Job Description:

The San Francisco Chronicle has recognized Nextracker (Nasdaq: NXT) as one of the Top Workplaces. Join our growing team!

This position is a hybrid role (3x per week onsite) that will be based at our headquarters in Fremont, California.

Nextracker seeks a creative Mechanical Test Engineer for a position on the design engineering team. The position will be located in Fremont, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team leading the mechanical design of Nextracker's horizontal tracking systems.

Here is a glimpse of what you'll do:

• Contribute to the prototype and qualification testing of the next generations of NEXTracker horizontal tracking products
• Work with engineers on custom components to be fabricated/prototyped in-house
• Setup and perform mechanical destructive testing
• Setup and perform outdoor long term reliability testing

Here are some of what you'll need (required):

• Mechanical or similar Engineering Degree
• Ability to perform physically demanding work such as moving and lifting equipment, standing for long periods of time, etc.
• Solidworks or CAD software experience
• Computer skills: knowledge of Microsoft Office and other relevant computer programs
• Analytical and numerical skills: ability to perform mathematical calculations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) in different units of measurement; ability to use concepts such as fractions, percentages, and ratios
• Strong attention to detail
• Failure analysis experience
• Ability to write, photograph, and document test information and compile and generate test reports
• Ability to use precision measuring devices like calipers
• Fabrication experience with shop tools such as chop saw, band saw, grinders, wrenches, etc.
• Experience with MIG welding
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects
• Must possess solid written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated team player
• Ability to work within a cross-functional team while maintaining self-sufficiency

Here are a few of our preferred experiences:

• 2 years of employment experience in a test lab operating test equipment with data acquisition systems
• Experience with solar or renewable energy
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Understanding of electronic sensors such as load cells, strain gauges, displacement sensors, and hydraulic controls
• Experience operating a forklift
• Ability to program testing in LabView or other control programs
• Ability to operate/program 3+2 axis CNC's, Plasma CNC and other fabrication machines

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