Mechanical Design Engineer

Description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Future Energy Technology Center (FETC) is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work on proposing and designing solutions, performing testing to validate all solutions and support from design concept to hand off to production.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating structural designs for mechanical packaging and other related mechanical parts including PCBA design supports
• Responsible for generating drawings and taking care of BOMs, FAIs, ECOs, and MCOs.
• Responsible for performing DFM/DFA analysis, both internal and with external suppliers
• Work with hardware, compliance, reliability, and NPI engineers to meet electrical parameter targets, compliance, quality/reliability, and manufacturing requirements for the products
• Analyze and design cooling solutions for power electronics devices and other power electronics elements
• Performing mechanical and thermal tests in the lab to validate concepts
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of post-graduate design experience
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer working in the electrical device industry
• Experience with CAD systems with a minimum of 2+years of Solidworks experience
• Good knowledge of 3D modeling and generation of CAD drawings
• Familiar with different design skills including plastics injection molding, sheet metal, castings, extrusion, machining, and rapid prototypes.
• Experience in bringing a product to mass production and support for it.
• Experience in thermal design in FEA software to include conduction, convection, and fluid dynamics for both air and liquid-cooled solutions
• Good knowledge of heatsinks, fans, heat exchangers (liquid cooling), cold plate design
• Capable of managing suppliers, vendors, and prototyping shops
• Good communication and teamwork skills to work in a fast-paced environment.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar power electronics field in powers ranging from hundreds of Watts to 1MW
• Experience in areas of PV (solar) inverters, EV chargers, battery storage, or similar technologies
• Experience in low and high-volume production
• Experience in mold/tooling optimization
• Experience with Creo 3D modeling software and PLM systems
  
  

The salary range is required by the California Pay Transparency Act and may differ depending on the location of those candidates hired nationwide. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to, skill set, education, licenses and certifications, essential job duties and requirements, and the necessary experience relative to the job’s minimum qualifications.

• This target salary range is for CA positions only and should not be interpreted as an offer of compensation.
  
  

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