Employment Opportunities

Because of variations in work load, PADT also relies upon a variety of part-time and full-time sub-contractors help to provide technical and non-technical assistance. By hiring only the most experienced people, PADT can provide timely solutions that meet customer demands as they arise.

Due to the ridiculous amount of spam that our job e-mail account receives, please prefix your subject with [PADTJOB].  If you do not, there is a high probability that your resume will be thrown out with the spam.

If you are interested in joining PADT’s staff, please send us your résumé by e-mail, or fax it to (480) 813-4807. No phone calls or direct visits please! Our current job opportunities are listed below. Unfortunately, we have no other specific openings at this time.

Available Positions

Sorry, there are no open positions at this time.

Product Development Engineer

PADT, the Southwest’s leading provider of mechanical simulation, product development and rapid manufacturing services, is seeing a marked increase in product development projects and has an immediate need for experienced design engineers.  The work involves product development for various industries including semiconductor capital equipment, automotive and alternative energy.

We are currently looking for a hands-on Senior Mechanical Engineer with design experience for semiconductor capital equipment. The right individual will be able to work in a team environment without significant oversight, clear direction and incomplete or conflicting requirements.  The right candidate will be able to show the ability to define a work path towards successful completion of the tasks assigned.

Daily activities will include design tasks, supplier interaction, customer interaction, documentation creation, hardware assembly, testing and troubleshooting.  Some activities will occur in a cleanroom environment.  Basic understanding of electrical systems is a plus.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical engineering or similar
  • 10+ years engineering experience (3+ involving semiconductor equipment)
  • Expert with SolidWorks
  • Experience with Solid Edge a plus
  • Proficient with MS Office
  • Excellent communication skills
  • US Citizenship

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Software Sales Executive

    PADT, Inc. the leading Tempe Arizona based Engineering Services Firm seeks proactive and energetic salesperson to sell high-end engineering software. The product being sold is the industry leader and our company has an outstanding technical reputation.  We are seeking the right person to join the team and leverage our previous success and new product offerings to grow even faster.   The sales territory is Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. 
    Applicants must:

    • Be a US Citizen
    • Be hungry
    • Have excellent cold-calling skills
    • Be capable of interacting with C-level executives
    • Feel comfortable selling to senior management
    • Be able to build and leverage relationships with engineering staff
    • Be comfortable representing highly technical products
    • Have a strong competitive drive
    • Have capability to drive large dollar, multiyear deals
    • Show no fear and never take "no" as an answer
    • Be naturally proactive
    • Be detail oriented and show ability to develop a plan and stick to it
    • Exhibit a professional and ethical sales style
    • Exhibit strong interpersonal skills
    • Be willing to travel throughout the Southwest
    • BA or BS degree, any major
    • Have 0-5 years experience
    • Have a technical background or strong interest in technical things.

     

    Product and sales process training will be provided.  Significant Base + Car Allowance + Commission

PADT Medical - Product Development Sales Representative

    PADT Medical helps entrepreneurs and OEMs achieve early and critical milestones in the development of complex electromechanical systems with emphasis in orthopedic, cardiovascular, and endoscopic applications.  We have core strengths in:

    • Product Design

    • Clinical-Use Prototypes

    • Verification Testing

    • Regulatory Compliance

    We are looking for part-time experienced independent sales representative that can add PADT product development to their line card and represent us in northern California.   Target customers include funded med device startups, med device OEMs, other high tech product development groups (Energy, Semi, Aerospace).
    Applicant Requirements

    • Located in northern California

    • Willing to represent PADT Medical ~ 1/3 of the time

    • Demonstrable history with med device community and med device OEM’s

    • Solid understanding of ISO13485, med device product development, FDA regulatory affairs

    • Connections to energy, semi, or aerospace industries a plus

    • 10 years of relevant sales experience

    • B.S degree preferred

Sales & Marketing Associate

PADT is seeking an outgoing self-starter with a sense of humor who likes variety in their workday, interacting with people, and is detail oriented.  The company’s growing Computer Aided Engineer Sales, Support & Services team needs and associate to assist the sales, admin and marketing teams in increasing business and making interactions with our customers more efficient.  This position is a combination of three positions:  1) coordinating and conducting marketing efforts for the CAE group, 2) conducting inside sales and lead processing tasks, and 3) handling the sales processing and administrative tasks for one or more of the product lines that PADT resells. 
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and have some experience in sales, marketing and business administration tasks.  They must have an outgoing personality and be able to take their job very seriously, but not themselves.  Flexibility and the ability to multi-task are a must in that this position fills three very different roles within the department. Another requirement is the ability to conduct significant cold calls to find or follow sales leads.  Having some artistic capabilities as far as graphic arts and writing would be a plus.
This department within PADT sells, supports, and provides services with high end computer simulation software and 3D prototyping hardware.  The team consists of engineers, salespeople and business operations people who need an associate that will assist them in being more efficient and more productive. 
Typical tasks for this position would be:

