Mechanical Design Engineer - High-Power Cooling & ASICs

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple seeks a Mechanical Engineer to lead design, development, and validation of silicon validation test solutions and provide system design support to other Apple engineering teams.

The role focuses on defining mechanical requirements, performing tolerance analyses, and driving DOEs to achieve robust cooling and mechanical integrity for high power ASICs within data center compatible enclosures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years of experience
• 5+ years of 3D CAD experience required
• Strong GD&T knowledge and tolerance analysis for complex assemblies
• Experience designing heat sinks and cooling solutions for high power ASICs including liquid cooling
• Experience with data center equipment and understanding of EIA rack standards and OCP standards
• Ability to generate MCO for PCBs, create assembly drawings and BOMs; familiar with PDM tools such as Agile
• Knowledge of interconnect technologies including signal integrity and PCB materials
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Teamwork and ability to work with management, engineers, and vendors

Responsibilities

• Define mechanical requirements and interfaces for high power electromechanical systems
• Conduct cross functional design reviews and generate mechanical requirement documents
• Design board and system level mechanical assemblies and generate drawings, BOMs and assembly instructions
• Define mechanical component outlines and component keep outs for PCB layouts
• Performing dimensional and tolerance analysis
• Managing and tracking multiple priorities within schedule requirements
• Design validation and characterization from prototype bring-up to product testing
• Driving failure analyses and design of experiments (DOEs) to reach design solutions and corrective actions.

Skills

Ten+ years experience

3D CAD

GD&T analysis

Heat sinks cooling

Data center design

PCB interface design

MCO for PCBs

PDM tools (Agile)

Interconnect technologies

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX 3D CAD

Teamcenter

Agile

Job description

Apple seeks a Mechanical Engineer to lead design, development, and validation of silicon validation test solutions and provide system design support to other Apple engineering teams.

The role focuses on defining mechanical requirements, performing tolerance analyses, and driving DOEs to achieve robust cooling and mechanical integrity for high power ASICs within data center compatible enclosures.