Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies Limited; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

HCLTech in Santa Clara is seeking a hands-on mechanical reliability engineer to design, build and integrate complex test fixtures for CT-based product testing. You will take a concept from design through fabrication, CT-system integration, automation, and data analysis largely independently.

The role emphasizes robotics/mechatronics, Python control, AI/ML for imaging data, and close collaboration with imaging, design, and failure-analysis teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and building custom mechanical/electromechanical test fixtures.
• Background in robotics and mechatronics: mechanical design, motion control, actuators, sensors, systems integration.
• Experience or aptitude for integrating hardware fixtures into constrained systems.
• Proficiency in Python for fixture control, automation, and data analysis.
• Practical experience applying AI/ML to engineering, imaging, or test data.
• Self-driven with ownership mentality and ability to handle complex projects.
• Strong mechanical aptitude with hands-on hardware work.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build custom mechanical fixtures to apply controlled stress to products under test.
• Integrate stress-test fixtures with CT scanner hardware, ensuring fit and no artifacts.
• Develop Python software to control fixtures, synchronize stress cycles with CT sequencing, and log data.
• Apply AI/ML to analyze CT imaging and reliability data to identify failure onset and patterns.
• Collaborate with imaging, product design, and failure analysis teams.
• Iterate fixture design based on test results and CT findings.
• Document fixture designs, integration procedures, and test results for reproducibility.
• Drive projects independently with minimal oversight.

Skills

Mechanical fixtures design

Robotics & mechatronics

Motion control

Python programming

AI/ML for imaging

Systems integration

Hands-on hardware

Documentation & communication

Tools

Python

CT scanner integration

Job description

Design, build, and integrate complex mechanical reliability/stress-test fixtures for product testing, with the fixtures designed to interface directly with our CT (computed tomography) scanning systems. The goal is to stress test products under controlled mechanical conditions while enabling in-situ or sequential CT imaging to inspect internal structural/failure effects. This role requires a hands-on, self-driven engineer who can take a test concept from design through fabrication, CT-system integration, automation, and data analysis — largely independently.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build custom mechanical fixtures to apply controlled stress (e.g., cyclic loading, vibration, bend/flex, thermal, or compression) to products under test
• Integrate stress-test fixtures with CT scanner hardware — ensuring fixtures fit within scanner bore/stage constraints, are compatible with rotation stages, and don\'t introduce imaging artifacts (material selection, geometry, X-ray transparency)
• Develop Python software to control test fixtures, synchronize stress cycles with CT scan sequencing, and automate data logging for long-duration/unattended testing
• Apply AI/ML techniques to analyze CT imaging and reliability data — identifying failure onset, crack propagation, wear patterns, and predicting failure modes
• Collaborate closely with CT/imaging, product design, and failure analysis engineering teams to align test design with product risk areas
• Iterate quickly on fixture design based on test results and CT findings
• Document fixture designs, integration procedures, and test results for reproducibility and cross-team use
• Drive projects independently — identifying testing gaps, proposing solutions, and executing with minimal oversight

Skill Requirements

• Proven experience designing and building custom mechanical/electromechanical test fixtures, ideally for product stress, durability, or reliability testing
• Strong background in robotics and mechatronics: mechanical design, motion control, actuators, sensors, and system integration
• Experience or strong aptitude for integrating hardware fixtures into constrained systems (e.g., adapting designs to fit within existing equipment envelopes/interfaces)
• Proficiency in Python for fixture control, automation, and data analysis
• Practical experience applying AI/ML to engineering, imaging, or test data (anomaly detection, predictive modeling, classification, etc.)
• Self-driven with strong ownership mentality — comfortable defining and executing complex technical projects with ambiguous requirements
• Strong mechanical aptitude — able to work hands-on with hardware (assembly, wiring, troubleshooting, fit-checks)
• Excellent cross-functional communication and documentation skills

At HCLTech, you\'ll supercharge your potential. You\'ll find your career. And you\'ll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026totaled $14.8billion.

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies.

• medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance
• employee assistance program
• 401(k) retirement plan
• 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year)
• 10 paid holidays per year