  1. Marketing
    1. Scheduling and coordinating events at PADT’s office and at remote facilities
    2. Editing and maintaining PADT’s e-Newsletters and announcements
    3. Conducting mailing campaigns
    4. Coordinating press releases
    5. Maintaining PADT’s social media presence
    6. Assisting in keeping various PADT websites up to date and fresh with new content
    7. Managing printed marketing materials
    8. Calling potential attendees for marketing events
  2. Inside Sales
    1. Doing research on prospective customers
    2. Cold calling prospective customers to determine if their needs align with PADT’s services or products
    3. Gather information for and update combined company sales forecast
  3. Business Operations
    1. Conduct invoicing, product ordering, inventory control, and order processing for one of the product lines that PADT resells
    2. Manage maintenance contracts for a product line including quoting and encouraging maintenance renewals.
    3. Assist other Business Operations people at PADT with their tasks as needed and serve as a backup when they are out.

CFD Analysis Engineer

PADT is considering adding an additional CFD Analysis Engineer to our staff.  Applicants MUST have the following qualifications with no exceptions:

  • US Citizen
  • Industry Experience with CFX or FLUENT
  • 2-3 years CFD experience in an area other than Turbomachinery
  • Masters or PhD
  • A strong desire to work on multiple projects from different industries at the same time

FE Analysis Engineer

The Southwest’s leading provider of analysis services has an opening for an engineer with 0-5 years of experience to join our CAE Services time providing analysis services and eventually join our team providing ANSYS technical support and training.

PADT is a 50+ person company located in Tempe Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix.  We are an ANSYS Channel Partner for the Southwestern US AZ, NM, UT, NV, CO, EP (El Paso TX).  We not only sell the software, but we provide world-class support to our customers along with some training and mentoring that is also considered world-class.  We use every ANSYS, Inc. product on a regular basis, giving our employees a chance to not only do traditional stress/vibration/heat transfer but also CFD, EMAG, Electrostatics, Explicit Dynamics, etc...  This is all done on a large network of high-end desktop machines and a growing server farm.
In the consulting group, you have the opportunity to be a hero to our customers providing them with high-quality high-end analysis for almost any industry you can imagine.  People don't come to us because their projects are easy and they have lots of time.  They come to us because they know we can do projects that are hard and that have tight schedules.
In the Support and Training group you have a chance to really help people.  Every day our customers call us because they know and trust that we are there for them.  Working in this part of the company is the quickest way to become an ANSYS, Inc. product expert.  The satisfaction level is high as well because the customers are so appreciative of the help you deliver.
Applicants should be serious about being the best analyst they can be, and like difficult challenges.

Requirements:

• 0-5 Years Experience
• US Citizen
• Some FE tool experience
• Better then average computer skills (for an engineer)
• Quick learner
• Able to balance speed and quality
• Understands underlying mechanical and physical principals
• Likes Challenges
• Greatest joy is solving problems


 

Medical Device Engineer

PADT Medical, a group within PADT, Inc that helps emerging medical device companies that are commercializing new products and need outside engineering expertise, is looking for experienced medical device engineers to join their growing team.  Applicants should be multi-talented and enjoy working on a variety of projects and tasks.  They should show creativity and innovation while having a firm grasp of basic engineering principals and theory.  In addition, they must feel comfortable working under a Quality system and be able to interface with customers.  If you have been dreaming of a job where you work on difficult but interesting problems with a group of talented and enthusiastic people, then PADT Medical may be the place for you. 

