Sr. Staff Mechanical Design Engineer

Description

• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to test and troubleshoot prototype designs
• Produce 2D drawings and 3D CAD models, evaluate parts, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary design team, suppliers, and contract manufacturing partners to develop product prototypes
• Perform mechanical analysis, structural FEA, vibration and shock analysis, FMEA, and design verification testing to inform designs and resolve issues and failures in prototype products
• Hands-on fabrication of electromechanical assemblies and prototypes
• Mentor junior staff
• Design high quality mechanical and electromechanical part and assembly designs efficiently and with good modeling practices
• Specify key functional and performance requirements; design and execute verification test plans
• Research, analyze, implement, and test new materials and technologies to support innovative energy storage and system product designs
• Complete documentation for design, testing, and analysis

Requirements

• Experience with design for energy product mechanical subsystems such as enclosures, racking systems, busbars, high voltage interconnects, insulation systems, battery chassis, electronics mounting, thermal management systems, and fire protection and containment systems
• Familiarity with common standards for electrical equipment and energy storage systems
• High proficiency with an enterprise CAD package (Solidworks preferred)
• BS and 12+ years / MS and 8+ years / PhD and 5+ years mechanical design experience for a Sr. Staff Engineer
• Experience designing passive and active solutions for thermal management within a product
• Strong hands-on mechanical prototyping skills
• BS/MS/PhD Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline
• Ability to work effectively on early-stage product development efforts with ambiguous requirements
• Significant experience in product and part mechanical design
• Minimum experience: BS and 5+ years / MS and 3+ years / PhD with mechanical design experience for a Senior Engineer
• Outdoor product design experience for various ingress protection environments
• Expertise leveraging various high volume manufacturing approaches such as sheet metal stamping, die casting, extrusion, forging, laser welding, CNC machining, thermoforming, silicone/rubber molding, injection molding, etc.
• Ability to take ownership of development tasks and drive them to completion in a timely manner and with high quality to support team success
• Experience designing products for manufacturability and reliability
• BS and 8+ years / MS and 6+ years / PhD and 3+ years mechanical design experience for a Staff Engineer
• Proficiency with structural FEA and analyses for vibration, fatigue, and load bearing
• Experience integrating Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Assemblies and with MCAD/ECAD import/export tools and processes for collaboration between mechanical engineers and PCB layout engineers
• Good communication and documentation skills

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance