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Development Engineer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Engineer category, covering product development, systems design, and R&D positions across manufacturing, tech, and aerospace. Canadian citizens get same-day border approval; Mexican citizens need a consulate appointment. Your degree must be in engineering or a directly related field.
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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 Development Engineer
Align your credentials to USMCA's Engineer category
TN visa approval hinges on a degree specifically in engineering, not just a related technical field. A computer science or physics degree typically won't qualify unless the job duties map directly to engineering work defined under USMCA.
Target employers experienced with visa sponsorship
Search for companies with recent visa filings in engineering roles. These employers have experience with work visa sponsorship and understand the sponsorship process, making them more likely to support your TN application and provide the required employer support letter.
Request a TN support letter before your border crossing
Canadians apply directly at a port of entry, but the employer's support letter is what CBP officers evaluate most closely. Get it on company letterhead, specifying your engineering role, degree, and USMCA category before you travel.
Prepare for consulate timelines if you hold Mexican citizenship
Mexican TN applicants must complete a U.S. consulate interview, which adds weeks to your start date. Build this into your negotiated start date with the employer so your offer letter isn't voided before you get your visa stamped.
Use Migrate Mate to find Development Engineer roles with sponsorship
Filter by TN-eligible employers on Migrate Mate to surface Development Engineer positions where companies are already set up to file. Avoids spending weeks on applications at companies that won't engage on visa sponsorship at all.
Clarify job title framing before the employer files
CBP scrutinizes job titles carefully. If your offer letter says 'Product Development Engineer' but internal systems list you as 'Technical Program Manager,' request a title correction before filing. Mismatches between title, duties, and degree are a leading TN denial trigger.
Development Engineer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Development Engineer role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
Yes, provided your job duties align with engineering work under the USMCA Engineer category and your degree is specifically in engineering or a directly related discipline. Roles focused on product design, systems development, or R&D typically qualify. Generalist titles like 'Technical Lead' or 'Program Manager' require stronger documentation to establish the engineering connection.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Development Engineer positions?
TN has no annual lottery and no cap for Canadian citizens, so you can start as soon as the employer files and CBP approves, often on the same day at the border. H-1B visa requires winning a random lottery, a six-month wait, and a specific start date of October 1. For Development Engineers with a qualifying degree, TN is a more direct and predictable path.
Where can I find Development Engineer jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for TN-eligible professionals and lets you search Development Engineer roles filtered by employers open to sponsorship. General job boards don't filter by visa type, so you end up cold-screening dozens of postings. Searching through Migrate Mate puts you directly in front of employers who have already indicated they'll work with TN candidates.
Can my employer sponsor TN status if they've never done it before?
Yes. Unlike H-1B, TN doesn't require USCIS petition approval for Canadians, so there's no prior experience required on the employer's end. The employer writes a support letter and you present it at the border. The main risk is an employer who writes a vague or incomplete letter. Request a review of the letter before travel.
What happens if my Development Engineer job duties change after TN approval?
If your role shifts significantly beyond what was described in the original TN application, your status may no longer match your approved classification. You'd need a new TN entry reflecting the updated duties, which means either a fresh border crossing for Canadians or a new consulate appointment for Mexican citizens. Document any major role changes with your employer immediately.