Role Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• Help to design, drive, and build fixtures and process development activities to enable prototype builds Drive Qualification and characterization activities.
• Run DOEs and evaluate results, creating presentations that answer key questions about our technology deliverables.
• Work with design engineers to drive engineering change requests resulting from bugs identified Identify and drive opportunities for design for assembly (DfA) improvements.
• Advise mechanical and electrical design engineers in implementing Design for Excellence into their designs.
• Advise internal design teams for manufacturability, assembly, material selection, test and verification, safety, reliability, compliance, etc.
• Manage external vendors in the design, creation and qualification of assembly and test equipment.
• Create detailed integration specifications, field mappings and designs to support the entire integration development life cycle.
• Research integration failures, perform root cause analyses, and report back to engineering cross-functional partners, and management.
• Develop plans to mitigate and avoid build issues.

Performance Measurement:

• Performance will be measured on team feedback, working closely as partnership, assignments and results, meeting expectations, and direct observations.
• Must-Have Skills:

• 5 years of experience good designer (variation analysis, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, testing, good with building things, variations of doing things)
• CAD Expertise: UG NX (Preferred), SolidWorks, Creo
• Analysis Expertise: Statistical Analysis, inclusive of analytical tools such as Minitab, JMP and Crystal Ball
• Simulation and FEA: Ansys, ICEPAK, MATLAB
• Optical Simulation: ZEMAX Opto-mechanical integration and optical test working knowledge.
• Experience with working towards tight program deadlines and ability to schedule individual deliverables accordingly Detail oriented and organized, with ability to present data and test output in an easily consumable format.
• Experience with Google Docs and Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of mass production of products
• Knowledge of Design for Excellence methodologies for mechanical and electrical systems
• Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• Knowledge with 2D and 3D tolerance analysis
• Familiarity with additive manufacturing (3D printing)

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Portfolio of work, if available
• Former experience with MAANG/ Consumer Electronics in highly preferred.
• Worked with consumer electronics.
• Opto-mechanical experience (product stream)
• Working with different XFNs and suppliers (in Asia)

Soft Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.
• Passion for learning and experimenting with new manufacturing methods and processes.

Educational Requirement:

• Bachelor s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Optical, Manufacturing, or similar hardware-oriented discipline, or equivalent experience.