Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Principal Tasks

The primary responsibility of the mechanical design engineer will be to support the design and introduction to manufacturing for high-speed, highly integrated assemblies for the optical communications market. A successful candidate should have experience in the following areas:

• Knowledge in CAD design software, preferably CREO and Solidworks
• Knowledge in opto-mechanical module MSA form factor requirements.
• Knowledge in manual and automated Micro-manipulars and their applications; i.e. NewPort XYZ stage and Hexapod.
• Knowledge in designing and assembling parts for electrical and/or optical Probe stations.
• Experience in performing FEA stress and thermal modeling on electro-optical assemblies

Supplementary Tasks

• Experience in generation mechanical design fixtures required for PCB test boards or optical alignment support brackets or grippers.
• Generating working drawings and mechanical assembly manuals to submit/upload to ADTRAN data management system (Agile).
• Obtain quotations and lead times and ordering prototype parts from local machine shops.
• Other duties as required.

Customers (Internal & External)

Internal

• All ADTRAN Employees

External

• All ADTRAN customers

Skills/Qualifications/Training/Experience

• BS or MS in Mechanical engineering.
• Design for Manufacturing knowledge for Mechanical design parts.
• Knowledge in using mechanical measuring devices: Vernier calipers, Micrometers, Keyence Microscope or other.
• Proficiency in writing mechanical specifications for assembly manual instructions.

​Requirements & Work Environment

• Able to generate high quality design documents.
• Good communication skills. Written and verbal.
• Self-motivated and perform with minimum supervision.

Success Criteria

• Team player

Team and Department

• R&D, Optical Engines BU

Licenses or certifications required

• None

Travel requirements

10% Travel

• 5% international
• 5% domestic

Scope of employment

• Fulltime Employee
• Permanent
• Salaried