Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with opto-mechanical engineers, physicists, and controls system engineers to iteratively design mechanics for vacuum systems, optical subsystems, support structures, and opto-electronics.
• Create novel designs and specifications of mechanical systems and subsystems from the component level up to the system level.
• Evaluate suitability of design solutions by performing detailed stability, thermal, vibration, and tolerance analysis.
• Analyze and make recommendations to the engineering team for balancing competing requirements.
• Assist in hands-on assembly and precision alignment of finalized designs.

Qualifications

• Experience with precision mechanism design and kinematic interfaces.
• Familiarity with designing vacuum chambers and interfacing hardware.
• Mastery of Solidworks, PDM, or equivalent design and data management software.
• Strong background with FEA (meshing, modal analysis, thermal analysis, etc.) and corresponding first order analysis.
• Robust packaging of sensitive systems for shipping or extreme environments.
• Mechanical design for PCBs, wire harnesses, electronic thermal control.
• Hands on experience with optics and opto-mechanical best practices (plus).
• Creative, critical thinking with ability to strategize and solve problems in a dynamic environment.
• Able to work effectively in an open, collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication, listening and people skills.
• Capable of lifting and moving objects that weigh up to 25 pounds.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Unlimited paid time off
• 401K company matching
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent care benefits
• Life insurance

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $140,000 - $165,000, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

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Skills

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Benefits

• Drinks, snacks, and catered team lunches in our offices, every day!