CAD Engineer
Hitachi
Pleasanton, CAFull-time$27.5–34/hrPosted 2w agoStill listed today
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Hitachi Particle Engineering and Services seeks a CAD Engineer for a 6–12 month contract, eligible for extension, focused on revising existing engineering drawings rather than new product design. The role updates drawings based on manufacturing feedback, manages revisions through PDM, and supports backlog reduction and quality targets. The expected California hourly rate is $27.50–$34.
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Location: Santa Clara, California, United States Job ID: R0133907 Date Posted: 2026-06-10 Company Name: HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No Job Description: CAD Engineer Company: Hitachi Particle Engineering and Services, Inc. Location: Pleasanton, CA Status: 6 – 12 month contract (eligible for extension)
The Company Hitachi Particle Engineering and Services, Inc. is the world's leading commercial supplier of ion linear accelerator systems. We specialize in the development, production, installation and servicing of low-cost compact ion linear accelerators (linacs) using radiofrequency quadrupole (RFQ) linac and drift-tube linac (DTL) technology. Our company is dedicated to using this position of leadership to provide the highest quality and most reliable commercial ion linac systems to meet the needs of customers in medical, industrial, and research applications. HPES is located in Pleasanton, CA as well as 5 Service Maintenance sites – Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, MD Anderson, Houston, TX, St. Jude’s Children Hospital, Memphis, TN and John Hopkins Medical, Washington, DC.
Summary We are seeking a detail-oriented CAD Engineer to support a high-priority initiative focused on improving and updating a large volume of existing engineering drawings. This role is not focused on new product design but on high-volume revision and improvement work based on manufacturing feedback.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Review and update existing SolidWorks drawings based on manufacturing and production feedback
- Modify dimensions, tolerances, annotations, and BOMsEnsure consistency between 3D models and 2D drawings
- Execute high-volume drawing revisions efficiently
- Manage revisions using PDM (SolidWorks PDM / EPDM)
- KPI (Key Performance Indicators)• 6 - 10 drawing revisions per day per engineer (depending on complexity)
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- <10% rework rate (measured as returned corrections)
- Backlog reduction target: 20 – 30% per month
- 100% compliance with PDM revision and workflow standards
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer technology, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in CAD software
- Proficiency in SolidWorks (Drawing environment focused)
- Ability to interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical specifications (preferred)
- Solid understanding of engineering principles, materials science, and manufacturing processes.
- Ability to interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical specifications (preferred)
- Experience updating existing engineering drawings
- Working knowledge of GD&T
- Experience with PDM systems (EPDM preferred)
Our Values We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit: Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge
For California only (as required by California’s Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act (SB 1162): A good faith estimate of the expected hourly rate for this position in our California office salary range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position upon hire is $27.50 - $34 per hour. Pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi America’s variable pay program, subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,071 open Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$27.5–34/hr
- California median$34–41/hr106 hourly ranges
- US median$27–35/hr771 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $30.75/hr, is 19% below the California median midpoint ($38/hr) — in the middle half of Engineering hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 916 open Engineering jobs in California and 7,071 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Northrop Grumman60 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,858 postings).
- Education
- 3,582 of the 7,071 open Engineering jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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