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Clinical Development Specialist roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA treaty's scientific technician and technologist or chemist categories, depending on your credentials and job duties. Canadian citizens can apply at the port of entry with no cap, while Mexican citizens require consular processing. A qualifying bachelor's degree in a life sciences field strengthens your case.
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Get Access To All JobsBH Job ID: BH-4489-2
SF Job Req ID: 18938
Job Title: Mechanical Development Engineer
Location: Davidson, NC
About us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.
Job Overview:
Step into a highly visible Mechanical Development Engineer role where your work directly shapes the core technology behind rotary screw air compressors. This is not a narrow mechanical development seat or a pure project management role—it is a hands-on, technical project leadership opportunity for an engineer who can take complex mechanical products and develop them from concept through design, validation, launch, and production handoff.
In this role, you will own mechanical development projects tied to rotary screw airends, one of the most critical subsystems within the compressor. You will work through phase-gate new product development, apply mechanical engineering principles and analytical tools, solve varied mechanical development design challenges, as you help drive decisions around performance, reliability, cost, timing, and manufacturability. The work spans close clearances, tight tolerances, rotating equipment, bearing systems, gears, GD&T, test planning, and technical analysis—while also requiring the communication and leadership skills to keep cross-functional teams aligned. This is an ideal opportunity for a well-rounded mechanical development engineer who enjoys being the “Swiss Army knife” on complex technical projects: technical enough to dig into the engineering depth of the design, analytical enough to solve hard problems, and collaborative enough to lead project calls, design reviews, schedules, and cross-functional execution. You will also manage shifting priorities across multiple development efforts while partnering with teams in a global engineering environment.
If you want a role where you can stay deeply technical while owning meaningful product development from early concept through launch, this team offers the complexity, visibility, and long-term growth to make that possible.
Responsibilities:
Product Development & Execution
- Lead mechanical engineering development for rotary screw airends from concept through production
- Define specifications and conduct technical design reviews
- Execute projects to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets
- Perform engineering analysis, trade studies, and solution selection
Project & Team Coordination
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and resource needs
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals
- Support Engineering Manager and project leaders in achieving goals
Testing & Validation
- Develop and execute test plans with laboratory teams
- Analyze performance data and generate technical reports
- Support root cause analysis and problem resolution
Cross-Functional & External Support
- Provide technical support to manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and marketing
- Collaborate with suppliers on design and technical requirements
- Assist with warranty investigations and field issue resolution
Documentation & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain design documentation compliant with ISO procedures
- Support BOM and engineering change release processes in PLM systems
- Apply lessons learned and FMEA to improve future designs
- Stay current with engineering tools and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 7+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience
- 5+ years of mechanical development and technical problem-solving experience involving mechanical systems, tight tolerances, close clearances, and mechanical development parameters
- Demonstrated experience with engineering project leadership and execution experience, completing two or more full project cycles
- Experience developing test plans, analyzing results, and using technical analysis to support engineering decisions
Core Competencies:
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Ability to manage shifting priorities in a global, cross-functional environment
- Working knowledge of PLM and ERP systems in manufacturing
- GD&T knowledge with ANSI Y14.5 application
- Familiarity with stage-gate product development
- Working knowledge of DFMEA, DOE, and DFM/A
- Manufacturing and machining fundamentals, including cost, quality, and producibility impact
Preferences:
- Rotating equipment experience
- Industrial machine design
- Bearing system design
- GD&T from a drawing perspective
- FEA/CFD experience
- 3D CAD experience, ideally Creo
Travel and Work Arrangements
- Ability and willingness to travel 10-15% (primarily domestic to Ingersoll Rand testing and manufacturing facilities).
What We Offer
At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency.
Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
BH Job ID: BH-4489-2
SF Job Req ID: 18938
Job Title: Mechanical Development Engineer
Location: Davidson, NC
About us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.
Job Overview:
Step into a highly visible Mechanical Development Engineer role where your work directly shapes the core technology behind rotary screw air compressors. This is not a narrow mechanical development seat or a pure project management role—it is a hands-on, technical project leadership opportunity for an engineer who can take complex mechanical products and develop them from concept through design, validation, launch, and production handoff.
In this role, you will own mechanical development projects tied to rotary screw airends, one of the most critical subsystems within the compressor. You will work through phase-gate new product development, apply mechanical engineering principles and analytical tools, solve varied mechanical development design challenges, as you help drive decisions around performance, reliability, cost, timing, and manufacturability. The work spans close clearances, tight tolerances, rotating equipment, bearing systems, gears, GD&T, test planning, and technical analysis—while also requiring the communication and leadership skills to keep cross-functional teams aligned. This is an ideal opportunity for a well-rounded mechanical development engineer who enjoys being the “Swiss Army knife” on complex technical projects: technical enough to dig into the engineering depth of the design, analytical enough to solve hard problems, and collaborative enough to lead project calls, design reviews, schedules, and cross-functional execution. You will also manage shifting priorities across multiple development efforts while partnering with teams in a global engineering environment.
If you want a role where you can stay deeply technical while owning meaningful product development from early concept through launch, this team offers the complexity, visibility, and long-term growth to make that possible.
