About the Role
Sentient Industries is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design rugged enclosures and thermal management systems for embedded products, owning designs from concept through production. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable hardware for demanding environments.
Responsibilities
- Design mechanical enclosures for rugged embedded systems
- Develop active and passive thermal management solutions
- Design for environmental sealing, including IP67, IP67+, and NEMA 4 enclosures
- Create and maintain production CAD models, drawings, and documentation
- Perform FEA to validate structural and thermal designs
- Design and support mechanical validation testing, including vibration, thermal, stress, and strain testing
- Design components for sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, additive manufacturing, and production manufacturing processes
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams throughout product development
- Support prototype builds and transition designs into production
Requirements
- 5+ years of mechanical product design experience using a solid-body CAD platform (Fusion 360, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, or similar)
- 2+ years designing thermal management systems using active and/or passive cooling methods
- Experience designing production hardware with sheet metal, CNC machined components, and molding processes
- Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA)
- Experience designing products through the full development lifecycle from prototype to production
- Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles
- Must be able to pass a federal background check
- Experience designing injection molded plastic components
- Experience with additive manufacturing (3D printing)
- Experience designing environmentally sealed products (IP67, NEMA 4, or similar)
- Experience developing products tested to MIL-STD-810 or similar environmental standards
- Experience using Fusion 360
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Plan Options (Employee-paid)
- Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Training & Development
