Berkshire Grey
Principal Mechanical Engineer
Bedford, Massachusetts · Principal
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About the role
- The Principal Mechanical Engineer will work directly as a member of a new product development team, applying their mechanical expertise to deliver a novel, integrated system to solve immediate customer challenges. They will at times work independently on pieces of systems, with a team of other mechanical engineers, or with other engineering disciplines to
- ensure a cohesive system design. The candidate must be highly experienced and autonomous with respect to designing, fabricating, and testing new designs, as well as launching new products into production and supporting systems fielded at customer sites. We expect our team members to take poorly or partially understood problems and develop high-quality
Requirements
- Will travel be required?
Nice to have
- The candidate must be highly experienced and autonomous with respect to designing, fabricating, and testing new designs, as well as launching new products into production and supporting systems fielded at customer sites.
- Deeply understand existing customer operational needs and constraints to define system-level requirements including decomposition into appropriate sub-systems.
- Calculate forces, structural stresses, bearing life, required motor torque, etc. in the design of an industrial machine.
- Desired Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering.
- Eight or more years of related work experience with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and successfully launched products into volume manufacturing.
- Mastery of 3D CAD software, preferably SolidWorks - including 2D drawings, simulations, and PDM.
- Significant experience designing motion control systems with sensor, actuators and complex mechanisms.
Skills
- Hands-on prototyping, utilizing shop tools and equipment to quickly iterate ideas and solutions.
Company info
- Familiar with effectively working with customers, component suppliers and contract manufacturers.
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