Senior Solutions Design Architect - End-to-End Hardware

Instrumental; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental

Public Transit/Commuter Plans

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Instrumental in Palo Alto seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to design and deploy end-to-end hardware and software solutions across manufacturing lines, collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams.

You will shape station placement, imaging strategy, fixtures, optics, and lighting for high-volume environments while translating customer needs into production-ready deployments.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in mechanical design or related fields.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills.
• Experience on high-volume electronics or NPI manufacturing floors.
• Strong CAD in SolidWorks/Creo/NX.
• DFM and tolerance analysis proficiency.
• Startup experience or independent initiative.

Responsibilities

• Architect customer manufacturing solutions.
• Lead technical customer engagements.
• Design production-ready hardware.
• Turn manufacturing data into decisions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer engagement

DFM and tolerance analysis

Builder's mindset

Travel occasionally

Tools

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

Job description

Instrumental in Palo Alto seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to design and deploy end-to-end hardware and software solutions across manufacturing lines, collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams.

You will shape station placement, imaging strategy, fixtures, optics, and lighting for high-volume environments while translating customer needs into production-ready deployments.