Job Description

As a Staff HW Development Engineer, you will play a crucial role in our Optical Networks Products & Solutions Engineering HW & Test team. Your expertise in mechanical design will be instrumental in creating cutting-edge telecom products. This role offers an opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic team, utilizing your skills to enhance our product portfolio and drive technological advancements.

• Mechanical design of line cards for modular systems, heat sinks, and fixed system chassis (1 to 42RU).
• Conduct tolerance stack-up analysis and apply GD&T principles.
• Work on sheet metal, casting, plastics, and fiber routing using CREO.
• Transfer information between ECAD and other formats (DXF, EMN, EMP).
• Perform hand calculations for forces during line card operations and heat sink mounting.
• Independently interact with Marketing, Design, and Testing teams for reviews.
• Execute mechanical tests, including form-fit-function for first-article inspection.
• Understand operational and non-operational environmental qualifications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure mechanical design aligns with overall product requirements.

• BE/ BTech/ MTech (Mech) with 8-12 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in mechanical design for the Telecom domain is a must.
• Expertise in sheet-metal and machining operations, and knowledge of PLM software (Windchill, Agile).
• Ability to perform tolerance stack-up analysis and GD&T.
• Experience with CREO for sheet metal, casting, plastics, and fiber routing.
• Knowledge of ECAD data transfer formats (DXF, EMN, EMP).
• Understanding of operational and non-operational environmental qualifications.
• Good communication skills and a collaborative team player attitude.
• Desirable: Thermal analysis knowledge (Flotherm), EMI-compliant mechanical design, and structural analysis skills (Ansys, LS Dyna).

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