Job Description

A Day in Your Life at MKS: (Summary & Objectives)

As a Senior Mechanical Engineering in Direct Pressure, you will join our Engineering team to solve design challenges and work cross-functionally to bring new generations of precision vacuum and pressure measurement instruments to our customers. In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager of New Product Engineering.

You Will Make an Impact By: (Responsibilities)

• Developing new mechanical, thermal and fluid solutions to support next-generation instruments.

• Participate in the product design process, with responsibility for the mechanical design, development and release.

• Help identify the root cause of field failures and develop design solutions to improve future product generations

• Perform analysis as needed to assure design performance, including thermal and mechanical FEA, CFD modeling, and tolerance studies

• Be the team champion for simple, elegant product designs that are efficient to manufacture and meet customer needs.

Skills You Bring: (Required Skills)

• Background in multidisciplinary design projects, with focus on precision instrumentation, electromechanical integration and cost-effective manufacturing.

• Solid analytical skills with a demonstrated track record of solving challenging problems using a variety of tools and techniques including thermal and mechanical simulation, preferably with ANSYS or COMSOL.

• Ability to think creatively to develop solutions around electronics packaging, thermal management, and precision electromechanical assembly design.

• Experience taking at least one product from concept through post-release production.

• Advanced CAD skills, with SolidWorks experience preferred.

• Experience with vacuum or pressure systems, electro-mechanical instruments, or sensors strongly desired.

• BS (MS or higher preferred) in Mechanical Engineering.

• 5+ years of highly relevant experience.

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