Mechanical Engineer V

Position: Mechanical/ Product Design Engineer
Location: CA - Sunnyvale (Onsite)
Duration: 12 - 24 months contract

Job Description:

• Product Design Engineer

About the Role:

• This candidate will work with the client's Labs organization which helps people around the world come together through next generation products
• The Product Design Engineering team is working on cutting edge technology and needs help from skilled engineers that will help bring ideas to reality.
• The main function of this Product Design Engineer is to explore and implement new designs, then to validate technical and product level functionality, use cases, and tech maturity.
• In parallel with derisking efforts, you will be preparing production documentation including governing design files and bill of materials.
• Candidate will work closely with Asia based JDM suppliers, guiding and managing them through the design and build phases.
• Candidate will also work alongside a diverse and expert XFN team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the mechanical design for a particular component, feature, or system while having end-to-end product development understanding
• Contribute to mechanical solutions as part of a highly cross-functional team
• Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and characterization test systems
• Work across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping product, along with our JDM partners
• Collaborate and manage work with Asia based Supply Chain
• Push state of-the-art technologies and approaches to solving complex mechanical problems while working with cross functional technical teams

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 plus years of experience designing and shipping components or systems for Consumer Electronics, or similar mid to high volume industries
• Strong engineering fundamentals and experience with:
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Statistical tolerance analysis techniques
• High volume manufacturing techniques (stamping, machining, injection molding, MIM, 3D printing, etc.)
• PCBA and FPC design and manufacturing methods
• Working knowledge in material properties, such as plastics, metal, adhesive, etc.
• Production drawings, functional dimensioning, GD&T, and 3D/2D CAD
• Heat transfer, Statics, Dynamics, Structural design
• Proven technical communication skills

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering, related engineering field
• 7 plus years of product design and development experience of handheld and/or wearable high volume consumer electronics, including complex subsystems and/or full systems ownership

Experience with:

• Designing and shipping products with Asia based supply chains, including with JDM working model
• Designing with soft goods materials
• Designing highly cosmetic products and working with Industrial Design
• Designing mechanisms
• Designing for reliability, familiarity with reliability and compliance testing
• Testing and analysis (FEA, Simulation, Design of Experiments, etc.)
• Proficient in NX

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Pay Range: $90 - $100/hour on W2

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.

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