Job Summary:The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for designing highly complex optomechanical and optoelectronic packages. You will work closely with photonics, packaging, process, test, quality, supply chain, and external manufacturing partners to translate architecture and requirements into buildable, manufacturable, and verifiable package designs. Strong design skills incorporating mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, electronics integration, optical alignment, and precision design principles are a must.
Responsibilities:- Ownership of package and subassembly designs from prototype through production readiness.
- Expertise in Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly, and supplier-ready build documentation.
- Expertise with GD&T for precision optomechanical interfaces, datums, fixtures, and inspection plans.
- Expertise with tolerance analysis methods for optical alignment, mechanical stack-up, FAU attach, and package interfaces.
- Generate and maintain process flow documentation, build travelers, and assembly sequence definition.
- Conduct DFMEA, PFMEA, CTQ mapping, and risk analysis heat maps for package and process development.
- Fixture design & fabrication for alignment, attach, metrology, handling, and production build support.
- Test set-up design & fabrication for optical, mechanical, thermal, and process verification activities.
- Generate & maintain BOM's, build standards, material callouts, and configuration-controlled package documentation.
- Generate & maintain Specification & Drawing Trees for package, subassembly, fixture, and supplier documentation.
- Ability to execute basic structural, thermal, warpage, and tolerance analyses to down-select designs and reduce build risk.
- Comfortable with PDM / Arena, ECO discipline, drawing release, supplier documentation packages, and revision control.
Experience/Qualifications:- Strong communication & interpersonal skills across engineering, operations, quality, and supplier teams.
- Willingness to support colleagues and external partners to achieve schedule, quality, and build-readiness objectives.
- Exercises independent judgement in resolving design, interface, and manufacturability tradeoffs.
- Continuous learning mindset with interest in photonics packaging, process development, and production scale-up.
- Execution of deliverables against schedule & quality targets in a fast-moving productization environment.
- Experience with subcontractor management, supplier technical coordination, and manufacturing partner support.
- Master's Degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Optomechanical Engineering, Packaging Engineering, or a relevant discipline.
- 5 years of experience, with a focus on optomechanical design, optoelectronic packaging, photonics packaging, or precision mechanical systems.
Base pay is one part of the total compensation package. Full-time roles are eligible for equity and benefits. Our compensation ranges reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S. geographic markets, and we pay based on defined geographic zones. This position may be filled within one of the following U.S. geographic zones, each with its own salary range.
Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges and is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's qualifications, relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, business needs, and internal equity. Your recruiter can share more details about the salary range applicable to your location during the hiring process.
- Zone 1 - Bay Area and NYC
- Zone 2 - Examples include Los Angeles and Washington DC
- Zone 3 - Examples include Austin, Chicago, and Sacramento
- Zone 4 - Examples include Nashville and Phoenix/Tempe and many remote locations
This position includes the following benefits: competitive health coverage for you and your dependents, 401(k) with company match, equity grants, access to financial wellness tools and planning resources, wellness benefits, family support programs, life and disability insurance, paid leave programs, company-designated paid holidays, discretionary time off (DTO), and an end-of-year company shutdown. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements and may vary based on location, role, or employment status. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
The estimated annual base salary range for this role is:
Zone 1
$167,800-$197,200 USD
Zone 2
$151,100-$177,500 USD
Zone 3
$134,300-$157,800 USD
Zone 4
$117,500-$138,000 USD
