Senior Mechanical Engineer
Seattle, WAContract / Temporary$90–110/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Fresh Consulting is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for a three-month independent contractor engagement in Seattle. The role focuses on sheet metal design and detailing, design-for-manufacturing reviews, tolerance analysis, and structural and wind-loading analysis for an outdoor structure. The engineer will support design and supplier handoff on an aggressive production timeline. CATIA experience and extensive production-hardware sheet metal design experience are among the qualifications.
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Fresh Consulting is a design-led, software development and hardware engineering company, offering end-to-end digital services to help companies innovate. We bring together amazing UX designers, sophisticated developers, digital strategists, and top-notch engineers to help companies create fresh experiences that connect humans, systems, and machines. We’ve been growing fast and need someone to help us continue to manage the delivery of high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
See more at freshconsulting.com. Visit freshconsulting.com/portfolio to see our project work across several industries.
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Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Duration: 3-month Independent Contractor
Location: Seattle, WA (onsite)
Role:
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Sheet metal design and detailing of structures and enclosures, including structural packaging
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Perform design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews and drive design changes that reduce cost and improve manufacturability
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Conduct tolerance analysis and stack-ups to ensure the as-built design meets function
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Support structural and wind-loading analysis for a freestanding, ballasted (non-anchored) outdoor structure
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Support the team through design and supplier handoff on an aggressive production timeline
Qualifications:
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10+ years senior-level mechanical engineering experience taking products from concept to production
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Experienced with CATIA (V5 or higher)
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Extensive sheet metal design experience for production hardware
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Strong DFM experience
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Proficiency with tolerance analysis and GD&T
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
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Mechanism design experience
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Background in drones, robotics, logistics automation, or related hardware
Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range is $90hr -$110hr.
Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law. Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.
Fresh Consulting is a participating E-Verify company.
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How this job compares
Set against the 7,181 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–110/hr
- Washington median$55–80/hr20 hourly ranges
- US median$45–58/hr377 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $100/hr, is 44% above the Washington median midpoint ($69/hr) — in the top quarter of Mechanical Engineer hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 228 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Washington and 7,181 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,068 postings).
- Education
- 4,949 of the 7,181 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (69%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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