Senior Mechanical Engineer - Vacuum Systems

Job Description

Design, commission, and improve machines and subsystems used in the Stack Forging manufacturing process, taking products from laboratory development toward mass production. Own requirements, CAD models, specifications, bills of materials, vendor coordination, testing, and analyses while improving equipment efficiency, reliability, process stability, and automation.

Requirements: Requires a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and at least five years of industry experience, including demonstrated design of high-vacuum or UHV chambers and components. Candidates must have experience with vacuum-system thermal analysis, conductance calculations, pumpdown modeling, and FEA; metal additive manufacturing, robotics, industrial automation, and rapid prototyping are preferred.

Key Skills: Mechanical Engineering, Machine Design, Vacuum Chamber Design, High-Vacuum and UHV Systems, Material Selection, Weld Design, Outgassing Analysis, Thermal Analysis, Radiative Heat Transfer, Conductance Calculations, Pumpdown Modeling, Finite Element Analysis, Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis, Root-Cause Analysis, Parametric Modeling, Industrial Automation

Benefits: Competitive Bonus Plan, Competitive Benefits Package