Design development engineer vs senior mechanical engineer

Differences between design development engineer and senior mechanical engineer duties and responsibilities

Design development engineer example responsibilities.

• Manage automation projects including purchasing, scheduling fabrication and assembly, debugging, and delivery to customer.
• Perform project mechanical design activities such as engineering analysis including structural FEA, prototype fabrication, testing and qualification.
• Review Gerber file and component layout on the PCB, DFM, and equipment evaluation.
• Involve in research, stress analysis, load calculation using ANSYS and MATLAB and failure analysis.
• Modele complex automotive parts, assemblies using SolidWorks.
• Utilize SolidWorks to develop product concepts and KeyShot to render designs for CEO and investors.
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Senior mechanical engineer example responsibilities.

• Create DFMEA documents to help manage risks and improve initial quality.
• Set up and manage PCB manufacturing including all chemical baths, lasers, and exposure equipment.
• Restructure VHDL code and chip/module hierarchy to achieve timing goals for the dual cache controller and the chip.
• Achieve timely convergence of complex designs by building RTL models from validation area and integrating them, before official model release.
• Lead FPGA development of key digital communication component used in successful demonstration of spacecraft radio link.
• Provide mechanical design and sustaining engineering expertise to troubleshoot manufacturing defect trends and achieve a more robust and producible product.
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