Palo Alto Networks · 3 months ago
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Network Hardware)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $205K/yr
10+ years expPalo Alto Networks is dedicated to being the cybersecurity partner of choice, and they are seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to contribute to innovative mechanical engineering solutions. The role involves collaborating with various teams throughout the NPI development process to ensure high-quality, low-cost system designs.
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Responsibilities
Capable of doing hands-on work in mechanical lab/shop environments to prove out design concepts and rework existing parts
Conduct failure analysis and determine root causes
Implement design enhancements and cost reductions
Create & release engineering change orders (ECOs) to implement design solution(s)
Collaborate well with the entire hardware team during development
Generate initial mechanical system Bills of Materials (BOMs)
Prepare and present Design Reviews that include detailed tolerance analysis, overall assembly, estimated costing and schedule commitment
Work with manufacturing partners early-on in implementing DFM in Proto 1 through production
Participate in other design views to better understand various design ideas
Responsible for the review and approval of initial First Article Inspection (FAI) Reports for part and assemblies prior to pre-production release and/or transfer of ownership to operations
Supporting mechanical sustaining effort across all PAN products
Actively participate in product definition and document
Perform product characterizations testing
Capable in supporting sustaining across all production released products
Qualification
Required
Excellent understanding in design sheet metal, plastic, machining and die cast part design
Excellent understanding of tolerances analysis and how it applies to fabrication and assembly documentation
Excellent understand of product thermal and custom heat sink design
Good understanding of critical to function dimensioning practices in preparing fabrication and assembly documentation
Minimum 10-15 plus years of experience as a mechanical engineer
Skilled with 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks or Pro/Engineer
Experience with manufacturing and design technologies in sheet metal, plastic injection molding, machining and die casting
Experience reviewing first article inspection reports of fabricated parts and assemblies
Detail oriented with excellent communication and documentation skills
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
Leadership Team
Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
Recent News
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