· Lead the hands-on mechanical design and packaging of 3U and 6U VPX cards, chassis, card cages, backplanes, and related electronic assemblies
· Develop mechanical architectures, interfaces, card-cage layouts, mounting schemes, thermal interfaces, and design approaches for VPX-based systems
· Design and integrate VPX mechanical features, including card guides, wedgelocks, module retainers, front panels, ejectors, alignment features, backshells, and chassis interfaces
· Create, review, and maintain 3D CAD models, complex assemblies, production drawings, installation documentation, and interface control documents (ICDs)
· Apply OpenVPX and applicable VITA standards to mechanical packaging, connector alignment, slot spacing, backplane interfaces, environmental requirements, and system integration
· Perform or support structural and thermal analyses, hand calculations, tolerance analyses, and design verification activities
· Develop mechanical solutions for conduction cooling, air-flow-through cooling, liquid cooling, thermal interface materials, and heat rejection as required
· Collaborate directly with electrical, RF, thermal, manufacturing, systems engineering, suppliers, and customers to resolve packaging and integration challenges
· Support prototype fabrication, assembly, fit-check, qualification testing, production transition, configuration control, and sustainment of fielded hardware