Principal Mechanical Engineer

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We are seeking a Principal Mechanical Development Engineer to add to our team in Littleton, MA. The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for leading the mechanical design activity implementing innovative and cost-effective product solutions in order to support the organization from prototype development through full-scale production.

JetCool, a Flex company, has a mission to continuously innovate next-generation cooling solutions to enable the devices that fuel a more sustainable tomorrow. JetCool designs and delivers microconvective cooling® technology for high-power electronics, enabling our customers to achieve unprecedented performance and unrivaled sustainability improvements. Our technology creates a ripple effect, enabling the businesses we serve to become more sustainable, profitable, and efficient. Join us to be part of some of today’s fastest growing industries, while having a positive impact on society through technology.

What a typical day looks like:

• Define new mechanical product architecture, analyze performances and provide feasibility studies
• Lead and execute the mechanical system, subsystem and part design of products from requirement specification up to transfer to manufacturing including fabrication, testing, verification and validation of engineering prototypes
• Support the creation of product design documentation requirements
• Work with mechanical engineers in design and development of miniaturized system
• Be a technical lead closing the gap between Marketing team and Mechanical Design teams
• Work within the project team adopting time and cost-effective solutions
• Provide high quality technical reports supported by simulations and/or lab tests
• Investigate new technologies and trends, assisting in generating production and technology roadmaps that support customer expectations with close relationship with vendors
• Support actively customer base with design improvements that enhance manufacturability and assembly while minimizing costs
• Promoter and coordinator of design reviews and DFx reviews
  
  

The experience we are looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Biomedical engineering
• 8 years of experience in engineering with proven technical leadership
• Previous experience in designing medical devices, handset devices or white goods is a plus
• Use of CAD tool suite
  
  

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