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Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Mechanical Design Engineer with some network equipment design experience looking for a fast-paced innovative mechanical engineering environment. The ideal candidate will work with thermal, hardware, compliance, power, PC layout and manufacturing teams throughout the entire NPI development process. You must be able to generate overall product definition, create detailed tolerance analysis, understand manufacturing needs, be capable of estimating part cost, schedule commitments to lead mechanical and hardware engineers, and present conceptual & design reviews to lead engineers. The main objective is to collaborate effectively with engineering, manufacturing leads and other cross functional teams in developing high-quality, low-cost system design solutions.
Job Responsibility:
Capable of doing hands-on work in mechanical lab/shop environments to prove out design concepts and rework existing parts
Conduct failure analysis and determine root causes
Collaborate well with the entire hardware team during development
Generate initial mechanical system Bills of Materials (BOMs)
Prepare and present Design Reviews that include detailed tolerance analysis, overall assembly, estimated costing and schedule commitment.
Work with manufacturing partners early-on in implementing DFM in Proto 1 through production
Participate in other design views to better understand various design ideas.
Responsible for the review and approval of initial First Article Inspection (FAI) Reports for part and assemblies prior to pre-production release and/or transfer of ownership to operations
Supporting mechanical sustaining effort across all PAN products
Actively participate in product definition and document
Perform product characterizations testing
Capable in supporting sustaining across all production released products
Requirements:
Excellent understanding in design sheet metal, plastic, machining and die cast part design
Excellent understanding of tolerances analysis and how it applies to fabrication and assembly documentation
Excellent understand of product thermal and custom heat sink design
Good understanding of critical to function dimensioning practices in preparing fabrication and assembly documentation
Minimum 5 plus years of experience as a mechanical engineer
Skilled with 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks or Pro/Engineer
Experience with manufacturing and design technologies in sheet metal, plastic injection molding, machining and die casting
Experience reviewing first article inspection reports of fabricated parts and assemblies
Detail oriented with excellent communication and documentation skills