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Mechanical Design Engineer

Protingent, Inc.
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/12/2026

Job Details

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer 2
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Mechanical Design Engineer 2 opportunity with our client located in Sunnyvale, CA.
Job Description:

  • As Mechanical Engineer in the Vision Equipment team you will use your mechanical engineering design and analysis skills to design, develop and deploy equipment to test, measure, and calibrate vision/optical imaging products.
  • These products include endoscopes, fiber optic light sources and near-eye displays.
  • Equipment will be used in a production manufacturing environment and needs to meet performance, safety, ergonomics, reliability, consistency, and capacity requirements.
  • Individuals in this role shall demonstrate precision mechanical design skills and work within cross-functional teams to develop custom optical & imaging test equipment.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Develop and continuously improve test and calibration equipment for high performance endoscope, laser, LED optical systems, and near eye optical display systems for mid-volume products. Activities include:
  • Design, specify, prototype, document, procure, assemble, qualify, implement, and improve test equipment mechanical components and equipment.
  • Work closely with engineering teams such as product development, test software, and process development to understand mechanical requirements, develop robust, reliable and reproducible test and calibration equipment.
  • Documentation to include generating equipment specifications, validation protocols, assembly instructions, preventative maintenance, and calibration (PMC) in addition to CAD component and assembly drawings.
  • Analyze, debug and root cause measurement accuracy, reliability, repeatability, and reproducibility of equipment issues.

Job Qualifications:

  • BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Opto-Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, or related area.
  • Minimum 2 - 4 years of experience required.
  • Minimum Bachelors degree required.
  • Minimum 2-4 years mechanical, equipment design engineering experience for a medium to high volume product.
  • Strong analytical skills to understand, analyze and improve the accuracy, repeatability, and reliability of measurement equipment.
  • Communication and documentation skills must be excellent. CAD experience (Solidworks).

Job Details:

  • Job Type: Contract
  • Pay Rate: $51.36-$56.36 an hour
  • Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Onsite).
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Salary : $51 - $56

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