Mechanical Engineer III

Job Description:

• Client is seeking an experienced FEA Simulation Engineer with a strong background in modeling, analyzing, and developing solutions for drop/shock structural problems, and steady state and transient thermal problems.
• Client ideal candidate approaches complex problems with an analytical mindset firmly rooted in engineering first principles.
• They are unafraid to challenge underlying assumptions and are dedicated to delivering solutions in addition to insight.
• Client wants someone who works well in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment, can drive clarity from ambiguity, communicates complex concepts clearly, and is unafraid to tackle new challenges.
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Deliver simulation and analysis-based solutions to improve product response to mechanical (drop/shock) and thermal loads.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and other cross-functional partners to identify risks, strategically create simulations, plan and conduct validation testing, and deliver objective, data-driven engineering guidance and solutions.
• Contribute to the creation of product requirements and technical specifications.
• Provide data and technical guidance for product architecture development efforts.
• Organize and lead thermal design reviews, solution brainstorms, and implementation efforts.
• Drive root cause efforts and design of experiments to resolve problems.
• Present results in a form actionable by cross-functional team members and leadership.
• Advance team capabilities using new methods, materials, technologies, and software tools.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Knowledge of engineering and physics-based principles related to shock, vibrations, strength of materials, heat transfer, and failure analysis.
• Knowledge of implicit and explicit structural and thermal finite element analysis.
• Experience using a data-driven approach to analyze problems and deliver robust, optimized solutions.
• Understanding of the mechanical and thermal properties for a broad spectrum of materials, for example glass, ceramic, polymers, and adhesives.
• 5 plus years’ experience using commercial FEA simulation tools preferably Ansys and/or Abaqus.
• 3 plus years’ experience using 3D CAD tools preferably SolidWorks and/or NX.
• 3 plus years’ experience architecting solutions mitigating drop/shock and thermal problems.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience delivering analysis and developing solutions for consumer products.
  
  

Note:

• The person filling this CW role will work on structural and thermal finite element simulations, both to support the development of the MIDAS project.
• This requires understanding of shock/vibrations, failure analysis, heat transfer, and strength of materials. This also requires expertise in using ANSYS and/or Abaqus.
• Candidate should also be experienced in implicit and explicit finite element methods. Familiarity with optics and optical simulations is a plus.
  
  

Top skills:

• FEA
• Metrology testing (shock drop)
• Hands on lab experience
• Optics experience
  
  

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition:

• Our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences.
• Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal.
• Join the adventure of a lifetime as client makes science fiction real and change the world.
  
  

Typical Day in the Role:

• Mostly running simulations based on CAD that other mechanical /optomechanical engineers would provide processing that data, running tests in the lab.
  
  

How will performance be measured:

• Effectively determining solutions to problems and communicating those solutions to promote the project.
  
  

Pay Range: $70 /hr

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.