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Akkodis · 1 day ago

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$60/hr - $70/hr

5+ years exp

Akkodis is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for a 6-month contract job with a client in Palo Alto, CA. The role involves designing mechanical test systems for vehicle electronics and developing modular solutions for testing that evolve into fully automated systems for volume production.

Information Technology & Services

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Hiring Manager

Rohit Tiwari

Responsibilities

This role will design mechanical test systems for vehicle electronics. You’ll work on developing mechanical solutions for design characterization, validation, and manufacturing

Design modular and reusable mechanical fixtures for testing vehicle electronics. This will start with manual bench-top setups and will evolve to fully automated systems for volume production

Work with cross-functional engineering groups to define mechanical test requirements for electronics and drive design decisions that help with the testability of ECUs

Design custom mechanical interfaces to connect to ECUs. This can range from pogo-pin connections to bed-of-nails style probing

Qualification

Mechanical Engineering3D CAD softwareTest automation systemsElectronics testing technologiesAutomotive industry experienceHands-on hardware integrationReading electrical circuitsCross-functional collaboration

Required

BS/MS or equivalent work experience in Mechanical Engineering or related fields

5+ years of relevant working experience designing modular mechanical hardware for test automation systems that range from R&D to high-volume manufacturing

Expert at using 3D CAD design software like Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, ProE, etc

Ability to read electrical circuits and schematics, navigating PCB layouts and understand manufacturer's product data sheets

Experience working in the automotive, semiconductor, or aerospace industries

Experience with electronics testing/probing/harnessing technologies like mass interconnect solutions (VPC), specialty probes (Ingun), etc

Experience supporting deployment automated test equipment in manufacturing environments

Hands-on hardware integration experience with automated test equipment

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Additional voluntary benefits

An EAP program

Commuter benefits

401K plan

Paid Sick Leave

Holiday pay

Company

Akkodis

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Akkodis provides digital engineering solutions for sustainable and innovative industries.

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10001+ employees

https://www.akkodis.com

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