Mechanical Engineer 2

Key Responsibilities
Design and Development:
-Assists in the design and development of electronic parts, components, board layout and board planning, mechanical systems, equipment, and packaging, aligning with standards for reliability, performance, and manufacturability.
-Utilizes advanced computer assisted design (CAD) tools (e.g., ProE, SolidWorks) to support development of 3D models and mechanical designs.
Structural and Reliability Analysis:
-Begins to conduct first order stress analysis, strain analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to evaluate the mechanical strength and reliability of materials and components, raising challenges to team.
-Addresses identified potential points of failure as instructed to refine designs and improve reliability.
Manufacturing and Production Support:
-Adheres to project timelines throughout the design development process and may work with team to optimize manufacturing processes.
Product Testing and Quality Assurance:
-Executes tests as instructed for prototypes, ensuring designs meet functional and performance goals while identifying areas for improvement.
-Collects test data for analyses to detect bugs, defects, and failure trends.
Research and Innovation:
-Researches next-generation technologies to support optimization of data center and cloud application products.
Collaboration with Cross-functional Teams:
-Incorporates feedback from suppliers and internal stakeholders to support the development of high-quality components, ensuring they meet performance and cost goals.
Project Management:
-Documents essential details about processes and materials, providing clear communication to stakeholders and ensuring alignment with project objectives and schedule.

Additional Responsibilities (as needed)
Thermal Management:
-Assists with thermal analysis and design using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools like FloTHERM or Icepak.
-Executes airflow measurements, environmental testing, and thermal validation tests for products as instructed, ensuring compliance with internal and external standards (e.g., ASHRAE Data Center Standards).
Environmental Test Engineering:
-Assists in ensuring that mechanical product designs align with relevant global regulatory and industry standards by supporting the integration of standards requirements into design.
-Conducts basic environmental testing, working closely with internal teams and external labs to ensure products meet established standards.
-Works with design engineers and program managers to understand test results and assists in debug and validation of design fixes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.

• 0-2 years of hands-on mechanical design experience through full-time roles, internships, co-ops, academic projects, or related high-tech electro-mechanical work.

• CAD experience with tools such as Creo/ProEngineer, SolidWorks, NX, or similar mechanical design platforms.

• Foundational experience designing or supporting sheet metal, machined, plastic, die-cast, and fastened mechanical components and assemblies.

• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes such as stamping, bending, machining, injection molding, die casting, finishing, assembly, and inspection.

• Familiarity with tolerance analysis, GD&T, DFM/DFA, mechanical drawings, BOM creation, design documentation, and engineering change processes.

• Ability to support prototype builds, mechanical validation, failure analysis, and production readiness activities.

• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional engineering teams, manufacturing partners, suppliers, and global stakeholders.

• Ability to evaluate tradeoffs across mechanical design, thermal performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost with guidance from senior engineers.

• Strong problem-solving, ownership, communication, documentation, and schedule-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, hyperscale data center hardware, enterprise servers, storage systems, networking systems, or rack-level platforms.

• Familiarity with thermal and structural analysis workflows or tools such as FloTHERM, Icepak, ANSYS, or similar simulation environments.

• Exposure to mechanical validation processes such as environmental testing, vibration testing, shock testing, thermal testing, and characterization.

• Familiarity with EMI/EMC, safety, regulatory, reliability, serviceability, and data center environmental requirements.

• Prior exposure to global ODM/JDM partners, external manufacturers, tooling vendors, or supply chain organizations is a plus.

• Knowledge of high-power systems, airflow optimization, liquid-cooling interfaces, rack integration, cable routing, and service-access constraints.

• Familiarity with PLM/PDM systems and formal release processes for hardware products.

Core Technical Skills

• Mechanical design support: Enclosures, chassis, rack hardware, covers, brackets, trays, cable-management features, and electro-mechanical assemblies.

• Manufacturing readiness: DFM/DFA support, tooling feedback, supplier reviews, cost awareness, quality improvement, and release-to-production support.

• Validation and analysis: Tolerance stack-ups, fit/function checks, prototype validation, environmental testing, vibration testing, thermal characterization, and RCCA support.

• Cross-functional execution: Clear collaboration with electrical, thermal, systems, validation, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing teams.

• Documentation discipline: CAD models, drawings, BOM inputs, ECO support, specifications, assembly procedures, test findings, and production release records.