# Mechanical Design Engineer (R&D Focus)

Introduction About the Role We are looking for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our specialized engineering team responsible for the design, manufacture, and life-cycle support of large-scale industrial air-conditioning units (ACUs) for deep underground spot cooling mining applications. Operating within a small, highly collaborative team, your primary mandate will be driving our Research & Development pipeline. However, because we are a lean operation, you must be a pragmatic, hands-on engineer willing to step outside the pure design environment to assist with physical prototyping, production hold points, and occasional field troubleshooting at mine sites. Duties & Responsibilities Core Responsibilities New Product & Auxiliary Design: Lead the complete design cycle for new ACU platforms and develop custom auxiliary systems annually. Validation & Modelling: Generate robust validation data to ensure designs fulfil stringent operational requirements. This includes building mathematical and simulation models, design and conduct substantiation tests as well as authoring comprehensive design and test reports. Configuration & Execution Data: Collaborate with our central

- **Id**: 3633361
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/m-tech-industrial-mechanical-design-engineer-rd-focus>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Potchefstroom, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T14:01:05Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-02T14:01:05Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 8
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- **Description chars**: 2927
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- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4496283
- **Name**: M-Tech Industrial
- **Domain**: mtechindustrial.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/m-tech-industrial>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T20:26:03Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:7, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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