Senior Principal Mechanical Architect

About the role

From applied research to advanced engineering, the Engineering Technologist team shapes ground-breaking products, materials, and processes. We assess competition, develop technology and product strategies, and generate intellectual property. We lead technology investigations, analyze industry capabilities, and recommend potential acquisitions or vendor partnerships. Our insights influence product architecture and definitions, ensuring our products always lead the way.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, analysis, documentation, and validation of mechanical components, assemblies, and assigned product platforms.
• Develop and test mechanical prototypes, conducting analysis, debugging, and engineering validation to ensure product performance and reliability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with suppliers and teams including electrical engineering, manufacturing, quality, marketing, and industrial design to support successful product development.
• Apply advanced engineering tools and methodologies to create innovative solutions for complex mechanical design challenges.
• Manage mechanical tooling, qualification processes, and product deliverables, ensuring program milestones, schedules, and quality requirements are achieved.
• Establish product mechanical requirements, engineer the product to meet those requirements, and validate compliance.
• Work with internal development teams and external suppliers to develop innovative mechanical solutions for PCs, particularly notebooks, using leading-edge engineering software and processes.
• Ensure products meet design targets in quality, feature set, cost, schedule, reliability, acoustics, regulatory, and safety standards.
• Drive mechanical architecture, component and system-level specifications, create and direct CAD models, interpret test data, and provide status reporting for assigned projects.
• Shape the future product roadmap by providing mechanical and thermal engineering expertise, guiding the architecture of next-generation mobile commercial products.
• Evaluate features, performance, and cost trade-offs to drive optimized product design decisions that meet business and customer objectives.
• Partner with marketing, design, and cross-functional teams to identify emerging technologies, develop proof-of-concepts, and ensure implementation readiness.
• Lead the incubation, development, prototyping, and promotion of innovative mechanical concepts and designs aligned with customer and market requirements.
• Engage and influence ODMs and technology partners to solve complex challenges, translate customer needs into solutions, and generate intellectual property (IP) protecting innovation and competitive advantage.

Requirements

Essential Requirements

• Shape the future product roadmap by providing mechanical and thermal engineering expertise, guiding the architecture of next-generation mobile commercial products.
• Evaluate features, performance, and cost trade-offs to drive optimized product design decisions that meet business and customer objectives.
• Partner with marketing, design, and cross-functional teams to identify emerging technologies, develop proof-of-concepts, and ensure implementation readiness.
• Lead the incubation, development, prototyping, and promotion of innovative mechanical concepts and designs that align with customer and market requirements.
• Engage and influence ODMs and technology partners to solve complex challenges, translate customer needs into solutions, and generate intellectual property (IP) that protects innovation and competitive advantage.

Desirable Requirements

• Typically requires 12+ years of related experience in a professional role with a Bachelor's degree; or 8+ years with a Master's degree; or 5+ years with a PhD; or equivalent experience.
• Ability to assess and optimize the tradeoffs between thermal, mechanical, and electrical features.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $199,750 - $258,500.

Benefits

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