Senior Design Engineer
Company: Christensen Arms
Location: Gunnison
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Description Position Title: Senior Design Engineer Location:
Gunnison Utah Full-Time Position Summary Applies scientific
principles to innovate, design, develop, test and implement
technologies, components, sub-systems, machines, tooling and
systems to ensure compliance to specifications, requirements and
customer guarantees across applicable operating conditions. Ensures
novel ideas and implementations are captured and protected using
applicable IP processes and tools. Required Outcomes Designs major
components or major portions of functional systems, technically
advanced prototypes and promotional or specific products using
computer aided design, computer aided simulation and other
engineering tools & processes. Develops or improves products and
facilitates manufacturing operations. Develops data and makes
layouts, sketches and notes for design proposals. Investigates
pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability
of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace-ability,
strength-weight efficiency and contractual specification
requirements and cost. Designs, develops and tests metallic and
non-metallic structures or materials and their related fabrication
processes for use in engineering designs. Manages new product
development projects. What makes you great for this role A
resourceful and creative problem solver. Understands instinctively
the scientific method and making design decisions using
experimentally derived data. Able to mentor and support a team of
primarily intermediate to experienced design and manufacturing
engineering professionals. (e.g., objectives and approaches to
completion of work). Capable of setting objectives and guiding
others on execution/approach for achievement of operational
results. Problems faced are difficult and involve consideration of
multiple variables. Explains policies, practices and procedures and
will influence others through leadership by example. Job Duties &
Responsibilities Prepares new or revised designs, drawings and
working plans to improve products and facilitate manufacturing
operations that meet agreed upon product requirements. Creates and
presents manufacturing plans using design for manufacturing reviews
to ensure effectiveness, viability and quality of manufacturing
processes. Develops and executes test plans that ensures product
designs meet all product performance, reliability, cosmetic and
quality requirements. Provides technical leadership and assists in
training less experienced engineers to help them diagnose and solve
problems and build employee capabilities. Coordinates with other
organizations affected by design development to exchange
information, ideas and techniques for design of product or
processes. Communicates with the other engineering personnel to
coordinate the interrelated manufacturing process design efforts
and ensure project completion. Confers with manufacturing
engineering, quality and supply chain personnel on specifications
to evaluate interface between hardware and operational and
performance requirements of overall system. Ensures adherence to
the engineering budget and utilizes available scarce resources
wisely. Application Requirements Experience designing firearms is
desired. Experience in design for metal casting, composite and
plastic injection molding components is desired. Possess, at a
minimum, a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or manufacturing
engineering and 10 years of relevant design or manufacturing
engineering experience OR, possess, at a minimum, 15 years of
prior, relevant design experience and can demonstrate examples of
technical engineering proficiencies. Master’s degree in engineering
or other technical field is a plus. Demonstrated skills in
leadership, mentorship, training and can influence othe
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