Sr. Mechanical Engineer
On-siteSan Diego, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead diverse technical teams in developing mechatronic systems, generating novel architectures and executing key component selection for sensors, actuators, and controllers. Architect structures and mechanisms across varying complexity levels, preparing weight budgets, cost estimations, and margin of safety analyses. Develop thermal and structural analyses to support rapid virtual prototyping, execute mechanical packaging, and create test plans for hardware integration, testing, and validation. Compile data, conduct trade studies, and present findings while designing part and assembly drawings with supporting calculations. Develop mechanical system budgets covering labor and materials, ensuring designs meet use-case, operational, and manufacturing requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering and/or other relevant educational background
- 8+ years of applied experience successfully developing mechanical/mechatronic systems
- Demonstrated rapid prototyping and iterative product development experience
- Experience developing mechanical structures (weldments, sheet metal, extrusions, CNC components, materials selection) for industrial products
- Experience developing actuated kinematic systems from concept to working prototype
- Experience with FEA, and/or CFD and/or surfacing
- Ability to perform tolerance analysis as required to ensure intended assembly performance
- Hands-on experience with light fabrication, assembling and maintaining complex mechanical systems
- Advanced knowledge of Geometric Tolerancing ASME Y14.5, DFM (Design for Manufacturing), DFA (Design for Assembly), surface coatings & finishing standards
- Deep understanding and experience using a wide variety of manufacturing processes as they relate to low and high volume production
- Keen ability to identify and foresee technical risk, and engineering mindset of addressing risks early
- Ability to design for fault tolerance, reliability, and manufacturing
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills to levels above, below and in-line
Desired Qualifications
- Experience managing projects, mentoring other engineers, and interfacing with technical customers
- Demonstrated success developing hardware products for pilot customer launch
- Experience in one or more of the following industries: industrial robotics & automation, clean/renewable technologies, health & wellness technologies
- Experience delivering designs that meet and exceed product specifications, regulatory requirements, and international standards
- Experience using composites, and understanding and application of properties of materials
- Experience developing controls and state machine firmware with proven Python, C and/or C++ programming abilities
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