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Packaging Design & Validation Engineer

Nexthop AI · Santa Clara, California · On-site

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About Nexthop AI

Backed by a16z, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed.

About the role

Nexthop Systems Inc. is seeking a skilled Packaging Engineer to drive the design, validation & procurement of product packaging for our next-generation, high-capacity networking systems for emerging AI infrastructures. In this role, you’ll combine technical expertise with innovative problem-solving to plan & execute all qualifications activities for cutting-edge packaging designs, ensuring they meet the stringent demands of all global shipping environments.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Packaging or Mechanical Engineering
  • 2-5 years of experience in protective Packaging for telecom or data center product packaging development
  • Solid understanding of structural dynamic (shock, vibration, drop,etc) and environmental (temperature, humidity, altitude, acoustic) testing for networking
  • Strong knowledge of industry standards e.g. ISTA, FedEX, IEC, ASTM, ISO etc
  • Able to configure various packaging from FRU, single, multipack, pallets and crates for air, sea, rail, and road transportation
  • Ability to perform fragility analysis with boundary scan testing
More about this role

Nexthop Systems Inc. is seeking a skilled Packaging Engineer to drive the design, validation & procurement of product packaging for our next-generation, high-capacity networking systems for emerging AI infrastructures. In this role, you’ll combine technical expertise with innovative problem-solving to plan & execute all qualifications activities for cutting-edge packaging designs, ensuring they meet the stringent demands of all global shipping environments.

What You’ll Do

  • Develop, implement and oversee the cost-effective package solutions that ensure data center networking product protection and marketability as per client requirements, and industry standards.
  • Partner with packaging vendors, suppliers, and external labs to have packaging solutions in timely manner.
  • Develop detailed design, develop, qualify, release and maintain packaging functional activities.
  • Qualification plans to characterize and validate packaging solutions for product and it’s FRU (Field replaceable unit), subassemblies or components as per industry or internal specifications by working closely with HW design (mechanical, thermal, electrical etc.)
  • Come out with innovative ideas for cost...

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