Mechanical Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Engineering – Platform Engineering (HW) /
Full-time /
Hybrid
We are looking for a highly motivated Mechanical/Thermal Engineer that will mainly be responsible for performing mechanical design on server hardware using Rivos chips and other electronic components. This position will report to the Thermal/Mechanical Engineering Manager.
What will you do?
- Responsibilities for this position include but not limited to:
- Mechanical design at the component, board and chassis levels.
- Assembly design including high power ASIC’s, sockets, heat sinks.
- Mechanical design of air/liquid cooled heat sinks & exchangers/cold plates.
- Closely working with board designers to determine dimensions, keep out zones, translate ECAD into MCAD and prepare board layouts.
- Collaborating with the other engineering teams (Reliability, SI/PI, Power, General HW) and making necessary changes on mechanical design.
- Following the OCP guidelines, understanding the revisions/updates, attending appropriate OCP meetings and applying them to mechanical design of Rivos chassis.
- Design of cables and bundling through Rivos chassis at various form factors.
- Running FEA analysis at board and chassis levels to ensure Mechanical Integrity.
- Generating and maintaining BOM.
- Working with CM, OEM and ODM’s to develop mockups, test samples and high-volume products.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Passionate about working in a startup environment, exploring, learning new techniques and applying them to product design.
- Must have experience with electro-mechanical design for rack mounted fixed & modular server or networking equipment.
- Must have experience working with CM, OEM and ODM’s.
- Experience with board/PCB/PWB mechanical design.
- Experience with cabling/bundling in electronic enclosures.
- Experience with various fabrication processes including sheet metal, injection molding, soft and hard tooling.
- Familiarity with OCP mechanical design guidelines and design of Colo boxes.
- Experience with air & liquid cooling systems.
- Experience with tolerance analysis and ASME Y14.5 GD&T guidelines.
- Expert MCAD and PDM user (NX & Solidworks preferred).
- Experience with IDF and ECAD-MCAD transfer process.
- Ability of working on mock up design and preparing test setups and procedures for mechanical and thermal testing.
- Experience with design and manufacturing of fixtures for experiments, components for prototypes, etc.
- Good knowledge/use of MS or Google Office Suite.
- Implementing test plans: setting up and conducting tests or experiments with attention to detail.
- Good troubleshooting skills with mechanical/thermal design and testing.
Optional Skills:
- Familiarity with ANSYS Mechanical.
- Familiarity with Thermal Design Software, i.e. Ansys IcePak, is a big plus.
- Familiarity with airflow and/or wind tunnel measurements.
Education and Experience
- Minimum education: B.S. degree in Mechanical/Thermal Engineering, Applied Mechanics or Science (Physics).
- Minimum 8 years of experience in a product development and/or qualification environment, preferably in electronics/semiconductor industry.
