Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title : Mechanical Design Engineer

Location : Cupertino, CA/ Austin, TX

Job Type: Fulltime/ Contract

Job Description:

Job Description:

• The candidate will design, source, and qualify the necessary mechanical tools, fixtures and equipment required to support worldwide production and test of service modules.
• This involves close interaction with many different teams across geographies, including Hardware Test Engineering, Operations Test Engineering and various business teams.
• Additionally, there will be close interaction with a number of manufacturing partners and leading equipment suppliers.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Determining test fixture requirements
• Developing mechanical design concepts for test equipment
• Leading technical design reviews with key internal / external partners
• Evaluating thermal system performance for test fixtures.
• Managing China-based design firms and fabs to deliver test fixtures per specifications
• Providing on-site support for test fixture bring-up and debug during new product development at three or more different CM partners.
• International travel is required.

Key Qualifications:

Successful candidates will have:

• Three to five years in a mechanical engineering role with experience in fixture design.
• Experience working on NPI projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with materials selection and design of pneumatics & electro-mechanical systems.
• Experience with industry standard CAD design software.
• Knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack up analysis, and basic metrology.
• Knowledge of failure analysis techniques and equipment.
• Experience qualifying equipment. This includes planning, developing, and implementing equipment qualification procedures, as well as compiling data and making recommendations using appropriate statistical metrics, tools and reliability techniques.
• Experience with high volume manufacturing factories.
• Experience sourcing equipment and fixtures from third-party suppliers.
• Experience with hands-on trouble shooting of mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience with basic electrical troubleshooting is desirable.
• Strong written and oral communications in English.
• Strong relationship building, teamwork and peer influencing skills.
• Clear ability to self-manage priorities and work deliverables.
• Flexible, adaptable mind-set. Able to manage multiple fixture designs simultaneously.
• Ability to create practical and innovative solutions.

Education and Experience:

BS in Mechanical Engineering (or closely related field)

MS in Engineering (preferred, but not required)

Three to Five years mechanical design experience (minimum)