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-oriented CAD / Applications Drafting Engineer to 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 of 10 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 to 20, 30, and eventually 40 hours per week to 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.
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.

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.
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).
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.
High Operational Autonomy: Even at 10 hours a week, you treat your dedicated allocation with absolute professionalism—managing your task velocity independently without requiring daily micro-management.
Communication Clarity: Strong written and verbal English communication skills, specifically when documenting technical revisions, clarifying blueprint data, or collaborating with team leads.

Success Metrics (KPIs)

Submittal Turnaround Time: Delivering completed submittal configurations within agreed-upon client project deadlines.
Drafting Precision: Maintaining near-zero error rates on customer layout redlines, minimizing backward-and-forward revision loops.
Product Knowledge Compound: Successfully mastering internal product catalog parameters during the 10-hour/week launch phase to prepare for upcoming volume scaling.

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