Mechanical Engineering, Principal

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell Massachusetts MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers Si GaAs and InP fabrication manufacturing assembly and test and operational facilities throughout North America Europe and Asia. Click here to view our addition MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Mechanical Engineering Principal

Job Description:

Support new package design and development by working with a team ofengineers and designers. Responsiblefor all mechanical aspects ofnew and legacy designs. Devices range from single chip packages to subsystem modules.

Key aspects of the role include:

Ownership of the compliance of designs to meet mechanical requirements

Interaction with customers and ability to negotiate requirements where conflicts may occur

Interaction with internal design engineers project managers assembly and test entities to ensure all aspects of the design are in-line with expectations across the company

Mechanical analyses including but not limited to structural thermal and reliability

Ownership and design of assembly and test fixtures

Understanding of machining best practice and GD&T tolerancing

Ability to work with vendors to understand their capabilities in aligning part designs with industry capabilities

Understanding of various manufacturing techniques including subtractive metal fabrication additive manufacturing etching laser cutting welding and marking etc.

Ability to work in fast paced environment with small and large teams with little-to-no supervision

Qualifications:

Mechanical Engineering Degree or similar with 8 years of experience in an electronics packaging role. Experience with IC packaging system and subsystem mechanical design and analysis. The ideal candidate will have experience with RF and millimeter wave types of products.

Key capabilities of an ideal candidate are:

Experience with packaging for RF-Power applications using eutectic and/or sintered epoxy die attach

Experience with aluminum copper and other alloys for use in packaging and thermal transfer

Understanding and awareness of coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) matching between various mediums

Understanding of metal plating standards and requirements

Experience in reliability failure analysis and quality assurance in advanced package and process development

Experience designing for manufacturing both internally and externally both piece-part and assemblies

Knowledge of product characterization testing quality and reliability including compliance testing and certification is a plus MIL-PRF-38534 JEDEC IPC etc.

Intimate knowledge of structural analysis using 3D CAD tools as well as first principles

Intimate knowledge of thermal analysis using 3D CAD tools as well as first principles

Demonstrated ability to lead independent process development

Ability to provide suppliers direction by working with design assembly and quality organizations

Familiar with finite element analyses (FEA) required and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) desired

Familiar solving steady state and dynamic thermal problems

Experience using: Solidworks AutoCad and PCB layout viewers is ideal

Strong problem solving skills along with good communication team work and interpersonal skills

Experience in critical thinking and presentation skills

Experience with supplier and program management roles

Experience working in complex teams to understand and balance all aspects of a design to meet desired outcomes

Ability to balance and prioritize multiple programs and needs simultaneously

Fluent communicator in the English language

Due to ITAR regulations only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawful permanent residents or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.

The Salary Range for this position is $97902 $166698 per hour. Actual salary offered to candidates will depend on several factors including but not limited to work location relevant candidates experience education and specific knowledge skills and abilities.

EEO:
MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin age disability genetic information veteran status military service marital status or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1- or email Provide your name phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested and nature of accommodation needed and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.

Benefits:This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to:
Health dental and vision insurance.
Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.
Paid time off.
Professional development opportunities.

Required Experience:

IC