Posted 8 days ago
Mechanical Design Engineer
@ Actalent
Ottawa, Ontario
Overview
Actalent is hiring a full-time, permanent Mechanical Design Engineer based fully onsite in Ottawa, ON, to design optical transceiver modules and support product development, new product introduction and manufacturing. The pay range is $110,000 to $150,000 per year, depending on qualifications and experience.
Pay:
$110,000–$150,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Concevoir les éléments physiques, thermiques et d'emballage de modules optiques haute vitesse
- Développer les sous-ensembles de boîtiers et l'intégration des modules
- Vérifier les conceptions par prototypage, essais et caractérisation
- Définir et concevoir l'outillage et les gabarits
- Collaborer avec les équipes multidisciplinaires, les fournisseurs et les clients
Requirements summary:
- Expérience prouvée en conception mécanique d'émetteurs-récepteurs optiques
- Propriété d'au moins un émetteur-récepteur commercialisé
- Expertise en QSFP/OSFP et normes MSA
- Maîtrise de l'analyse par éléments finis, de l'analyse de tolérances et du transfert thermique
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-26
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-04
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Laboratory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, French |
| Fields of study | Mechanical engineering |
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Actalent
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Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. Our expertise spans capabilities in engineering including product and manufacturing, systems and software, construction management, environmental, architecture and civil; and power and utilities. We focus on sciences capabilities in laboratory sciences, healthcare, and clinical research. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.
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- 6,504
- Reported office locations
- Hanover, Maryland 21076, US
- Business categories
- Business Information Systems
- Business Development
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- Actalent
- Specialties
- Engineering
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- Talent Solutions
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Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. Our…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Consulting and Services |
| Company size | 5,001-10,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Hanover, Maryland |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | EngineeringScienceTalent Solutionsand Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 213 |
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Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Description
The Mechanical Design Engineer will be an integral part of the product solutions development team, providing mechanical design support for product development, new product introduction (NPI), and manufacturing across various optical product families.
Responsibilities
- Design and manage the physical, thermal, and packaging elements of high-speed optical modules in compact form factors such as QSFP and OSFP. Experience with co-packaged optics (CPO) design approaches and architectures is advantageous.
- Develop mechanical housing subassembly designs and module integration, including PCB packaging, flex circuit integration, and optical fiber routing and interconnects.
- Consider host system integration aspects of pluggables, such as insertion/extraction forces, mating cycles, and cooling methods (air vs liquid).
- Ensure designs are optimized for manufacturability, assembly, and testing to support high-volume product viability and reliability.
- Verify designs through prototyping, device testing, and characterization.
- Define and design tooling and fixturing requirements to support prototyping and volume production.
- Engage with suppliers to support prototyping and high-volume production.
- Collaborate within a multidisciplinary development team to provide comprehensive mechanical design solutions and analysis to meet design specifications.
- Coordinate activities within the multidisciplinary development team and work closely with process and test engineering teams to align designs with process and test capabilities.
- Support new business development by interfacing with customers to understand their requirements and provide proposals and quotations.
- Contribute to new technology research and development as part of the technology roadmap.
- Manage key technical elements of projects and associated timelines to meet milestones on various customer projects.
Essential Skills
- Proven experience in mechanical design engineering, specifically in optical transceiver design.
- Ownership of mechanical transceiver design with at least one transceiver delivered to market.
- Expertise in optical transceivers such as QSFP/OSFP with knowledge of multi-source agreements (MSA).
- Proficiency in finite element analysis (FEA), tolerance analysis, and heat transfer.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Ottawa, ON.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $110000.00 - $150000.00/yr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Job Type & LocationThis is a Permanent position based out of Ottawa, ON.
Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Ottawa,ON.
À propos d'Actalent
Actalent est un leader mondial dans les services dingénierie et de sciences ainsi que dans les solutions de talents. Nous aidons des entreprises visionnaires à faire progresser leurs initiatives dingénierie et de science grâce à laccès à des experts spécialisés qui favorisent léchelle, linnovation et la rapidité de mise sur le marché. Avec un réseau de près de 20 000 consultants et 5 000 clients à travers les États-Unis, le Canada, lAsie et lEurope, Actalent dessert de nombreuses entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers dêtre lune des 500 meilleures firmes de conception de lEngineering News-Record (ENR) pour nos services de conception en ingénierie et un lauréat du prix ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® tant pour le service client que pour les talents.
Actalent est un employeur souscrivant au principe de légalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de lâge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut dancien combattant, dun handicap, de lorientation sexuelle, de lidentité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.
Si vous souhaitez faire une demande daccommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou lajustement du processus de demande demploi ou dentrevue à cause dun handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] pour connaître dautres options daccommodement.
Ordonnance sur légalité des chances de San Francisco: Conformément à lOrdonnance sur légalité des chances de San Francisco, pour tous les postes situés dans la ville et le comté de San Francisco, nous examinerons les candidatures des personnes qualifiées ayant un casier judiciaire ou des antécédents criminels.
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About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] for other accommodation options.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
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