Applicants MUST meet the following Criteria:
B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical, Biomechanical or related areas
5 years or more of device design experience
Ability to plan and conduct bench tests
Proficiency in SolidWorks
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proficiency with Excel/Matlab/MathCAD for engineering
Strong work ethicApplicants SHOULD meet the following Criteria:
Experience working under a Quality system
Experience taking a device through FDA approval
US Citizenship
Good at multitasking and juggling several projects at one time
Strong problem solving and debugging skills
Ability to work independently and make decisions when given clear goals and schedule guidelines

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Receptionist

Tempe engineering company is seeking an intelligent, independent worker with great people skills and outgoing personality to be our receptionist. 

Fairly typical reception job responsibilities include answering phones, greeting customers and vendors in the lobby, helping with mailing, shipping, travel arrangements and filing.  It also includes some administrative tasks involving ordering of supplies and shipping them as well as data entry and maintaining some basic spreadsheets. Office environment is friendly, flexible but very hard working with a staff that is over 80% engineers.  Hours are 8-5 with an hour for lunch and breaks.
The most important requirement for this job is being friendly and positive with PADT’s customers, employees and vendors both over the phone and in person.  The receptionist must reflect the company’s world-wide reputation for enthusiasm, intelligence and dedication. Having a strong sense of humor and being an independent worker is also required. Applicants should have good computer skills and know how to find things on the internet and have experience with MS Word and MS Excel. The receptionist must be at work 8:00 am every morning. The ideal candidate is a mature and confident individual who is interested in staying in this position over the long term.

FE Analysis and/or Training & Support Engineer

The Southwest’s leading provider of analysis services has several open positions for Finite Element Analysts at a variety of experience levels.  Openings exist in both the consulting and technical support groups.
PADT is a 50+ person company located in Tempe Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix.  We are an ANSYS Channel Partner for the Southwestern US AZ, NM, UT, NV, CO, EP (El Paso TX).  We not only sell the software, but we provide world-class support to our customers along with some training and mentoring that is also considered world-class.

We use every ANSYS, Inc. product on a regular basis, giving our employees a chance to not only do traditional stress/vibration/heat transfer but also CFD, EMAG, Electrostatics, Explicit Dynamics, etc...  This is all done on a large network of high-end desktop machines and a growing server farm.

In the consulting group, you have the opportunity to be a hero to our customers providing them with high-quality high-end analysis for almost any industry you can imagine.  People don't come to us because their projects are easy and they have lots of time.  They come to us because they know we can do projects that are hard and that have tight schedules.

In the Support and Training group you have a chance to really help people.  Every day our customers call us because they know and trust that we are there for them.  Working in this part of the company is the quickest way to become an ANSYS, Inc. product expert.  The satisfaction level is high as well because the customers are so appreciative of the help you deliver.

Requirements:

• All levels of analysis experience
• New Grads must want to spend all day , and some nights, doing analysis
• Some FE tool experience
• Better then average computer skills (for an engineer)
• Quick learner
• Able to balance speed and quality
• Understands underlying mechanical and physical principals
• Likes Challenges
• Greatest joy is solving problems


Recommended:

  • ANSYS experience
  • CFX experience

 

Software Sales Executive

Leading Tempe Arizona based Engineering Services Firm seeks proactive and energetic salesperson to sell high-dollar engineering software. Sales executives are teamed with experienced engineers so no technical background is required.  We are seeking the right person to join the team and leverage our previous success and new product offerings to grow even faster.

Applicants must:

• Have excellent cold-calling skills
• Be capable of thinking like a CEO
• Feel comfortable selling to senior management
• Have a strong competitive drive
• Have capability to drive large dollar, multiyear deals
• Show no fear and never take "no" as an answer
• Be naturally proactive
• Exhibit a professional and ethical sales style
• Exhibit strong interpersonal skills
• Be willing to travel throughout the Southwest
• BA or BS degree, any major

Product and sales process training will be provided.  Significant Base + Car Allowance + Commission. 


 

 

Mechanical Engineer, Medical Device R&D

Tempe Arizona engineering services company is seeking an experienced engineer with Medical Device experience to enhance our growing medical device R&D team.   The position offers a competitive salary and challenging projects with a flexible and positive work environment.

