Senior Mechanical Engineer (Vision Equipment)
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Job Description
Primary Function of Position As Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Vision Equipment team you will use your mechanical engineering design and analysis skills to design, develop and deploy equipment to test, measure, and calibrate vision/optical imaging products. These products include endoscopes, fiber optic light sources and near-eye displays. Equipment will be used in a production manufacturing environment and needs to meet performance, safety, ergonomics, reliability, consistency, and capacity requirements.
Individuals in this role shall demonstrate precision mechanical design skills and work within cross-functional teams to develop custom optical & imaging test equipment.
Essential Job Duties
Develop and continuously improve test and calibration equipment for high-performance endoscopes for “mid-volume products.
Activities include: Design, specify, prototype, document, procure, assemble, qualify, implement, and improve test equipment mechanical components and equipment. Work closely with engineering teams such as product development, test software, and process development to understand mechanical requirements, develop robust, reliable, and reproducible test and calibration equipment. Documentation to include generating equipment specifications, validation protocols, assembly instructions, preventative maintenance, and calibration (PMC) in addition to CAD component and assembly drawings.
Analyze, debug and root cause measurement accuracy, reliability, repeatability, and reproducibility of equipment issues. Project manage equipment development projects that will involve coordination with manufacturing and software development teams.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience
Minimum 8 years mechanical, equipment design engineering experience for a medium to high volume product. Strong analytical skills to understand, analyze and improve the accuracy, repeatability, and reliability of measurement equipment. Communication and documentation skills must be excellent. CAD experience (Solidworks). Required Education and Training BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Opto-Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, or related area.
Workinn Conditions None
Preferred Skills and Experience
Experience with development of precision opto-mechanical test equipment preferred. New product introduction/development experience desirable.
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