viaPhoton
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Naperville, IL · Senior
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About the role
- Are proficient in SolidWorks and can produce detailed CAD models, drawings, and renderings
- Can summarize technical concepts clearly for less technical audiences and provide succinct instructions
Responsibilities
- You'll lead mechanical product design for the next generation of our fiber optic solutions.
- You'll design across multiple manufacturing methods, build prototypes, and explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Work with sales, operations, and marketing teams to develop new products that solve real customer problems
- Mentor and support junior engineers with tasks and projects, including SolidWorks usage
- Lead the mechanical product design process, including CAD design, drawings, bill-of-materials, FEA, and cost analysis
- Design across sheet metal, injection molded plastics, extrusions, and castings using SolidWorks
- Build prototypes, source components with outside vendors, and partner with cross-functional teams to keep projects on time and on budget
- Have experience in a technical support or customer-facing role
- We're building something big, and we want good people along for the ride.
Requirements
- With at least 7 years of experience, you'll mentor junior engineers, partner with sales and operations, and deliver products that solve real customer problems.
- Have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, with at least 7 years of practical experience in a similar industry or field
Skills
- Bring careful analytical and problem-solving skills and can produce meaningful insights and recommendations
Compensation
- $85,000 to $110,000 base, plus annual bonus
Benefits
- Robust health, dental, and vision coverage that starts on day 1
- Flexible PTO that grows over time
- Compensation: $85,000 to $110,000 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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