Sr. System Design Mechanical Engineer - NJ, Secaucus_Meadowlands, United States
Digital Design & SoC Architecture
Originally posted 29 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Sr. This role focuses on the mechanical development of AMD’s advanced server products and platforms.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with a global team to define, design, and integrate mechanical systems for compute and networking products.
- Lead mechanical development efforts spanning server design, system architecture, rack-level integration, cooling solutions, and laser and optics technologies.
- Champion Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Reliability (DFR) principles for high-volume production.
- Perform advanced mechanical design and modeling in Creo, conduct tolerance analyses, and develop system-level design solutions.
- Contribute to post-silicon development through test planning, characterization, data analysis, and support of customer/reference systems.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, serving as a technical authority in design reviews and cross-functional decision-making.
What you'll need
- Demonstrated experience in electromechanical product design, integration, and validation for high-performance computing.
- Deep understanding of mechanical materials, manufacturing processes (sheet metal, injection molding, die casting, extrusion), and industry standards.
- Proficiency with CAD software such as Creo, including complex modeling and assembly management skills.
- Expertise in the integration of silicon into system-level products in high-performance computing/server environments.
- Advanced understanding of thermal management, cooling systems, mechanical modeling tools, and industry-standard design practices.
- Advanced knowledge of statistical methods, structural analysis, tolerance analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
Nice to have
- Advanced experience managing and contributing to multiple technically diverse programs in parallel.
- Demonstrated success leading complex engineering programs from concept through volume production.
- Extensive experience in server, AI infrastructure, rack integration, and data center platform design.
- Proficiency in developing mechanical solutions at the system level for semiconductor products, including data analysis and product characterization.
- Optics and laser experience.
Market context
This role has been open 50 days — below the 51-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
963
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$156k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (963 roles · 102 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 47 | 963 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 406 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 50 d | 51 d (−1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $156k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 73 open roles · median 36 d
- KLA Corporation · 65 open roles · median 44 d
- Teradyne · 57 open roles · median 30 d
- NVIDIA · 51 open roles · median 68 d
- Applied Materials · 50 open roles · median 66 d
- AMD (this employer) · 47 open roles · median 50 d
How we counted: 963 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 102 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.