Engineer, Mechanical

Amphenol Thermometrics, Inc.; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Thermometrics, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to develop prototypes and product designs while maintaining release documentation and process discipline.

You will interface with customers, vendors, and internal teams to ensure timely milestones and robust design reviews. The role involves defining assembly line requirements, building test fixtures, and performing root cause analyses to drive design improvements.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field is required.
• At least 3 years of direct mechanical engineering experience.
• Experience with medical device or regulated product development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop prototype and product designs and document release procedures.
• Interface with customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams to meet milestones.
• Design test fixtures and perform root cause analyses for improvements.
• Support legacy products and benchmark designs to maintain competitiveness.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Design for manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Testing & validation

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

3 years mechanical engineering experience

Tools

ANSYS

SolidWorks

Job description

Mechanical Design Engineer

Contribute to the development of new prototype and product designs aimed at exploring emerging business opportunities. Create detailed product documentation following standardized release procedures and generate essential information for comprehensive technical design reviews. Interface with customers, vendors, and internal cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of project milestones. Define assembly line and equipment requirements while proposing innovative design techniques and processes to align with evolving industry demands. Collaborate with other engineers to build and test initial prototype concepts and assemblies, collecting performance data for design validation and product release readiness. Design test fixtures to evaluate new prototypes and perform root cause and failure analyses to identify and implement necessary design changes. Support legacy products already in production while conducting periodic benchmarking of designs, materials, and processes to maintain competitive standards and drive continuous improvement.

Job Requirements

Requires a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science or a directly related field plus three (3) years of experience in Mechanical Engineering role.

Experience must include:

• Two (2) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):
• FEA experience using ANSYS for modeling and part design.
• Product design for medical applications SolidWorks to develop concepts and detailed engineering drawings.
• Conducting tolerance stack-up analyses.
• FMEA's, DFSS & DFM tools and implementation.
• Performing failure modes and effects analysis FMEAs.
• Developing production control/sampling plans for product performance conformance.
• Developing test protocols for product qualifications.