Mechanical Engineer

Specter

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of mechanical product design experience
  • Familiarity with electronics packaging considerations
  • Experience shipping high volume products with contract manufacturers
  • Working experience with injection molding, casting, and opto-mechanical design
  • Hands-on experience building computers and servers is preferred
  • Experience with Formula/Baja SAE or similar projects is a plus
  • Proficiency in Solidworks, CATIA, or NX, and familiarity with NSYS multiphysics simulation

Responsibilities

  • Define mechanical system requirements for sensor systems
  • Design components using sheet metal, CNC plastics/metal, and 3D printing
  • Create detailed GD&T drawings for vendor production
  • Package sensors, including cameras and other multi-modal systems
  • Conduct thermal and structural analysis for computing components
  • Design custom battery solutions for sensor systems
  • Develop test criteria and conduct tests with internal and external partners
  • Assist in field deployments and provide remote debugging support

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Access to cutting-edge technology
  • Health and wellness programs
Full Job Description
The RoleSpecter is hiring a hands-on mechanical engineer to design products that will expand our product portfolio. This individual will own subsystem design and development from concept to production. This individual will collaborate with electrical engineers, manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to deliver a performant, scalable, and validated design to the field.

Responsibilities:
  • Responsibilities include electrical packaging of PCBAs including enclosures, sealing, connectors, wire harness, and thermal interfaces.
  • Hands on prototype building to accelerate product development.


Qualifications:
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and being scrappy.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and fielding high volume products.
  • Demonstrated experience designing tightly integrated products that live in harsh, outdoor environments (IP67, MILSTD810G/H or higher).
  • Experience in doing tolerance analysis for prototyping and mass production.
  • Hands on experience with tests (shock, vibe, thermal, EMC ).
  • Experience designing for different manufacturing methods including machining, injection molding, casting, and sheet metal parts.
  • Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral).
  • Experience with coupled thermal analysis, design, and simulation for high density power dissipation. Preferred qualifications include experience with designing thermal solutions for air and liquid cooling.
  • Experience with thermal, structural and modal analysis including first order modeling. Experience with FMEA (Ansys or similar) preferred.
  • Experience or exposure to EE and RF systems and packaging of pcba components and antenna elements.
  • Proficient with Solidworks or equivalent.
  • Proficient with Ansys Thermal and Structural analysis tools.
  • Experience in ECO, BOM and deviation process management.
  • Experience in using gd&t to draft drawings for manufacturing.


Design Tool Proficiency:
  • Solidworks preferred (our current 3d software).
  • ANSYS Multiphysics simulation.
  • Familiarity with ECAD integration.

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