Lead Design Mechanical Engineer

Jabil; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jabil is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to lead mechanical design and integration for complex hardware platforms from concept through production release. This role owns key mechanical deliverables, drives issue resolution, and ensures designs meet performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability requirements.

The candidate collaborates with suppliers, operations, and manufacturing teams to optimize for manufacturability and reliability, while mentoring junior engineers and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 5–10 years in mechanical design and development of electronics or complex hardware products.
• Experience leading design reviews and coordinating with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design activities for enclosures, chassis, structural elements, cable routing, and related assemblies across development phases.
• Own critical mechanical deliverables including design proposals, tolerance analysis, structural studies, drawing completeness, and release readiness.
• Drive mechanical issue investigation and root cause analysis during prototype builds, validation, and manufacturing ramp.
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews and ensure alignment of mechanical solutions with system architecture, thermal needs, and customer requirements.
• Partner with suppliers, operations, and manufacturing teams to improve design for manufacturability, quality, cost, and schedule performance.
• Support packaging, reliability, and physical integration concerns and drive closure of cross‑functional product risks.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to method development, reuse strategies, and engineering best practices within the mechanical function.
• Communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and status clearly to leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders.

Skills

CAD

Tolerance analysis

Structural investigation

Release management

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Job Summary
The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for leading mechanical design and integration for complex hardware platforms from concept through production release. This role owns key mechanical deliverables, drives issue resolution, and ensures designs meet performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability requirements.

• Lead mechanical design activities for enclosures, chassis, structural elements, cable routing, and related assemblies across development phases.
• Own critical mechanical deliverables including design proposals, tolerance analysis, structural studies, drawing completeness, and release readiness.
• Drive mechanical issue investigation and root cause analysis during prototype builds, validation, and manufacturing ramp.
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews and ensure alignment of mechanical solutions with system architecture, thermal needs, and customer requirements.
• Partner with suppliers, operations, and manufacturing teams to improve design for manufacturability, quality, cost, and schedule performance.
• Support packaging, reliability, and physical integration concerns and drive closure of cross-functional product risks.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to method development, reuse strategies, and engineering best practices within the mechanical function.
• Communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and status clearly to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Job Summary
The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for leading mechanical design and integration for complex hardware platforms from concept through production release. This role owns key mechanical deliverables, drives issue resolution, and ensures designs meet performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability requirements.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design activities for enclosures, chassis, structural elements, cable routing, and related assemblies across development phases.
• Own critical mechanical deliverables including design proposals, tolerance analysis, structural studies, drawing completeness, and release readiness.
• Drive mechanical issue investigation and root cause analysis during prototype builds, validation, and manufacturing ramp.
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews and ensure alignment of mechanical solutions with system architecture, thermal needs, and customer requirements.
• Partner with suppliers, operations, and manufacturing teams to improve design for manufacturability, quality, cost, and schedule performance.
• Support packaging, reliability, and physical integration concerns and drive closure of cross-functional product risks.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to method development, reuse strategies, and engineering best practices within the mechanical function.
• Communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and status clearly to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Job Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in mechanical design and development of electronics or complex hardware products.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong expertise in CAD, tolerance analysis, structural investigation, and release management for mechanical components and assemblies.
• Experience working with manufacturing, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to deliver products into production.
• Familiarity with server, storage, networking, or rack-level hardware platforms is required.
• Strong problem-solving skills and proven ability to lead technical execution in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence project direction through technical leadership.

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