viaPhoton
Mechanical Design Engineer
Naperville, IL
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About the role
- The role blends creativity with practical problem-solving.
- You'll work with sales and operations to turn customer problems into elegant mechanical solutions, then see them manufactured and shipped.
- Bring a self-directed mindset and can pick up new concepts quickly
Responsibilities
- You'll design new fiber optic products and improve existing ones, moving from concept sketches to detailed CAD models all the way to customer delivery.
- Work with sales, operations, and engineering teams to design new products that solve customer problems
- Lead the product improvement design process, including CAD design, drawings, bill-of-materials, FEA, and cost analysis
- Build prototypes to test functionality and fit, working with outside vendors to source and quote components
- Analyze existing products to identify cost-reduction and improvement opportunities while maintaining design requirements
- Mechanical Design Engineer JD
- We're building something big, and we want good people along for the ride.
Requirements
- Have a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
Nice to have
- Have conceptual design experience (a plus, but not required, since we can teach you fiber optic design)
Compensation
- $65,000 to $85,000 base, plus annual bonus
Benefits
- Robust health, dental, and vision coverage that starts on day 1
- Flexible PTO that grows over time
- Compensation: $65,000 to $85,000 base, plus annual bonus
Company info
- About viaPhoton
- We are changing the norm by being customer-focused, technology-led.
- viaPhoton builds custom-engineered fiber optic solutions that power AI infrastructure, data centers, and 5G networks for some of the biggest names in tech.
- In five years we've grown to a team of 200+ and 4x'd our revenue in the last year alone, and we're just getting started.
- We're looking for dependable, hardworking people who take pride in their work and want to grow with us.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions based on merit and qualifications.
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