Senior Structural Design Analysis Engineer, Structural Design Integrity

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • $167,100 - $260,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced industry leading devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo.

As a Senior Design Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for bringing new product designs through to manufacturing. Structural engineering contributes unique, in-depth technical knowledge to solve complex engineering problems in concert with multi-disciplinary teams including Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, and Operations.

You will work closely with multi-disciplinary groups including Product Design, Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, and Operations, to drive key aspects of engineering of consumer electronics products.

Requirements

• PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in design analysis and testing of complex electronic assemblies using advanced simulation and experimentation tools and techniques

Nice To Haves

• PhD in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis and testing of complex electronic assemblies using advanced simulation and experimentation tools and techniques
• Develop, analyze and test thermal, acoustic and structural solutions; from concept design, feature development, product architecture, through system validation
• Support creative developments through application of analysis and testing of complex electronic assemblies using advanced simulation and experimentation tools and techniques
• Use simulation tools like Abaqus for analysis and design of products
• Validate design modifications using simulation and actual prototypes
• Use of programming languages like Python and Matlab for analytical/statistical analyses and automation
• Establish noise thresholds for usability and compliance requirements
• Determine and validate structural performance under use and test conditions
• Have strong knowledge of various materials such as heat spreaders solutions to resolve thermal issues, damping materials for noise and vibration suppression
• Use various data acquisition systems with thermocouples, accelerometers, strain gauges and IR cameras
• Collaborate as part of the device team to iterate and optimize design parameters of enclosures and structural parts to establish and deliver project performance objectives
• Design and execute tests using statistical tools to validate analytical models, identify risks and assess design margins
• Create and present analytical and experimental results
• Develop and apply design guidelines based on project results

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

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