Engineering Jobs in Ca

Duration: 10 Months Contract

Description:

• Mechanical designers, sometimes called drafters, create designs for mechanical devices such as machines.
• They are involved in the entire process, from sketching an idea through the manufacturing and testing of the finished product.
• A mechanical designer can design a wide variety of products, such as refrigerators, robotics, heating equipment, automotives, and aerospace products.
• Mechanical designers start by creating a blueprint for a requested product, which involves brainstorming, creating rough drafts of the blueprint, and creating subsequent detailed designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Once the designs are complete, the final blueprint is created and provided to the company or client for approval.
• Throughout development, the mechanical designer works with engineers to identify any areas of the design that need to be altered or improved.
• Sometimes this may result in a completely new design being developed. Once a product is created, mechanical designers work with quality assurance engineers to ensure that the product has no defects or abnormalities.

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years in precision mechanical design, preferably in HDD industry
• Proven track record delivering products
• Experience with high-volume consumer electronics or medical devices
• CAD: Advanced proficiency in SolidWorks
• Analysis: FEA tools, modal analysis, shock/vibration simulation
• Manufacturing: Deep knowledge of die casting, precision machining, MIM, stamping
• Metrology: CMM programming, optical measurement systems, surface profilometry
• Materials: Aluminum alloys, stainless steel, and engineering polymers for HDD applications
• GD&T: Advanced application for tight-tolerance assemblies
• HDD-Specific Knowledge:
• Understanding of head-disk interface (HDI) and aerodynamics
• Familiarity with contamination control and particle management
• Knowledge of actuator dynamics and servo positioning systems
• Awareness of magnetic recording fundamentals.

Education:

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering.

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Internal Job ID: 26-04822

Recruiter Name: Muskan Gupta

Contact: (412) 385-4122

Summary:

The main function of a CAE Engineer is to perform engineering analysis using computer-aided engineering tools to optimize product designs and manufacturing processes. This role involves collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure that products meet performance, durability, and safety standards.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and analyze FEA models to evaluate the structural integrity and performance of components.

Optimize engine components, including cylinder head ports, combustion chambers, and cooling circuits.

Collaborate with design engineers to improve product designs and implement engineering changes.

Prepare detailed reports and present analysis results to project teams and senior management.

Use CAE tools to enhance manufacturing processes and reduce development time.

Ensure that designs comply with relevant safety and quality standards.

Skills:

Creativity, verbal and written communication skills and problem-solving ability.

Basic ability to utilize various forms of media, including print, electronic and film.

Basic knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models. Previous experience in CAE analysis, preferably in the automotive or aerospace industry.

Proficiency in CAE software (e.g., Abaqus, Hyper mesh).

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.

5-7 years experience required.

Role Overview

We are seeking experienced QA Engineers to support testing and validation of consumer desktop platforms across internal and OEM configurations. The role focuses on Windows BSP testing, device validation, debugging, automation, and ensuring CI/CD release readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Flash builds onto Yukon boards and OEM devices
• Configure UEFI, OS images, KDNET for debugging
• Enable crash dump collection and install SoC/GPU/platform drivers
• Develop and execute manual and automated tests (functional, stress, power, performance)
• Perform exploratory testing and identify corner-case scenarios
• Triage OEM/Internal bugs, collect logs/dumps, assist in debugging
• Prepare test reports and communicate execution status
• Collaborate with BSP, OEM QA, and automation teams
• Ensure CI/CD quality and OEM compliance readiness

Required Skills

• Strong experience in Windows BSP testing & platform setup
• Hands-on with UEFI flashing, KDNET, WinDbg
• Knowledge of power states, hibernate cycles, modern standby
• Experience with bug triage, log analysis, memory debugging
• OEM device/system validation experience
• CI/CD exposure for BSP builds and QA automation
• Familiarity with USB4, DP tunneling, certification tasks
• Experience with Intel & AMD platforms
• CUDA knowledge preferred

Job Description

D'Leon Consulting Engineers is seeking a Third Party Utility Coordinator in Los Angeles, California

