Staff Equipment Mechanical Design Engineer

The role

You will architect, design, and validate high-performance mechanical systems and automation equipment. You will collaborate with product design, manufacturing, controls, and test engineering teams to develop scalable equipment for manufacturing power electronics products.

What you will do

• Conceptualize, design, and develop custom automation equipment, tooling, and fixtures.
• Utilize CAD software to create detailed mechanical designs.
• Contribute to product DFA to improve overall manufacturing cost and quality.
• Conduct stress analysis, thermal analysis, and tolerance stack-ups.
• Design equipment for manufacturability (DFM), assembly (DFA), and reliability (DFR).
• Develop mechanical systems incorporating servo motors, actuators, pneumatics, hydraulics, and robotics.
• Work with controls and electrical engineers to integrate PLC, HMI, sensors, and vision systems.
• Optimize design of equipment for repeatability, precision, availability, and cycle time.
• Lead prototyping efforts, including vendor coordination, in-house fabrication, and testing.
• Conduct design validation (DV) and process validation (PV) for new equipment.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in fixture, tooling, and automation design for manufacturing.
• Expert proficiency in CAD software (3DEXPERIENCE (3DX), CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Creo etc.) for designing mechanical assemblies.
• Experience with DFM/DFA (Design for Manufacturing/Assembly) methodologies.
• Expert in FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and structural analysis for stress, structural, and vibration studies.
• Experience leading large-scale capital equipment design projects.
• Strong background in concept-to-production equipment development.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead design reviews.
• Strong background in process development, optimization, and troubleshooting in a high-volume production environment.
• Solid understanding of GD&T and its impact on manufacturability.
• Experience with servo motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, linear actuators, and PLC-controlled systems.
• Experience designing automated assembly lines, robotics integration, and custom mechanical solutions.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of professional experience in Mechanical design, and 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering is desired.
• Experience with precision machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication, injection molding, or additive manufacturing is often preferred.
• Experience working in Agile development environments, including task management and sprint planning using Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira.
• Strong background in structural, thermal, and vibration analysis using tools like Ansys Mechanical, Fluent, and Maxwell.
• Familiarity with electronics packaging and PCB interface considerations.
• Experience with medium- to high-voltage systems and insulation coordination (creepage, clearance, potting, sealing).
• Basic knowledge of digital and analog electronics.
• Power Electronics Assembly experience is highly valued from energy, automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, or consumer electronics manufacturing.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid sick days
• Paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks)
• Paternal leave (6 weeks)

About the company

Amperesand is building hardware and software to rewrite power infrastructure for a new era of energy abundance. The company builds intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products using advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research.