Principal Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Independently designs and develops mechanical systems including components, enclosures, and packaging, ensuring reliability, performance, and manufacturability. Utilizes advanced computer aided design (CAD) tools to develop 3D models and detailed designs in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Reviews and evaluates mechanical strength and reliability of materials and components, identifies failure points, and works closely with operations and suppliers to support prototype-to-production transitions. Conducts testing and reliability assessments, resolves defects, and integrates new materials to improve hardware products.

Manages mechanical design aspects of engineering projects, ensuring alignment with project timelines, quality standards, and design goals.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Design and Development:

• Independently designs and develops electronic

parts, components, board layout and board planning, mechanical systems,

equipment, and packaging, ensuring reliability, performance, and

manufacturability.

• Contributes to setting thermal cooling strategies

and designs mechanical architecture for server generations, from feasibility

studies to production.

• Utilizes advanced computer assisted design (CAD)

tools (e.g., ProE, Solid Works) to develop 3D models and detailed mechanical

designs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine solutions.

• Contributes to the mechanical design of

electronics enclosures or embedded systems, ensuring alignment with hardware

systems and design requirements.

Structural and Reliability Analysis:

• Reviews the results of stress analysis, strain

analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to evaluate the mechanical strength

and reliability of materials and components, addressing challenges

independently.

• Identifies and addresses potential points of

failure, conducting root cause and corrective action analysis to refine designs

and improve reliability.

Manufacturing and Production Support:

• Ensures that designs are manufacturable within

cost and quality constraints, working closely with Operations and External

Manufacturers to support the transition from prototype to production.

• Guides the design development process, ensuring

alignment with project timelines and collaborating across teams to optimize

manufacturing processes.

Product

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Conducts reliability assessments of materials and

designs, ensuring products meet company standards.

• Oversees prototype build and testing processes,

ensuring designs meet functional and performance goals while identifying areas

for improvement.

• Analyzes test data to detect bugs, defects, and

failure trends.

Research and Innovation:

• Researches and implements next-generation

technologies to optimize data center and cloud application products.

• Evaluates and integrates new materials,

processes, and mechanical design techniques, contributing to continuous

innovation and product improvement.

Collaboration with Cross-functional Teams:

• Collaborates with electrical engineers, component

engineers, operations teams, and other internal stakeholders to contribute to

design optimizations that enhance product performance, reliability, and

manufacturability.

• Engages with suppliers to develop high-quality

components and assemblies, ensuring they meet performance and cost goals.

• Works with manufacturing to transition designs to

production.

Project Management:

• Manages the mechanical design aspects of

engineering projects in coordination with program schedule requirements.

• Begins to coordinate resources, timelines, and

design reviews for their portion of the project to ensure successful delivery.

• Maintains detailed documentation of design

processes and decisions, providing clear communication to stakeholders and

ensuring alignment with project objectives and schedule.

Additional Responsibilities (as needed)

Thermal Management:

• Conducts detailed thermal analysis and design

using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools like FloTHERM or Icepak,

ensuring optimal thermal management for electronic devices.

• Develops and executes airflow measurements,

environmental testing, and thermal validation tests for products, ensuring

compliance with internal and external standards (e.g., ASHRAE Data Center

Standards) and correlation with simulation results.

Environmental Test Engineering:

• Leads efforts to ensure mechanical product

designs meet global regulatory and industry standards by independently managing

standard activities throughout the development lifecycle.

• Oversees environmental testing, collaborating

with internal teams or third-party labs to ensure designs fully comply with

required standards.

• Leads communication with design engineers and

program managers to align test results and issues, providing guidance on how to

address constraints in product development.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

• Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks,

monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence

to requirements for a moderately-sized project or initiative.…