Afference
Mechanical Engineer
Cleveland, OH
Sponsorship not specified$106k-$159kDetected 27 days ago
SolidWorksMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingOrganizational Skills
About the role
- What You'll Be Doing The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for supporting hardware integration, assembly, packaging, and development activities across engineering programs.
- You'll be hands-on with novel neural haptic technology that's defining the future of spatial computing and immersive experiences.
- Work in a close-knit, startup environment.
Responsibilities
- Experience using 3D CAD (NX or Solidworks) to design densely packaged consumer electronic parts including: PCBs, flexes, antennas, enclosures, mechanisms, and batteries, etc
- Ability to build prototypes quickly and effectively to evaluate design concepts.
- Support hardware assembly, integration, packaging, and development activities for mechanical systems and products
- Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to support design intent and integration objectives
- Assist in evaluating design approaches, components, and processes to support performance, manufacturability, cost, and schedule goals
- Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and troubleshooting activities
- Support integration, build, and test activities to ensure products meet technical specifications and quality requirements
- Help maintain engineering documentation, including drawings, reports, procedures, and specifications
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure smooth execution of development and build activities
- This role applies mechanical engineering principles to help develop, build, and validate reliable, manufacturable hardware solutions that meet technical and program requirements.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in hardware integration, assembly engineering, packaging engineering, process engineering, mechanical/electrical engineering, or related technology domains
- Strong understanding of hardware development processes, system integration, manufacturing methods, and engineering validation practices
- Ability to work independently while influencing technical direction across teams
- Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and apply them effectively
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline required
- advanced degree preferred.
Skills
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
Compensation
- Afference is committed to providing the sense of touch for the evolution of the human connection to technology and the future of the digital experience.
- We are leading this effort through deep science and technology, which provides unique experiences compared to classical haptic technologies.
- Our lean team of experts demands a high level of excellence but can compensate with the commensurate upside potential of an early-growth startup in a high-growth sector of extended reality.
- Compensation offers depend on skills, qualifications, and experience, and range between:
- $105,933 - $158,899 per year at 100% FTE
Benefits
- Medical, dental vision, life, STD, FSA, additional company perks
- Equity incentives
- Self-managed PTO
- Our energy for inventing, creating, and learning spans work and play: we have regular happy hours, plan field trips, play games, play music, and generally have a good time.
Company info
- We are an early-stage deep tech startup company that requires all members to contribute across the entire business.
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