What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer position at Long Finch Technologies LLC?
Need to have strong experience with Siemens NX, Fixture Design & mechanical engineering.
Position: PD/Mechanical Validation & Design Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (100% onsite)
Exp: 7 – 12 years
F2F is compulsory after initial web interviews
Need to have validation experience on hardware products (consumer electronics)
Job Description:
- Responsible for developing and executing mechanical validation tests on wearables products in the development phase.
- Convert mechanical requirements/specs into specific test cases to ensure the design meets those requirements.
- Create testing approach with standard operation procedures (SOPs), identify test equipment required, any special fixtures, and know how to confirm the test equipment meets the measurement capabilities.
- Design mechanical and/or electromechanical fixtures/systems for internal system validation testing of consumer wearable device. Procure required fixture parts, assemble, and validate the test setup.
- Know how to perform and execute a gage R&R.
- Approx 50/50 split between validation and fixture design projects
- Drive and execute mechanical validation to meet key deadlines and priority goals
- Develop specifications and project plans to execute designs by working closely with product designers and/or cross functional teams to incorporate all requirements into specifications.
- Ability to conduct detailed design work, create 3D models, drawings and drive design reviews.
Technical Requirements
- Fluent in NX and advanced surfacing techniques
- Proven experience with mechanical testing and validation methods
- Expertise in various manufacturing techniques such as injection molding, sheet metal stamping, forging, die casting etc.
- Understanding of tolerances and tolerance analysis as it relates to design and testing
- Strong understanding of product life cycle management (especially early stage development and production and launch)
Minimum Qualification:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 5 years of experience
- Fluent with Siemens NX for CAD
- Strong written and oral communication skills, the ability to communicate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel.
- Experience in technical documentation and report generation.
- Expected to write technical reports and present technical reviews.
Desirable Skills and Characteristics
- Past experience in making production drawings for consumer electronics in NX
- Ability to quickly make tradeoff decisions to drive progress based on engineering fundamentals.
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and organizational skills.
- Experience methods for testing and validating mechanical design
- Mass production experience
- Able to work under tight time constraints to meet schedules and manufacturing deadlines.
- Flexible with ability to work in a dynamic and rapid-paced workplace with minimal supervision.
- Data analysis and visualization experience (matlab, python, JMP)
