Opto-Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing

Company: Picarro
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Opto-Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing

Location: Santa Clara, CA (On-site)

Job Term: Full-Time



The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager based in Santa Clara, the Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer will work to support and improve manufacturing related to optical and mechanical assembly, configuration, and final acceptance testing. The engineer will be responsible for providing production support, such as identifying continuous improvement opportunities to improve efficiency, implementing process or equipment changes, tooling and shop aid needs to improve throughput and quality and processing material discrepancies.

The successful candidate will be working to execute the technical strategy for sustaining initiatives for the manufacturing facility.

These includes manufacturing process innovation, standardization, DFM (Design for Manufacturing)/ DFA (Design for Assembly) and process development / validation / implementation activities in support of the product life cycle plan, key strategic actions (e.g. growth, automation, continuous improvement strategies), and technical support of current equipment.



Key Responsibilities:

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• Contribute to the mechanical/hardware tooling efforts to improve our optical assemblies manufacturing
  
• Develop and implement cross-functional solutions to complex issues capturing best in class solutions
  
• Contribute to improvements in design, process, and materials
  
• Participate in transition from Engineering to Manufacturing, taking ownership of changes and implementing them.
  
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously
  
• Collaborate with engineering and research and development teams.
  
• Implement best practices in design for manufacturability.
  
  
  Desired Skills and Experience:
  
  
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  • B.S in mechanical engineering
    
  • 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering
    
  • Opto-Mechanical experience (optical systems & tooling)
    
  • Thermal management of industrial and scientific instrumentation
    
  • Familiarity with gas handling
    
  • Understanding of mechanical engineering best practices
    
  • Knowledge of product development processes
    
  • Competent in SOLIDWORKS
    
  • Strong communications skills, both written and oral
    
  • Must possess the ability to work across functional boundaries and organizational levels inside the company
    
  • FEA modeling desired
    
    
    
    
    
    Salary & Benefits:
    
    The base salary range for this full-time position is $80,000 - $125,000. Your base salary and title will be determined based on the location, experience, qualification, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.
    
    
    
    We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
    
    
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    • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
      
    • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
      
    • Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability insurance
      
    • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
      
    • Employee Referral program
      
    • 401K
      
    • Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.)
      
    • On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.)
      
      
      
      
      
      About Picarro:
      
      
      Picarro is pioneering a unique confluence of hardware, software and cloud-based computing unlike anything being done today. By manufacturing the precision instruments at the core of this technology as well as developing the algorithms that enable cogent information to be derived from the data, we are transforming how world-class scientific, industrial and regulatory compliance measurements are made, and more importantly, who makes them.
      
      
      
      Infrared optical spectroscopy is a proven technology for delivering precise, real-time measurement of the constituents in a gas stream with high sensitivity and selectivity. Recent developments in laser technology allow for a very significant increase in the number of species that can be measured simultaneously, leading to an unprecedented increase in the amount of information that can be collected and to corresponding challenges in extracting information from the results.
      
      
      
      All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity, social orientation, nor on the basis of disability.
      
      Posted positions are not open to third party recruiters/agencies and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals.
      
      
      
      If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Picarro, Inc. at disabilityassistance@picarro.com for assistance.
      
      
      
      Posted positions are not open to third party recruiters/agencies and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals.
      
      

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