Mechanical Hardware Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Mechanical Hardware Engineer

Key Details

• Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94089
• Duration: 12-month contract
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, regular business hours
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Work Arrangement: Onsite
• Compensation: $37.39–$41.54 per hour
• Employment Type: W2 (not open to C2C, 1099, or visa sponsorship)

Role Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Mechanical Hardware Engineer to design and develop rack-mounted networking products from concept through release to manufacturing. This hands-on role will support mechanical design, technical leadership, prototype validation, product documentation, regulatory testing, and cross-functional product development within a fast-paced engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design rack-mounted networking products from initial concept through release to manufacturing.
• Lead technical decisions and establish clear engineering direction for assigned projects.
• Conduct design reviews and support prototype builds, testing, and validation.
• Create and maintain bills of materials, engineering change orders, and technical specifications.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging cooling, interconnect, and mechanical technologies.
• Develop project scopes, resource plans, schedules, and technical deliverables.
• Identify technical dependencies and resolve cross-functional engineering issues.
• Support thermal design and advanced cooling solutions, including liquid cooling.
• Coordinate regulatory compliance testing for NEBS, EMI, EMC, safety, and other applicable requirements.
• Estimate and manage component costs, tooling expenses, project resources, and engineering budgets.
• Collaborate with internal departments, manufacturing partners, suppliers, and external engineering resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent discipline.
• Five or more years of relevant electro-mechanical design experience.
• Experience designing networking, storage, or server hardware products.
• Current experience using a 3D solid-modeling platform.
• Experience conducting tolerance analysis for complex mechanical systems.
• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and finite element analysis.
• Knowledge of sheet-metal design and manufacturing processes for low- and mid-volume production.
• Understanding of hard-tooling requirements for plastics, aluminum extrusions, and aluminum die-cast components.
• Strong understanding of thermal design and thermal profiling.
• Experience creating and maintaining product-development schedules and budgets.
• Excellent written, verbal, and cross-functional communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent discipline.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks.
• Working knowledge of EPDM.
• Experience with IDF and ECAD-to-MCAD transfer processes.
• Knowledge of advanced cooling technologies, including liquid cooling.
• Experience with NEBS, EMI, EMC, safety, and product-specific regulatory compliance requirements.