About this role
Key Responsibilities
Mechanical Design
- Design precision mechanical components and assemblies supporting silicon photonic devices
- Develop mechanical packaging, modules,and enclosures, including mounting structures and fiber management solutions for high-performance optical systems
- Design thermal management solutions for optimized system performance
- Manufacturable CAD models, drawings, tolerances, and assembly documentation
- Drive mechanical designs from concept through prototype, validation, and production
Analysis & Simulation
- Perform structural, thermal, and vibration simulations using FEA tools
- Analyze stress, strain, thermal performance, and reliability of assemblies
- Optimize designs for manufacturability, robustness, and long-term reliability
- Support design tradeoff studies through simulation and experimentation
Prototype Development
- Build, assemble, and evaluate engineering prototypes
- Work closely with technicians and manufacturing partners to debug mechanical issues
- Conduct root cause analysis on prototype and field failures
- Iterate rapidly based on test data and engineering feedback
Manufacturing Support
- Collaborate with vendors on precision machined, molded, and sheet metal fabricated parts
- Review first articles and manufacturing documentation
- Support engineering change orders (ECOs)
- Help transition designs from prototype into production
Required Experience
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
- 5+ years of mechanical design experience developing complex hardware products
- Deep proficiency designing precision opto-mechanical assemblies
- Expert proficiency with 3D CAD (SolidWorks, Creo, NX, Inventor, or similar)
- Experience performing structural and thermal analysis using FEA tools (ANSYS, COMSOL, SolidWorks Simulation, etc.)
- Strong understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes including:
- Precision machining
- Sheet Metal
- Molding, including injection, vacuum forming and MIM
- Extrusions
- Additive manufacturing
- Experience working through prototype builds and design iterations
- Designing to Telcordia or similar environmental qualification standards
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Skills
- Experience developing products within:
- Silicon photonics
- Optical networking
- Semiconductor equipment
- MEMS
- Optical packaging
- Telecom hardware
- High-performance computing
- AI infrastructure
- Familiarity with thermal management of electronics
- Fiber routing and management.
- Experience designing for shock and vibration requirements
- Knowledge of adhesives, optical alignment fixtures, or precision mechanical mounting
- Experience supporting design transfer into manufacturing
- Familiarity with Telcordia or similar environmental qualification standards
- Exposure to rapid simulation workflows or AI-assisted engineering tools is a plus
Starting salary and title will depend on, and be commensurate with, relevant experience, skills, training, education, market demands, and the ultimate job duties and requirements.