NEXTracker - Mechanical Design Engineer at Flex in Fremont, California

Job Description:

Flex is a leading sketch-to-scale™ solutions company that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With more than 200,000 professionals across 30 countries and a promise to help make the world Live Smarter™, the company provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. For more information please visit our careers page at www.flex.com. 

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  Industry: Electrical / Electronic Manufacturing


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  Type: Public Company


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  NASDAQ: FLEX


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  Headquarters: 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore, 486123


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  Company Size: 10,001+ employees


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  Website: www.flex.com
  

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Job Description

Founded in 2013, NEXTracker operates as an independent subsidiary of Flex, a leading Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions company that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. Delivering smart solar and storage solutions on over 600 solar power plants across five continents, with nine global offices, NEXTracker is an established leader in the ground mount solar and storage industries, having earned the #1 market share leadership position for solar trackers world-wide for four consecutive years (Greentech Media, IHS Markit, 2015- 2018).

NEXTracker designs and manufactures industry-leading solar and storage systems that dramatically improve and scale the economics of renewable energy. Applications and customers range from behind the meter solar farms with Fortune 500 companies like PepsiCo, L’Oreal, and NextEra to well-known engineering firms such as Swinerton Renewables, Mortenson, Cypress Creek Renewables and Enel Green Power. Join a market leader that values talent, service excellence and innovation as core to our business growth and culture. With one of the most experienced management teams in solar, category-leading products, and a fortified technology roadmap, NEXTracker is making a dramatic impact on the power plant of the future.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will be based in Fremont, CA. NEXTracker seeks a creative and experienced Mechanical Engineer for a position on the design engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team leading the mechanical design of NEXTracker's horizontal tracking systems.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Intense collaboration


• Passionate customer focus


• Thoughtful, fast, disciplined execution


• Tenacious commitment to continuous improvement


• Relentless drive to win

Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do:

• Contribute to the design and development of the next generations of NEXTracker horizontal tracking products.


• Solve problems in mechanical/structural design, finite element analysis, design optimization, prototype generation, fatigue analysis, structural dynamics and kinematics, vibrations, thermal analysis, production of manufacturing drawings, and plastic part design.


• Develop testing fixtures that accurately simulate real world scenarios.


• Perform and document engineering design validation tests.


• Write proposals, technical reports and papers.


• Participate in brainstorming sessions with the mechanical engineering team to identify concepts and designs for future products.


• Develop and maintain best practices to foster the creative process.


• Design mechanical components, execute prototyping, implement continuous improvement and manage design iterations.


• Actively work with Manufacturing Engineers on design for manufacturability to address questions and issues.

Here is some of what you’ll need (required):

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Structural Engineering.


• 3 years of experience in a Mechanical Design Engineer role.


• Strong SolidWorks experience.


• Solid understanding of DFM for castings, sheet metal stampings and other manufacturing techniques.


• Good aptitude and intuition in mechanical failure analysis.


• Analytic.


• Good communication skills


• Strong problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work within a cross-functional team while maintaining self-sufficiency.


• Practical knowledge of prototyping manufacturing process.


• Must possess solid written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects.


• Self-motivated team player.


• Proficient in most common PC based applications (Word, Excel, Visio, PPT, MSProject, and the like).


• Willingness to travel and work at client sites both domestically and internationally.

Here are a few of our preferred experiences:

• Toolset: Labview, Arena, Jira, Confluence, Netsuite, CFS, RISA 3D, PDM, FEA, PLM, ERP.


• Extensive knowledge/experience with drawings, model and GD&T standards and application.


• Hands on experience with shop tools such as chop saw, band saw, grinders, wrenches, etc.


• Previous Solar panel experience.

Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision


• Life Insurance


• Matching 401K


• PTO


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Employee discounts at local retailers

Job Category

Relocation

Is Sponsorship Available?

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