Principal Mechanical Engineer: FEA & Chassis Expert

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Principal Mechanical Engineer onsite in California to lead structural FEA across NPI and sustaining projects. You will drive simulation accuracy, coordinate internal teams and external partners, and provide design guidance from concept through validation.

Strong leadership and communication are essential. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in electromechanical development, MS in Mechanical Engineering, and deep experience with ANSYS and 3D CAD.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electromechanical product development experience.
• MS in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics or equivalent.
• Experience with networking, server, storage, or telecom systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own structural FEA capabilities for multiple NPI projects and sustaining issues.
• Improve simulation accuracy via test correlation and model refinement.
• Coordinate multiple FEA projects across internal teams and external partners.
• Lead FEA efforts with component suppliers and ODMs.
• Provide design guidance from Concept phase using FEA studies.

Skills

FEA

ANALYSIS

3D CAD

Tolerance stack‑up

Strong communication

Education

MS in Mechanical Engineering

Applied Physics or equivalent

Tools

ANSYS Workbench

SolidWorks

EPDM/PLM

LS-DYNA

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Principal Mechanical Engineer onsite in California to lead structural FEA across NPI and sustaining projects. You will drive simulation accuracy, coordinate internal teams and external partners, and provide design guidance from concept through validation.

Strong leadership and communication are essential. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in electromechanical development, MS in Mechanical Engineering, and deep experience with ANSYS and 3D CAD.