Mechanical Engineer

MKS Instruments • Andover Shattuck, MA

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About The Position

As a Mechanical Engineer at MKS Andover, you will work with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, applications teams, and customers to develop and support vacuum valves. You will contribute to designing and developing mechanical products for use across multiple industries, participating throughout the product development lifecycle from concept and feasibility through design, prototyping, testing, and production release. The role includes ensuring that products meet quality standards, performance expectations, and regulatory requirements through testing, validation, and design verification. Travel of up to 20% is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Engineering.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling using SolidWorks.
• Experience with manual and finite element analysis (FEA) stress analysis.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with vacuum technology.
• Experience with high-vacuum sealing technology.
• Experience with mechanical fabrication techniques such as machining, welding, brazing, and sheet metal work.
• Technical experience in product development and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product design engineers on vacuum valve development.
• Contribute to specification development, analysis, design, 3D modeling, and detailed engineering drawings for new products and assemblies.
• Work with engineering teams to build, prototype, test, and improve product designs.
• Partner with customers and applications engineers to understand application requirements and develop solutions to engineering challenges.
• Use analysis tools such as SolidWorks Simulation, COMSOL, or Ansys for stress and motion analysis.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and operations teams during product development, launch, and scale-up to volume production to ensure designs are manufacturable and reliable.
• Participate in concept development, feasibility validation, design, prototyping, testing, and production release.
• Ensure products meet quality standards, performance expectations, and regulatory requirements through testing, validation, and design verification.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus eligibility.
• Health insurance coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Sick time.
• 15 paid vacation days.
• Six weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level