Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary: Mechanical Integrity Engineer
Location: Nashua, NH
Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical cables for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We are currently seeking a Mechanical Integrity Engineer to join our Cable Assembly team. The position will be located in Nashua, New Hampshire.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a Mechanical Integrity Engineer you will analyze product performance under various stresses and develop solutions to improve both the initial and long-term reliability of products.
- Develop new products and processes via mechanical testing and qualification of electrical cables and components.
- Develop test sequences and procedures to determine the long-term reliability of electrical cables that are a factor in customer use and application requirements.
- Process and analyze test data, create reports and presentations for internal and external customers.
- Support the product design effort in mechanical analysis such as tolerance analysis, FEA, thermal simulations, materials analysis, failure analysis, and creating test plans.
- Prepare test samples and test requests, design and fabricate test fixtures, interface with test lab technicians.
- Collaborate with engineering design teams, suppliers, and manufacturing personnel, supporting the development and validation of product prototypes through pilot production, as well as interfacing with beta-site customers.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS in Mechanical Engineering
- 5 years of professional experience
- Experience with solid modeling tools - SolidWorks and/or Pro/E
- Experience with data analysis software - MS Excel, Minitab would be a plus
- Experience with Finite Element Analysis tools is desirable, ANSYS would be a plus
- Experience with Thermal Analysis – Siemens Flotherm, ANSYS Fluent would be a plus
- Understanding of how to replicate international standards for testing
- Understanding of how to perform failure analysis, tolerance analysis, and DFMEA
- Understanding of electrical systems and electrical cables
- Ability to communicate with technical & non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work in team environment
- Knowledge of copper alloys and high-performance engineering thermoplastics would be a plus
- Knowledge of thermal interface materials and their applications would be a plus
- Desire to create and design new products and processes