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Sr. Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
1508 6th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 US
Posted: 04/28/2025
2025-04-28
2025-06-22
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Department: Bay Area
Job Number: 30447
Industry: MFG - Manufacturing
Job Description
Job Title: Sr. Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire opportunity for Sr. Staff Mechanical Design Engineer with our client located in Berkeley, CA.
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About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire opportunity for Sr. Staff Mechanical Design Engineer with our client located in Berkeley, CA.
Job Description:
- As a Sr. Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, you will own full system architecture and the entire product lifecycle for advanced electric powertrains.
- Your responsibilities will span from hand calculations and concept design through FEA, prototyping, testing, optimization, DFM, production ramp, and long-term reliability improvements—including field issue resolution and service reduction strategies.
- If you are excited to take ownership of projects with real stakes, work independently, and tackle unfamiliar and challenging problems to build world-class electric powertrains we would love to hear from you.
Job Responsibilities:
- Own system-level architecture and design of complete electric powertrains
- Lead full-stack mechanical engineering from concept through production
- Teach newer mechanical engineers proper processes, CAD practices, PLM practices, and more; level up the engineering caliber of the company
- Design hardware, hardware testing fixtures, production tools and fixtures, product scopes, specifications, and more
- Perform spreadsheet calculations, system architecture, CAD design, FEA, rapid prototyping and optimization with quick design iterations, PLM/PDM lifecycle management, NPI line management and prototype assembly, manufacturing support, and supplier management
- Design for manufacturing, test, reliability, and service
- Contribute to longer-term company objectives, such as increasing iteration speed for complete powertrain development.
Job Qualifications:
- Strong physics background with 8+ years of extensive mechanical engineering expertise and a passion for detail and deep work
- Deep expert with multiple CAD packages; able to create robust parametric models with ease
- Proven experience owning complex mechanical systems (100+ parts), taking designs from early architecture sketches to detailed CAD and drawings ready for high-volume processes such as die casting and injection molding
- Master of GD&T and dimensional tolerancing
- Experience working closely with suppliers to meet quality, cost, and lead time targets
- Experience with electric powertrains; electric motor and gearbox expertise
- Experience taking multiple products from concept to high-volume production
- Skilled in root cause analysis, test process development, and solving long-tail reliability issues
- Proficient in multi-dimensional tolerance stackups
- Adept with CFD, thermal, and mechanical simulation
- Excellent reading, writing, and verbal communication skills
- Extremely motivated and excited to take on major responsibility at an early-stage startup
- Basic electrical knowledge and understanding; able to read schematics and interpret circuit board layouts and PCBA designs for mechanical integration.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Direct Hire
- Salary Range: $140K to $150K
- Location: Berkeley, CA (100% Onsite).
About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.
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