CAD Engineer

CAD Engineer (Flexible Fractional Placement)

Employment Type:Part-Time / Hourly Contractor(Starting at 10 hours/week, structured to scale to full time as volume of work increases)

Work Model:Fully Remote

Work Hours:Flexible alignment with US business hours for project review

Reporting To:Engineering Lead / Operations Manager

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly precise, detail-orientedCAD / Applications Drafting Engineerto take ownership of our customer-specific submittal packages. This position is explicitly focused on application engineering for our existing product catalog; there are no research and development (R&D) or conceptual design responsibilities. Your primary objective is to translate customer site constraints and blueprint requirements into flawless, production-ready technical submittal sets.

The Fractional Scalability Structure

To align perfectly with our current project pipeline (~1 major project deployment per month), this role is structured with a highly flexible scaling model:
* The Launch Phase:You will start with a dedicated allocation of10 hours per week, allowing you to embed into our systems, study our core product catalog, and build solid foundational product knowledge.
The Launch Phase:You will start with a dedicated allocation of10 hours per week, allowing you to embed into our systems, study our core product catalog, and build solid foundational product knowledge.
* The Ramp Strategy:Unlike unstable, per-project freelance arrangements, this is a dedicated retainer position. As our corporate project volume accelerates, your hours are structured to dynamically ramp to20, 30, and eventually 40 hours per weekto support full-time operational scaling.
The Ramp Strategy:Unlike unstable, per-project freelance arrangements, this is a dedicated retainer position. As our corporate project volume accelerates, your hours are structured to dynamically ramp to20, 30, and eventually 40 hours per weekto support full-time operational scaling.

Key Responsibilities

1. Customer Submittal Package Assembly
* Blueprint Redlining:Review incoming customer architectural blue-prints, engineering layouts, and structural scopes, meticulously applying technical redline layers to map our existing products to their specific site parameters.
Blueprint Redlining:Review incoming customer architectural blue-prints, engineering layouts, and structural scopes, meticulously applying technical redline layers to map our existing products to their specific site parameters.
* Submittal Compilation:Group structural CAD assets, component datasheets, compliance specifications, and instructional details into highly polished, comprehensive technical submittal packages for customer sign-off.
Submittal Compilation:Group structural CAD assets, component datasheets, compliance specifications, and instructional details into highly polished, comprehensive technical submittal packages for customer sign-off.
* Revision Control:Rapidly execute client-requested layout modifications and adjustments, ensuring all updates are correctly archived across internal document repositories.
Revision Control:Rapidly execute client-requested layout modifications and adjustments, ensuring all updates are correctly archived across internal document repositories.

2. CAD Drafting & Library Optimization
* Build, clean, and modify precise 2D/3D CAD layouts and installation schema mapping back to real-world customer deployment metrics.
Build, clean, and modify precise 2D/3D CAD layouts and installation schema mapping back to real-world customer deployment metrics.
* Ensure all customer-facing documentation strictly adheres to company standard drafting formats, sheet scales, line weights, and geometric tolerances.
Ensure all customer-facing documentation strictly adheres to company standard drafting formats, sheet scales, line weights, and geometric tolerances.

Required Skills & Qualifications
* Technical Expertise:3+ years of professional drafting and detailing experience using modern CAD software platforms (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or adjacent mechanical/architectural suites).
Technical Expertise:3+ years of professional drafting and detailing experience using modern CAD software platforms (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or adjacent mechanical/architectural suites).
* Domain Focus:Proven background in applications engineering, submittal tracking, or architectural/industrial redline drafting. You are highly comfortable reading complex structural blueprints and manufacturing data sheets.
Domain Focus:Proven background in applications engineering, submittal tracking, or architectural/industrial redline drafting. You are highly comfortable reading complex structural blueprints and manufacturing data sheets.
* The "Zero R&D" Analytical Mindset:You excel at executing practical, application-level engineering workflows. You take pride in layout precision, consistency, and structural catalog mapping rather than open-ended design experimentation.
The "Zero R&D" Ana