Senior Mechanical Engineer

EcoSense Lighting is a team of LED lighting pioneers with over 100 years of experience and a genuine passion for delivering advanced solid-state lighting solutions.

The candidate will be engaged in the concept, architecture, design and development of next generation LED lighting products for Ecosense Lighting. The candidate will work with a small, focused cross-functional team to meet aggressive performance, cost and schedule goals for a wide variety of architectural and specification-grade Solid State Lighting fixtures.

• Contribution to and implementation of best practices in mechanical design and documentation
• Interface with or management of outside resources for design (as necessary), prototyping, and testing of new fixtures and concepts
• Hands-on cradle to grave process of designing and implementing new mechanical systems for EcoSense Lighting products
• The creation of 2D drawings, BOMs, and other documentation necessary for product implementation
• Evaluation and aid in the selection of vendors for custom components
• Evaluation of tooling trials (on-site and otherwise) to determine form, fit and functionality
• Documentation of new inventions and interaction with outside counsel to protect them

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or Product Design. MS preferred.
• Min. 10 years of professional experience in mechanical systems design, with at least 5 directed toward consumer hard products (lighting desired but not necessary.)
• Demonstrated success in designing products in both high volume (1M+/year) and low volume (10k/year) environments
• In depth expertise in manufacturing technologies including but not limited to injection molded and extruded plastics, die cast and extruded aluminum, stamping, forming, and spinning of sheet metal.
• In depth expertise in secondary and finishing operations including by not limited to post mold/cast machining, anodization, painting, hard coating, and vacuum metalization.
• Broad experience with products requiring electronics packaging, thermal management, and aesthetic requirements.
• Proficiency with mechanical CAD (Pro/E, Solidworks, etc)
• Proficiency with thermal and mechanical simulation tools preferred but not required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (less than 20%)
• Ability to develop and implement software tools to automate the design process (CAD libraries, standard functions, etc) preferred.