Mechanical Design Verification Engineer

The Validation Team mandate is to ensure hardware and product requirements are met across our device portfolio. As a critical team within the Wearables devices organization that focuses on end-to-end systems validation from new product introduction, new technology introduction, product launch and post-launch testing. As a Design Verification Engineer, you will require working closely with a wide range of cross functional partners. Some of those partners include the product design and architecture teams, reliability teams and the broader core technology teams covering product architecture, sensors and display. This role will require driving unification of key validation metrics across those teams as well as developing testing and validation plans to quantify those metrics.You will be managing, developing test solutions and driving execution of mechanical tests for next generation of Wearables. You will work on overall product system validation targeting user KPI and performance of subsystems. You will work with cross-functional teams to define test plans, drive test execution and data collection.

• Define mechanical verification and validation methodologies for each of the different systems by working with researchers, architects and product design teams
• Perform core function for verification of thermal, vibration, mechanical stress testing, etc
• Define and track detailed test plans for the different modules and top-level systems
• Define, architect, design and drive implementation of scalable test infrastructure and custom mechanical test fixtures
• Keep track of coverage metrics and bugs encountered and resolutions
• Own execution, interpretation and reporting of mechanical system-level verification and validation work
• Drive FMEA, failure analysis, tolerance analysis, gauge R&R, and the GD&T activities supporting product scalability in close collaboration with process, manufacturing and REL teams
• Perform analysis on large datasets to summarize results and clearly communicate test plans results
• Manage external vendors for test fixture development, execution and data collection and review vendor test reports and ensure compliance with requirements
• Travel up to 10%

• 6+ years of mechanical systems verification and validation for consumer electronics or equivalent experience
• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with definition of verification and validation requirements
• Experience with definition, architecture, design, and driving implementation of motion control systems and test automation
• Experience with thermal, vibration and mechanical stress verification
• Solid modeling software experience (Nx/SolidWorks/Creo)
• Experience executing tests on industry standard test equipment (e.g. Instron, Thermal Chambers, DAQs, etc)
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and consistently driving projects forward and finding opportunities to increase impact

• Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
• C#, Python, and/or LabVIEW development experience
• Experience in parametric MCAD design and surfacing in NX software
• Experience with component and assembly-level tolerance analysis
• Familiarity with design challenges introduced by optical components packaged within mechanical systems
• Experience in the fabrication and rework of mechanical components using basic machine tools (Drill Press, Manual Milling Machine, CNC, etc)
• Basic familiarity with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation methods