Duties will include:
• Designing minimally invasive medical devices
• Solving difficult and challenging engineering problems
• Designing and conducting lab tests
• Interfacing with customers and vendors
• Serve as mentor to team members with less medical device experience

Applicants MUST posses the following skills:
• Direct experience designing and developing minimally invasive medical devices (laparoscopic, endoscope and catheter based surgical instruments, implants and diagnostic devices)
• Have contacts in medical device vendor base
• Experience translating customer requirements to engineering specifications and design inputs
• Comfortable working with contract manufacturers to ensure part quality and quality compliance
Applicants SHOULD posses the majority of the following skills:
• Ability to formulate clever mechanical design solutions to difficult challenges
• Familiarity with materials and manufacturing  methods used in the medical device industry
• 3D CAD Experience
• Experience creating component specifications, detailed drawings and using GD&T
• Experience using spreadsheets and other tools to solve basic engineering problems.
• Strong problem solving skills
• Familiarity with electromechanical sensors and test equipment
• Experience preparing test specifications and in training technicians to execute test plans
• Ability to interpret test data and formulating and documenting conclusions
• Experience developing products under FDA compliant QMS.
• Understanding of FDA quality system regulations and regulatory submission process
• Comfortable working as part of fast-paced product development team. 
• High energy level with a desire to always learn more.
• Good at multi-tasking and juggling multiple projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Engineering Administrator & Buyer

PADT's Systems R&D group needs a hard working, detail oriented self starter to join their team as an Administrator.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintaining project accounting records and documentation
  • Overseeing part inventory
  • Manage purchasing documentation
  • Conduct routine purchasing tasks
  • Provide miscellaneous administrative support

Qualifications:

  • BA or AA in Business Administration
  • Strong MS Excel and MS Word skills
  • Familiar with MS Access or other Databases
  • Good communication skills
  • Proactive and Self Starter
  • Quick Learner
  • Detail Oriented
  • Highly Organized
  • Stable and Dependable

Compensation:

  • Applicants should have from 0 to 5 years of experience.
  • Pay range is $35K - $45K/yr
  • Full time
  • Benefits (Health, Dental, LTD/STD)

Rapid Prototyping Technician

PADT is looking for someone to join our Rapid Prototyping (RP) team.  This dynamic and hard working team provides the highest quality prototyping service in the western US and is valued by its customers for its quality and speed.  To learn more about RP technology visit: Rapid Manufacturing

Responsibilities:

  • Loading and unloading advanced rapid prototyping machines such as Stereolithography and Selective Laser Sintering stations.
  • Post process parts to obtain high quality finish and fit
  • Paint prototype parts to create high quality mockups
  • Support RTV tooling, resin casting and prototype injection molding
  • Fabricate scale models

Qualifications:

  • Enjoys working with there hands on detailed and precise tasks
  • Experience working with wood, plastics and metals
  • Clean and meticulous
  • Enjoys hobbies that involve model making or some type of craftsmanship
  • Can-do attitude
  • Able to work independently

Compensation:

  • Full time hourly with occasional overtime
  • Benefits (Health, Dental, LTD/STD)

Facility Maintenance

Responsibilities:

  • Provide janitorial services to 20,000 sq-ft office
  • Assist with shipping and receiving
  • Run errands and deliver/pickup packages
  • Assist in facility repair and maintenance

Qualifications:

  • HS diploma or equivalent
  • Any related experience a plus but not required
  • Dependable and hard working
  • Must have reliable car and current insurance/registration/license

Compensation:

  • $8-12/hour
  • Full time
  • Benefits (Health, Dental, LTD/STD)
  • Comfortable with short project

Test & Production Technician

Work with PADT's Systems R&D group in their design, testing and production of high-performance machinery for a variety of industries. Duties will include:

  • Support production with assembly, acceptance testing, and quality testing of PADT developed rotating equipment.
  • Assembly, debug, and testing of development pumps, blowers, and various custom rotating equipment.
  • Assembly and Development testing of motor controllers
  • Assembly, debug, and testing of semiconductor/vacuum systems, medical systems – and more. 
  • Design and assembly of test rigs and ancillary test components  
  • Programming of data acquisition systems
  • Data reduction, spreadsheet evaluations, and report writing

Requirements:

Applicant should have 5-10 years of technician experience with assembly and testing of mechanical and/or electro-mechanical systems. Experience with medical, rotating or vacuum systems equipment a plus. Applicatns should show the following charcteristics:

  • Detail oriented
  • Can do attitude
  • Comfortable with multiple projects at any one time
  • Hands on orientation
  • Able to focus on immediate goals and meet schedules
  • Good team player
  • Comfortable with short project
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