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Mechanical Design Engineer

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Mid level
In-Office or Remote
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Mid level

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As part of Nokia’s Test and Hardware R&D team, you will be responsible for the development of mechanical test equipment for next generation, high performance electro-optic modules. You will be responsible for the integration of Silicon Photonics based Coherent optical transceivers within Nokia’s Photonic Service Engines, from inception stage to New Product Introduction.

Responsibilities
  • Leading Mechanical Design of test systems in collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure design requirements are met.
  • Innovating designs, applying Design for Manufacturing principles and with an eye towards production volumes and cost targets.
  • Performing FEA structural analysis, including linear, nonlinear and dynamic studies using software.
  • Performing thermal analysis, and coupled-physics involving thermal–structural, thermal-mechanical stress and thermo-electric analyses.
  • Owning and maintaining mechanical drawings and manufacturing documentation along with Bill of Materials for new products.
  • Driving debug activities during product validation and qualification.
  • Surveying new materials and vendors for Advanced Optics activities.
     
Qualifications

You have:

  • Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • 3-5 years of experience in high-volume mechanical design with expertise in 3D CAD, tolerance analysis, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) with SolidWorks or similar software.
  • Expertise in thermal and thermo-mechanical simulations using ANSYS or similar software.
  • Expertise in material properties and yield/failure mode analysis.
  • Experience with documentation of fabrication, inspection, and assembly processes.
  • Solid interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills in order to interact with engineering staff, external vendors and contractors effectively.
  • Expertise in materials property and process, yield analysis and enhancement, failure mode and analysis,
  • Experience with Industry Test Standards, such as JEDEC, EIA, Telcordia, Mil-Std, etc. 

It would also be good if you have:

  • Working knowledge of python, or a another programming language
  • Experience with designing and qualifying test equipment
     
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  • Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
  • Health and dental benefits
  • Short-term disability, and long-term disability
  • Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
  • Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
  • Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition Assistance Plan
  • Adoption assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

The above benefits exclude students.


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