Responsibilities:
Product Development & Execution
- Lead mechanical engineering development for rotary screw airends from concept through production
- Define specifications and conduct technical design reviews
- Execute projects to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets
- Perform engineering analysis, trade studies, and solution selection
Project & Team Coordination
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and resource needs
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals
- Support Engineering Manager and project leaders in achieving goals
Testing & Validation
- Develop and execute test plans with laboratory teams
- Analyze performance data and generate technical reports
- Support root cause analysis and problem resolution
Cross-Functional & External Support
- Provide technical support to manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and marketing
- Collaborate with suppliers on design and technical requirements
- Assist with warranty investigations and field issue resolution
Documentation & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain design documentation compliant with ISO procedures
- Support BOM and engineering change release processes in PLM systems
- Apply lessons learned and FMEA to improve future designs
- Stay current with engineering tools and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 7+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience
- 5+ years of mechanical development and technical problem-solving experience involving mechanical systems, tight tolerances, close clearances, and mechanical development parameters
- Demonstrated experience with engineering project leadership and execution experience, completing two or more full project cycles
- Experience developing test plans, analyzing results, and using technical analysis to support engineering decisions
Core Competencies:
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Ability to manage shifting priorities in a global, cross-functional environment
- Working knowledge of PLM and ERP systems in manufacturing
- GD&T knowledge with ANSI Y14.5 application
- Familiarity with stage-gate product development
- Working knowledge of DFMEA, DOE, and DFM/A
- Manufacturing and machining fundamentals, including cost, quality, and producibility impact
Preferences:
- Rotating equipment experience
- Industrial machine design
- Bearing system design
- GD&T from a drawing perspective
- FEA/CFD experience
- 3D CAD experience, ideally Creo
Travel and Work Arrangements
- Ability and willingness to travel 10-15% (primarily domestic to Ingersoll Rand testing and manufacturing facilities).
What We Offer
At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency.
Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Clinical Development Specialist
Align your credentials to USMCA categories
TN visa eligibility for Clinical Development Specialists hinges on your degree field matching a qualifying USMCA category. A life sciences, chemistry, or pharmacology degree supports the strongest case. A general biology degree with unrelated coursework creates friction at the border or consulate.
Target sponsors with active clinical trial pipelines
Pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and medical device firms running active IND or NDA programs have immediate, ongoing need for clinical development staff and are more likely to prepare TN support letters without pushback.
Request a detailed employer support letter upfront
The TN support letter must specify your job title, USMCA category, duties, and employment terms. Ask the hiring manager to confirm these details before an offer is signed so the letter doesn't need revision at the port of entry or consulate.
Confirm ICH E6 experience is documented in your CV
CBP officers and consular officers reviewing clinical development TN petitions look for evidence you'll perform specialized work. Listing specific GCP frameworks, protocol development, or regulatory submission experience makes your role harder to challenge as a non-qualifying position.
Search for TN-ready roles using Migrate Mate
Filter your job search to employers with TN visa sponsorship history using Migrate Mate, which surfaces clinical development roles by visa type so you're not cold-applying to companies unfamiliar with USMCA professional categories.
Prepare for Mexican consular processing early
Mexican citizens cannot self-petition at a port of entry for TN status and must schedule a consular appointment. Build at least four to six weeks into your timeline before a target start date to account for appointment availability and document review.
Clinical Development Specialist TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Clinical Development Specialist role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes, but the specific USMCA category depends on your credentials and duties. Roles focused on scientific data, protocol design, or regulatory submissions typically fall under scientific technician and technologist or chemist categories. Your employer's support letter must map your actual duties to a recognized USMCA profession, not just cite your job title.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Clinical Development Specialist positions?
TN has no annual lottery and no cap for Canadian citizens, so you can start within days of receiving an offer rather than waiting for an October start date. H-1B visa requires employer sponsorship through a lottery with roughly a one-in-four selection rate. The tradeoff is that TN does not allow dual intent, so it's not a direct path to a green card the way H-1B can be.
What documents does my employer need to prepare for my TN application?
Your employer must produce a signed support letter on company letterhead stating your job title, USMCA professional category, specific duties, anticipated length of employment, and your professional qualifications. You'll also need your original degree certificate and transcripts. Canadian citizens present these at a U.S. port of entry. Mexican citizens submit them as part of a consular application package.
Can I find Clinical Development Specialist jobs that already have TN sponsorship experience?
Yes. Migrate Mate lets you search clinical development roles filtered by TN visa sponsorship history, so you can identify employers who have successfully sponsored USMCA professionals before. That prior experience matters because it reduces negotiation and back-and-forth over whether the role qualifies, which is one of the most common delays in the TN hiring process.
What happens if CBP questions whether my Clinical Development Specialist role qualifies for TN status?
CBP officers have discretion to ask detailed questions about your duties and degree field at the port of entry. If challenged, a well-drafted employer letter that ties specific job functions to the USMCA category definition is your strongest defense. Canadians who are denied can withdraw their application and refile with a stronger package, unlike H-1B where denial ends the process for that fiscal year.