Posted 17 days ago
Mechanical Design Engineer
@ Sanmina
Ottawa, Ontario
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Overview
Sanmina is hiring a Mechanical Design Engineer for its Advanced Microsystems Technologies division to provide mechanical design and analysis for optical and microelectronic products. The work covers design, thermal and structural finite element analysis, tooling, and NPI support. The posting states a salary range of $80,000 to $130,000 per year.
Responsibilities:
- Provide mechanical design solutions for optical and microelectronic products
- Perform thermal and structural finite element analysis and tolerance analysis
- Develop tooling with process and manufacturing teams
- Define and execute mechanical design verification
- Support NPI phase of product development
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- 5+ years product development with mechanical design and FEA
- AutoCAD or SolidWorks and Ansys experience
- Optical or microelectronic experience an asset
- DFM and FMEA experience an asset
- Strong written and verbal communication
Tools & skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Laboratory |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Engineering |
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Job description
Description
Advanced Microsystems Technologies, AMT, is a technology division of Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), responsible for RF, Microelectronic, Optical components and Integrated Subsystems, providing services from design concept, through prototype design and testing, process development, assembly and test innovation, to volume manufacturing. We are extremely proud to partner with our customers enabling their product through the full product lifecycle.
At AMT, you will work on some of the most innovative programs and products that address emerging markets, including optical and RF communication, datacenter connectivity, quantum computing, automotive sensing systems, medical devices and diagnostics and test & measurement systems, to name a few.
Come and join us, and be part of a team that challenges you to be your best, where you will be empowered to make a difference and where we are extremely proud of what we deliver, together.
Job Purpose
The Mechanical Design Team, as part of the larger product solutions development team, provides mechanical design and analysis support of product development, NPI, and manufacturing of a variety of different optical product families.
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer with a background in both mechanical design and thermal and structural finite element analysis, to support product design and analysis within a worldwide end-to-end product development team, to develop advanced Opto/microelectronic components, modules and sub-systems.
Nature Of Duties / Responsibilities
Advanced Microsystems Technologies, AMT, is a technology division of Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), responsible for RF, Microelectronic, Optical components and Integrated Subsystems, providing services from design concept, through prototype design and testing, process development, assembly and test innovation, to volume manufacturing. We are extremely proud to partner with our customers enabling their product through the full product lifecycle.
At AMT, you will work on some of the most innovative programs and products that address emerging markets, including optical and RF communication, datacenter connectivity, quantum computing, automotive sensing systems, medical devices and diagnostics and test & measurement systems, to name a few.
Come and join us, and be part of a team that challenges you to be your best, where you will be empowered to make a difference and where we are extremely proud of what we deliver, together.
Job Purpose
The Mechanical Design Team, as part of the larger product solutions development team, provides mechanical design and analysis support of product development, NPI, and manufacturing of a variety of different optical product families.
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer with a background in both mechanical design and thermal and structural finite element analysis, to support product design and analysis within a worldwide end-to-end product development team, to develop advanced Opto/microelectronic components, modules and sub-systems.
Nature Of Duties / Responsibilities
- Work within a multidisciplinary development team to provide mechanical design solutions to meet design specifications. Design projects include, but are not limited to:
- Telecommunications components/modules/subsystems (flip chip BGA modules, lasers, detectors, modulators, optical receivers, amplifiers, transceivers, etc).
- Sensing / lidar optical components/systems.
- Medical, biomedical, military etc components.
- Perform finite element analysis (to assess thermal and structural performance) and statistical tolerance analysis of your designs to ensure performance and manufacturability.
- Support the definition and execution of project plans to meet end deliverables
- Working with the process and manufacturing teams, develop tooling to enable product manufacturing and test
- Work with process and test engineering teams to ensure alignment of designs and associated tooling, with process and test capabilities
- Define and execute mechanical design verification activities to ensure the mechanical design meets the design intent
- Support process and manufacturing engineering during the NPI phase of product development
- Minimum Bachelors Degree in Engineering
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a product development role, conducting a combination of mechanical design and associated finite element analysis
- AutoCAD/SolidWorks design experience and FEA using Ansys software tools
- Experience in optical and microelectronic technologies, materials, components, assembly and test processes an asset
- Familiarity in end-to-end product development, with product manufacturing implementation considered an asset
- Experience with DFM and FMEA would be an asset
- Ability to work well within a multidisciplinary development team in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required
- The compensation range for this position is $80,000 - $130,000 annually.
- This position is for an existing vacancy.
- The hiring process for this position does not use Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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