Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure

This is a full-time position within the Mechanical Engineering group The Infra Mechanical Engineering group supports all the product teams, such as AI/ML, servers, storage, networking, Rack&Power and data centers. Each product team is responsible for building a specific piece of the infrastructure to connect people across the world. Meta supports this effort through the Open Compute Project (OCP).

This is a unique opportunity to join our team and help us build the world’s most open and efficient connection platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead product specifications, design, prototyping, and testing of devices and products for AI/ML, server, storage, network systems or Rack & Power, for use in communication devices and data centers. Drive mechanical architecture of rackscale products
• Work closely with the TPM, hardware, thermal, software, supply chain and outside partner teams to ensure project goals and schedules are met. Work closely with IDC teams for product deployment
• Validate product performance against requirements from many internal customers using design and simulation tools
• Perform part and assembly level tolerance analysis, motion and performance studies
• Iterate through various design concepts, bringing them to life via fast prototypes that can be fabricated with assistance from our prototyping lab
• Create test plans, design test equipment, and undertake testing procedures to verify the design's performance
• Create documentation and specifications suitable for prototyping, quoting, and production
• Work with ODM/JDM/CM partners through the design-for-manufacturing process and engineering verification stages required to move the product from prototype to production
• Understand different types of product packaging and the testing requirements
• Support our manufacturing partners by working on-site with their overseas design and manufacturing teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or mechatronic engineering or equivalent industry experience
• 7+ years of experience in designing and shipping volume data center products
• Proficient with 3D CAD software such as Creo or SolidWorks
• Experienced in analyzing and resolving issues cross-functionally
• Effective communication skills
• Experienced in creating engineering documentation, such as product specifications, test reports, and manufacturing drawings Experience in designing and manufacturing sheetmetal enclosures, plastic, die cast, extrusion and machined parts
• Familiar with AI, server, storage, network, machine learning systems, rack & power
• Experience with a variety of electronic interconnection types and their various performance pros and cons
• End-to-end experience from concept creation to deployment of a product
• Experience optimizing product designs using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for shock and vibe, thermal, and certification performance
• 10+ years of experience designing and shipping data center rackscale products
• Experience with owning a complete hardware system as a mechanical engineering lead
• Available for international and domestic travel, approximately 10% of work time