mechanical Designer jobs while on H-1B?
Yes, under H-1B portability rules established by AC21, you can start working for a new employer as soon as the new I-129 petition is filed, provided your current H-1B has been approved for at least 180 days. Your new employer must file a new LCA with the DOL and submit a new H-1B petition to USCIS before your first day.
What SOC code applies to Mechanical Designer roles for the LCA?
Most Mechanical Designer positions are filed under SOC 17-3013 (Mechanical Drafters) or 17-2141 (Mechanical Engineers), depending on the complexity and degree requirements of the role. The SOC code your employer selects determines which prevailing wage tier applies, so confirming the correct classification with your employer before LCA filing matters. You can cross-reference role definitions using O*NET.