Description
Job Description:
The San Francisco Chronicle has recognized Nextracker (Nasdaq: NXT) as one of the Top Workplaces. Join our growing team!
This position is a hybrid role (3x per week onsite) that will be based at our headquarters in Fremont, California.
Nextracker seeks a creative and experienced Mechanical Engineer for a position on the mechanical structures team. This engineer will be responsible for designing components for the flagship Nextracker Horizon tracker to support a wider range of environments, more difficult site conditions, and cost reduction.
Here is a glimpse of what you'll do:
- Contribute to the design and development of Nextracker horizontal tracking products
- Perform and manage engineering work using CAD/CAE software to solve problems in mechanical/structural design, finite element analysis, design optimization, tolerance stack-ups, prototype generation, fatigue analysis, structural dynamics and kinematics, vibrations, thermal analysis, and production of manufacturing drawings
- Develop testing fixtures that accurately simulate real-world scenarios
- Perform and document engineering tests under general supervision
- Write proposals, technical reports, and papers
- Participate in brainstorming sessions with the mechanical engineering team to identify concepts and designs for future improvements
- Develop and maintain best practices to foster the creative process
- Design mechanical components, execute prototyping, and manage design iterations
- Implement continuous improvement in order to maximize efficiency in the design process
- Partner with the Manufacturing Engineer 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 Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Toolsets required: SolidWorks, ePDM, FEA
- Extensive knowledge/experience with drawings, model and GD&T standards and application.
- Strong understanding of DFM for castings and sheet metal stampings
- Experience in mass production manufacturing
- Strong aptitude and intuition in mechanical failure analysis
- 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
- Ability to work within a cross-functional team while maintaining self-sufficiency
- Proficient in most common PC based applications (Word, Excel, Visio, PPT, MSProject, and the like)
- Willingness to occasionally travel and work at client sites both domestically and internationally
Here are a few of our preferred experiences:
- Experience with Solar or renewable energy
- Management experience
- Netsuite, Arena, Miro (Real Time board), Jira, Confluence
- Automation experience
Salary Applicable to California: $140,000 - $170,000
Why Join Nextracker:
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