Staff/Principal Mechanical Engineer

2 weeks ago

San Diego, California, United States Unlimit Ventures Full time
Job Summary

As a Staff/Principal Mechanical Engineer at Unlimit Ventures, you will leverage your expertise in electrical-mechanical systems to drive innovation and product development. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new products, applying your knowledge of mechanical engineering principles to ensure successful product launches.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on multiple concurrent development programs.
  • Define priorities, identify technical risks, and lead diverse technical teams in the execution of mechanical and mechatronic systems development.
  • Develop structures, mechanisms, and kinematics design architectures for sophisticated electrical-mechanical systems.
  • Ensure alignment and effective collaboration among engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, software, quality, regulatory) to meet product requirements.
  • Design mechatronic systems that meet use-case, technical, operational, manufacturing, cost, and schedule requirements.
  • Review and guide key component selection, including sensors, actuators, and controllers.
  • Develop test plans and lead hardware integration, testing, debugging, and validation.
  • Execute CAD design of mechanical systems, guided by load and duty-cycle analysis, kinematics studies, and manufacturability.
  • Prepare detailed drawings of parts and assemblies using GD&T for manufacturing.
  • Develop mechanical system budgets, including estimating labor, material, and other relevant costs.
  • Participate in design reviews and design FMEA analysis.
Requirements
  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant educational background.
  • 12+ years of applied experience in developing real electrical-mechanical-controls (mechatronic) systems.
  • In-depth hardware design experience with both system-level and component-level development.
  • Experience developing electrical-mechanical products for scale manufacturing, with specific examples of products brought to market.
  • Experience developing mechanical structures (weldments, sheet metal, extrusions, CNC components, materials selection) for industrial products.
  • Experience developing actuated kinematic systems from concept to product launch.
  • Experience delivering designs that meet and exceed product specifications, regulatory requirements, and international standards.
  • Demonstrated experience troubleshooting sophisticated systems, including understanding tolerance stack-up, backlash, material properties, and wear/fatigue.
  • Expert knowledge of Geometric Tolerancing ASME Y14.5, DFM, DFA, Mil Specs, surface coatings & finishing standards.
  • Hands-on experience with light fabrication, assembling, and maintaining complex electrical-mechanical systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to foresee and identify technical risks and address them early.
  • Experience managing projects, mentoring other engineers, and interfacing with technical customers.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
Preferred Skills & Experience
  • Demonstrated full-cycle experience (early stage ideation, to production, to post-launch development) of multiple hardware products.
  • Experience successfully launching products in one or more of the following industries: industrial robotics & automation, clean/renewable technologies, health & wellness technologies.
  • Recognized thought leadership and continuous improvement, demonstrated by trade association activity, completed training programs, and/or other distinctions.
  • Experience with PLCs/microcontrollers; programming, architecture, debugging.

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