Senior Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer

SANMINA-SCI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation's Advanced Microsystems Technologies (AMT) seeks an experienced Senior Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer to advance mechanical design, thermal management and packaging of high-speed optical modules in QSFP/OSFP form factors within a global product development team.

You will own end-to-end design from housing and PCB packaging to assembly, testing and manufacturability, collaborating with cross-functional groups to meet milestones and customer requirements in Ottawa.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in a product development role with focus on transceiver design.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Experience with AutoCAD/SolidWorks and FEA tools.
• Experience in RF/Microwave/Optical packages and multi-chip modules.
• Experience end-to-end product development and manufacturing implementation is a plus.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical design support for NP I and manufacturing of optical product families.
• Design housing subassemblies, PCB packaging, and optical fiber routing.
• Coordinate host system integration for pluggables including cooling methods.
• Ensure design for manufacturability, assembly, and test for high-volume viability.
• Perform design verification through prototyping and device testing.
• Define tooling/fixturing requirements for prototyping to volume production.
• Engage suppliers for prototyping and high-volume production.
• Work with cross-functional team to meet design specs across product types.

Skills

Mechanical design

Thermal management

Packaging design

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

FEA

Transceiver design

Optical/microelectronic tech

Communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

ANSYS/FEA

Job description

Requisition ID: 106866-0
Advanced Microsystems Technologies, AMT, is a technology division of Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), responsible for RF, Microelectronic, Optical components and Integrated Subsystems, providing services from design concept, through prototype design and testing, process development, assembly and test innovation, to volume manufacturing. We are extremely proud to partner with our customers enabling their product through the full product lifecycle.

Job Purpose

The Senior Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer, as part of the larger product solutions development team, provides mechanical design support of product development, NPI, and manufacturing of a variety of different optical product families.

We are looking for an experienced Opto-Mechanical Engineer, with a strong background in mechanical design, and a clear focus on the physical design, thermal management and packaging of high-speed optical modules, in small form factors such as QSFP, OSFP, to support product design and analysis within a worldwide end-to-end product development team developing advanced Opto/microelectronic components, modules and sub-systems.

Nature Of Duties / Responsibilities

• Physical design, thermal management and packaging of high-speed optical modules, in small form factors such as QSFP, OSFP. Experience with CPO design approaches and architectures an asset. Responsibilities include:
• Mechanical housing subassembly design and module integration, PCB packaging and flex circuit integration, optical fiber routing and interconnects
• Host system integration considerations of pluggables: insertion/extraction forces, mating cycles, air vs liquid cooling
• Design for manufacturability, assembly and test to ensure high volume product viability and reliability
• Design verification through prototyping and device test and characterization
• Tooling and fixturing requirements definition and design to support prototyping and volume production
• Supplier engagement to support prototyping and high volume production
• Work within a multidisciplinary development team to provide a broad range of mechanical design solutions and analysis support to meet design specifications. Product types, include, but are not limited to:
• Telecommunications and datacom components/modules/subsystems (transceivers, lasers, detectors, modulators, optical receivers, amplifiers, flip chip BGA modules, etc).
• Sensing / lidar optical components/systems.
• Medical, biomedical, military etc components.
• Coordinate activities within the multidisciplinary development team
• Work with process and test engineering teams to ensure alignment of designs with process and test capabilities
• Support new business development by interfacing with new customers to understand their requirements and defining proposals and quotations
• Support new technology research and development as part of AMTs Technology Roadmap
• Manage key technical elements of projects and their associated timelines in order to meet milestones on various customer projects.

Education & Experience

• Minimum bachelors degree in Engineering
• 5+ years' experience in a product development role with a focus on transceiver design
• AutoCAD/SolidWorks design experience with an understanding of FEA using Solidworks / Ansys or similar software tools
• Experience in the design of RF/Microwave/Optical packages and multi-chip modules
• Experience in optical and microelectronic technologies, materials, components, assembly and test processes
• Experience in end-to-end product development, with product manufacturing implementation considered an asset
• Experience with DFM and FMEA would be an asset
• Ability to work well within a multidisciplinary development team in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required

Other Information

• The compensation range for this position is $100,000-150,000 annually.
• This position is for an existing vacancy.
• The hiring process for this position does not use Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Sanmina welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. In accordance with the guidelines established under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.