Staff/Senior Mechanical Engineer

About SirenOpt

Nice to have:

• Experience with metrology equipment and sensors, particularly those used for metrology of advanced materials.
• Some familiarity with thin films, in particular any those related to Lithium- and Zinc-based battery electrodes, Thermal Barrier Coatings for turbine blades, photovoltaics, optical coatings, displays, packaging materials, semiconducting wafers, and/or adhesives.
• Base Pay Range$130,000—$190,000 USD
• Programing of motion controllers is a plus.
• Familiarity with standards requirements for high-voltage/low-voltage or gas distribution devices is a plus.
• Prior exposure to high-precision, high-throughput industrial designs for material handling, metrology, and/or process automation applications are a plus.
• Experience taking designs from initial concept development to product launch. Design for reliability, manufacturing, and service (DfX) are a plus.
• Ability to independently identify and procure parts, manage supplier relationships, and rapidly fabricate medium-fidelity prototypes using 3D printers, metal stock, optical breadboards, etc. is preferred.

Benefits

• Equity and Salary compensation depends on experience
• Health, Dental, Vision plans provided
• 401k matching provided
• Time off: 20 days of PTO per year, plus approximately 15 paid US holidays per year

Qualifications

• B.S./M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with minimum of 4 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience autonomously leading independent mechanical design projects, in particular those that involve designing a product that can be integrated into a larger system.
• Experience with design of motion control mechanisms. Ability to properly constrain parts, define datums run through tolerance analysis. Use of GD&T to control those tolerances in drawings. Setting requirements and selection of motors, couplers, stages, gearboxes.
• Static and dynamic stress and strain analysis including vibration testing and analysis.
• Some familiarity with part quality and measurement setup for CMM or OMM inspection.
• Experience with hands-on development of prototypes.
• Experience with initiating and maintaining supplier support.
• Experience with maintaining awareness of customer needs and iterating on designs accordingly.
• Experience with mechanical design for manufacturing lines.
• Experience with performing sensitivity and risk analysis and using the results of those analyses to inform future mechanical designs e.g., quantifying a prototype’s sensitivity to certain environmental disturbances and creating a mechanical design that mitigates the effects of those disturbances.
• Proficiency with use of CAD and PDM tools (e.g., SolidWorks or OnShape) to design parts and assemblies and prepare technical documentation.
• Demonstrated the ability to adapt to new technical challenges and excited to work in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
• Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• Ability to rapidly create and iterate upon prototypes based on client and team feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical design and validation of a low-temperature plasma-based metrology sensor platform.
• Interface with a small, cross-functional project team to research, develop, and validate new concepts for low-temperature plasma-based metrology.
• Perform fundamental studies to characterize and understand the sensitivity of the sensor and platform performance.
• Closely interact with clients to iterate on the design based on their feedback, paying close attention to integration speed.
• Create and maintain technical design documentation (e.g. requirements, 3D and 2D data, assembly documentation, test processes and test reports).
• B.S./M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with minimum of 4 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience autonomously leading independent mechanical design projects, in particular those that involve designing a product that can be integrated into a larger system.
• Experience with design of motion control mechanisms. Ability to properly constrain parts, define datums run through tolerance analysis. Use of GD&T to control those tolerances in drawings. Setting requirements and selection of motors, couplers, stages, gearboxes.
• Programing of motion controllers is a plus.
• Static and dynamic stress and strain analysis including vibration testing and analysis.
• Some familiarity with part quality and measurement setup for CMM or OMM inspection.
• Experience with hands-on development of prototypes.
• Experience with initiating and maintaining supplier support.
• Experience with maintaining awareness of customer needs and iterating on designs accordingly.
• Experience with mechanical design for manufacturing lines.
• Familiarity with standards requirements for high-voltage/low-voltage or gas distribution devices is a plus.
• Experience with performing sensitivity and risk analysis and using the results of those analyses to inform future mechanical designs e.g., quantifying a prototype’s sensitivity to certain environmental disturbances and creating a mechanical design that mitigates the effects of those disturbances.
• Prior exposure to high-precision, high-throughput industrial designs for material handling, metrology, and/or process automation applications are a plus.
• Experience taking designs from initial concept development to product launch. Design for reliability, manufacturing, and service (DfX) are a plus.
• Proficiency with use of CAD and PDM tools (e.g., SolidWorks or OnShape) to design parts and assemblies and prepare technical documentation.
• Ability to independently identify and procure parts, manage supplier relationships, and rapidly fabricate medium-fidelity prototypes using 3D printers, metal stock, optical breadboards, etc. is preferred.
• Demonstrated the ability to adapt to new technical challenges and excited to work in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
• Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• Ability to rapidly create and iterate upon prototypes based on client and team feedback.