Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Summary

The Senior Mechanical Engineer has responsibility for mechanical and electromechanical design and systems integration of company products. This individual has a significant impact on product innovation, cost, schedule, and feature set. This individual will retain technical ownership of mechanical designs and is responsible for the system assembly as a whole throughout the design, development, production, and support phases.

• Product development activities ranging from conceptual development, prototyping, and design validation to manufacturing and existing product support; individually and collaboratively
• Collaborates with engineers of various disciplines to develop products with electromechanical and mechanical content
• Integration of electronics, mechanical and user interfaces, including PCBAs, switches, sensors, buttons, screens, power supplies, wiring, cable management, and system peripherals
• Develops hand‑held user interfaces with levels of tactile and cosmetic quality meeting industry leading consumer products with premium look and feel
• Develops systems and components made from a variety of fabrication techniques resulting in assemblies ranging in size from small to large for low, mid and high production volumes
• Develops highly reliable systems as measured by industry standard statistical techniques
• Develops systems optimized for manufacturability/cost/performance/reliability and component availability
• Performs root‑cause analysis of issues detected during development, engineering testing, qualification, or when deployed products are returned from the field
• Designs assembly fixtures as well as test fixtures as needed
• Advanced component and complex assembly design
• Authors mechanical drawings, technical documents and assembly instructions as needed
• Collaboratively shares knowledge and ideas with the team and company as a whole
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in a related field
• 6+ years of experience working in a similar role
• Experience designing LRUs to meet FAA certification requirements such as DO‑160
• Advanced user of a 3D CAD (preferably Solid Works) and PDM
• Capable of generating specification drawings with dimensions and tolerances per ASME 14.5Y
• Experience implementing tolerance studies and analyses to document and validate part variation and assembly fits and clearances
• Experience designing injection molded, sheet metal, die cast, machined, stamped and die cut parts
• Experience with statistical techniques for part fabrication and manufacturing process output control
• Experience with electromagnetic regulatory requirements and mitigation of problems found during testing
• Experience with the implementation of various thermal management techniques
• Proven track record of owning and driving significant portions of complex engineering projects
• Proven track record in meeting project goals and objectives

The starting pay range for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 per year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on the level of the position, skills, experience, job‑related knowledge, and location.

• Discretionary bonus program
• Future financial security with a 401(k) program with company match
• Paid time off covering vacations, personal time off and sick days, capped off by an exciting year‑end holiday shutdown
• Embraced flexibility with our alternative work schedule (9/80) to navigate your workweeks with every other Friday off