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Mechanical Engineer
Posted: 04/22/2026
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Job Number: 31731
Job Location: Hybrid
Industry: ELEC - Electronics Products
Job Description
Position Title: Mechanical Engineer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire Mechanical Engineer opportunity located in Milpitas, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Qualifications:
Job Details:
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire Mechanical Engineer opportunity located in Milpitas, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
- Based on Marketing requirements, help define and develop product solutions
- Deliver high-quality ME designs that include complex surfacing, design for manufacturing, and design for assembly
- Run complex analysis to ensure all mechanical design details perform according to customer requirements
- Write complex test reports covering a wide range of details to all cross-functional team members
- Work independently to create detailed designs through concept hand sketches to rough CAD models
- Help select and support suppliers for prototyping, tooling, and production
- Test and evaluate prototypes, tooling, and first articles
- Manage communications with Asia Suppliers
- Work with a wide variety of cross-functional disciplines from ID, EE, AE, RF, Marketing, ODM’s and more.
Job Qualifications:
- BSME required
- MSME desirable
- 3+ years of design for complex high-volume consumer electronic goods
- Good working knowledge of design using both injection molded plastics, die casting, sheet metal, and more
- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of materialization and the process for selection.
- Must demonstrate experience with developing several products from concept to mass production.
- 3-D CAD skills demonstrating surface design creation using ProE or NX are a must.
- Creative thinking and open to ideas and concepts from others
- Product genesis and conceptual design skills experience.
- Engineering analysis, including strength of materials, tolerance analysis, FEA, and acoustics
- Familiarity with regulatory agency requirements for electronic products
- Design for manufacturability, high and low volume
- Good verbal and written communication
- Good interpersonal and people management skills
- Able to successfully negotiate with consultants, suppliers, and team members
- Able to perform hands-on shop and lab work.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Direct Hire
- Location: Milpitas, CA (Hybrid).
- Salary Range: $150-180K.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
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