Staff R&D Product Engineer – Mechanical Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee product development initiatives for socket, high-speed connector, and cable assembly solutions from the initial market definition through to production release.

• Collect and transform Voice of Customer insights into product ideas and specifications.

• Create product concepts, carry out feasibility studies, and formulate technical proposals.

• Conduct mechanical and thermal simulations to assess and enhance product designs.

• Generate comprehensive 2D and 3D product designs, tolerance analyses, and DFMEA.

• Construct and validate prototypes, complete product qualification processes, and finalize product specifications.

• Assist with new product introductions, production scaling, and continuous manufacturing operations.

• Address design and process-related challenges.

• Oversee engineering and product change processes, including ECNs and PCNs.

• Keep abreast of customer applications, market trends, and system-level requirements.

• Aid project teams throughout the LEANPD development process.

• Offer technical assistance through testing, troubleshooting, analysis, and verification.

• Work collaboratively with customers, sales, product management, systems architects, field application engineers, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and suppliers.

• Prepare and sustain engineering documentation, product specifications, design records, drawings, and change notices.

• Balance innovation, manufacturability, quality, cost, schedule, performance, and customer expectations throughout the product lifecycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field, or equivalent industry experience.

• At least 5 years of pertinent engineering experience.

• Practical experience in connector product development, encompassing material selection, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, product qualification, and validation.

• Background in electrical connector design and development, electrical or electromechanical components, mechanical structure design, manufacturing tooling development, or manufacturing process development.

• In-depth knowledge of electrical connector design, contact physics, plating systems, pore blockers, contact lubricants, copper alloys, and high-temperature plastics.

• Proficiency in 3D CAD software, preferably Creo.

• Familiarity with SpaceClaim, SolidWorks, or similar concept-development tools.

• Expertise in GD&T.

• Experience with tolerance stack-up analysis, limit and fit analysis, and statistical tolerance methodologies.

• Proficient in using FEA tools such as ANSYS Workbench for structural and thermal simulations.

• Ability to create and document product specifications and engineering requirements.

• Understanding of machining, molding, stamping, plating, and assembly manufacturing processes, with an emphasis on DFM.

• Knowledge of electrical connector testing methods and qualification procedures.

• Familiarity with communication theory, signal integrity, and impedance matching.

• Experience in thermal management related to high-speed signal transmission applications.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

• Capability to work effectively in a global environment across various time zones and cultures.

• Willingness to travel between 10% to 25% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• 401(k)

• Disability insurance

• Life insurance

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Paid time off

• Voluntary benefits

• Remote work arrangement