This role is centered on delivering high-performance mechanical subsystems — from concept to detailed design, prototyping, integration, and validation. You will work hands-on with complex mechanisms such as precision stages, sensor modules, flexure-based architectures, dynamic structures, and ultra-stable reference frames. Working in a multidisciplinary team, you’ll ensure that your designs meet demanding performance targets in stiffness, dynamics, thermal stability, accuracy, and reliability.

If you enjoy solving complex mechanical challenges and turning cutting-edge concepts into working hardware, this role is for you.

• Design and deliver precision mechanical subsystems including stages, flexure mechanisms, kinematic interfaces, sensor modules, thermally stabilized structures, and nanopositioning components.
• Analyze and optimize system performance using structural dynamics, vibration analysis, stiffness modeling, thermal modeling, and tolerance management.
• Develop mechanical concepts that support high throughput, high stability, and nanometer-level measurement accuracy.
• Own mechanical work packages end-to-end, from concept development and FEA validation to supplier engagement, prototyping, and integration in NFI’s metrology tools.
• Collaborate closely with mechatronics, controls, electronics, and systems engineering to ensure mechanical designs support full system-level performance.
• Support system integration and troubleshooting, resolving complex mechanical challenges through hands-on testing and root-cause analysis.
• Work with manufacturing, suppliers, and assembly teams to ensure your designs are buildable, repeatable, and cleanroom-ready.
• Contribute to team ways of working by sharing lessons learned and helping develop sustainable engineering practices. You will take the lead in design decisions and mentor others in the team.