Title:  Specialist, Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title: Specialist, Mechanical Engineer

Job Code: 26766

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80-Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.

Job Description:

Seeking a qualified Design Engineer. Successful candidates will be team members of a highly motivated cross-functional design and analysis team contributing to the development of military grade electronic equipment

Essential Functions:

·       Develop electromechanical packaging and conduct environmental testing. 

·       Modify existing products, and development of new designs including circuit card assemblies (CCAs), electronics racks, shelters, enclosures for airborne, sea, ground, and space applications.

·       Ensure new designs progress according to technical objectives, within budgetary and schedule constraints.

·       Assist in specification definition, proposal development, and presenting proposed design solutions to customers and management, both technical and non-technical audiences.

·       The ability to work across functional organizations outside of Hardware Engineering.

·       Must be available to work overtime and weekends when required, and travel occasionally.

Required Qualifications:

·       Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

                   Proficient in CAD, GD&T, and ASME drafting standards.  Experience with Siemens’ NX, preferred.

·       Working knowledge and experience with FEA theory (static and dynamic), (ANSYS/SpaceClaim experience preferred). 

·       Experience with materials, particularly additive materials and epoxies. 

·       Experience with additive and traditional manufacturing methods is a must.

·       Proficient with electronics cooling methods and strong background in heat transfer (conduction, convention, radiation) applied to electronics packaging and reliability.

·       Profficient with environmental testing, i.e., shock, vibration, temperature, and altitude, environmental stress   screening (ESS).

·       ANSYS or FLOEFD experience preferred. 

·       Experience with Topology optimization is a plus.

·       Siemens’ NX, preferred.  Experience with Space Claim a plus. 

·       Familiarity with Open Standards: VITA, VME, PMC and mixed signal board design (RF and Digital) is preferred.

·       Experience with design for space environments including thermal fatigue of circuit cards.