Structural Design Engineer

About the position

As a Structural Design Engineer at Reality Labs, you will play a crucial role in the product development process, focusing on building tools that enhance connectivity through AR/VR technologies. Your responsibilities will include creating finite element models, analyzing designs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure robust and reliable product designs.

Responsibilities

• Work across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping product.
• Build system-level & module-level finite element models to assess risk of various failure modes under different loading conditions and propose changes to make the design more robust and reliable.
• Perform module-level shock and thermo-mechanical analyses.
• Participate in structural design reviews, design brainstorms, and present FEA results in a form actionable by cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Collaborate with the materials team and/or outside vendors to characterize materials and components.
• Collaborate with REL & DVE teams on FEA model validation as well as development of technical specifications.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience in structural design.
• Fundamental understanding of solid mechanics, strength of materials and finite element analysis.
• Experience with FEA software such as HyperMesh, SimLab, Abaqus and ANSYS.
• Proven analytical skills based on first principles.
• Experience in static and dynamic finite element analysis as well as thermo-mechanical analysis.
• Effective communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics or equivalent experience.
• Experience in material modeling and testing.
• Knowledge of failure modeling of different types of materials.
• Experience with Abaqus, HyperMesh, and SimLab.
• Experience in validation tests.
• Experience with DIC, Universal Testing Machine and DMA.
• Experience with 3D modeling software (NX and/or SolidWorks).

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from $111,000/year to $164,000/year.
• Bonus and equity opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package.