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed utility investigations to identify existing infrastructure, assess potential conflicts, and recommend solutions during project planning and execution phases.
• Coordinate with utility providers, contractors, and project teams to ensure timely relocation, installation, and integration of utility services.
• Review and interpret construction plans, scopes of work (SOW), and project schedules to identify utility impacts and requirements.
• Obtain necessary permits, approvals, and agreements from utility companies and regulatory agencies to ensure project compliance.
• Develop and maintain utility coordination documentation, including utility adjustment plans, easement agreements, and status reports.
• Organize and facilitate utility coordination meetings to align stakeholders on project timelines, requirements, and resolutions.
• Monitor utility relocation and installation progress, ensuring work aligns with project schedules, safety standards, and quality expectations.
• Provide technical guidance on design adjustments, cost estimates, and risk mitigation strategies related to utility coordination.
• Resolve utility conflicts by collaborating with engineers, contractors, and utility providers, ensuring minimal disruptions to the project timeline.
• Stay updated on local, state, and federal regulations regarding utility coordination and infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience in utility coordination, utility relocation, or construction project management.
• Strong knowledge of utility systems, infrastructure design, and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, GIS software, and project management tools.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities.
• Familiarity with construction safety standards and practices.

Job Title: Plastic Tooling Engineer

Location: Newark, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced plastic tooling engineer to support the development of high-quality automotive components. In this role, you will contribute to a world-class vehicle engineering team by providing expertise in plastic tooling and injection molding processes. You will work closely with design engineers and suppliers to ensure tooling feasibility, manufacturability, and cost efficiency from the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) phase through product launch.

Key Responsibilities

• Support vehicle engineering teams with plastic tooling and polymer expertise throughout product development.
• Collaborate with design engineers and suppliers to evaluate tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Review and approve mold concepts, mold designs, and flow simulation studies before tool kick-off.
• Ensure all tooling designs comply with company tooling standards and maintain detailed documentation of the review and approval process.
• Provide guidance on injection molding processes and tooling technologies to ensure product quality and manufacturing robustness.
• Conduct on-site supplier visits and tooling audits to assess tool quality and condition.
• Lead injection molding process optimization and tool validation activities.
• Support cross-functional teams and represent the tooling team in communications with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Participate in tool cost estimation, change cost evaluation, and process improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in plastic injection molding and tooling design evaluation.
• Strong experience reviewing DFM for injection molded parts, including automotive Class-A surface components.
• Deep knowledge of injection molding tooling technologies such as:
• In-mold decoration (IMD) / in-mold labeling (IML)
• Overmolding
• Back-injection
• Foaming processes
• Vario-thermal processes
• Experience reviewing flow simulation results using tools such as Autodesk MoldFlow or similar software.
• Hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process setup and optimization.
• Experience with tooling cost estimation and tooling change evaluation.
• Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an automotive product development environment from concept to launch.
• Hands-on experience performing MoldFlow simulations, first tool trials, and tooling approvals.
• Experience with tool should-costing analysis and cost impact evaluation for design decisions.

A well-established water utility company is seeking an experienced SCADA Manager to lead and manage the company’s SCADA infrastructure supporting water operations. This is a full time permanent position with a pleasant company culture and great benefits package.

This role is responsible for overseeing SCADA system development, upgrades, and maintenance, while managing a technical team and ensuring reliable and secure control systems across water facilities.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and support the company-wide SCADA infrastructure
• Lead SCADA system upgrades, improvements, and long-term planning
• Supervise and mentor the SCADA technical team
• Oversee design and implementation of PLC, HMI, and SCADA control systems
• Work with engineering and operations teams on capital projects and system improvements
• Ensure cybersecurity and disaster recovery planning for SCADA systems
• Background check and physical exam required
• Availability for occasional emergency response support

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Automation, or related.
• 10+ years of project/program management experience
• 7+ years of SCADA or Operational Technology experience
• Experience with PLC programming, automation, and communications systems
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Valid California driver’s license

Preferred

• Knowledge of SCADA standards (ISA-101, NIST 800-82)
• Experience with Schneider Electric PLCs or Aveva Historian
• Experience with water treatment or water distribution systems

Job Description

D'Leon Consulting Engineers is seeking a Document Control Specialist in Los Angeles, California

Responsibilities

• The control, scanning, indexing, linking, hardcopy filing and distribution of documents in Prolog. This includes internal to Planning & Development Group (PDG) and external to project participants distribution of correspondence, technical submittals, project reports, Requests for Information, and contract plans and specifications.
• Prepare transmittals, distribute documents using Prolog, and retrieve documents through Prolog software.
• Must be highly organized and detail oriented.
• Must be a proactive, self-starter, with a results-oriented focus.
• Must be sensitive to time deadlines, ensure that work is accomplished in the time frames required, and must be flexible and able to readily adapt to changing priorities.
• May be designated as a lead Document Control Technician on a project or element.
• May be assigned training duties to train new staff on document controls procedures.

Other Required Duties

• Assist the Project Manager, the Construction Manager, and the Project Team in all matters relative to project documents and the control and distribution of documents in Prolog Manager.
• Process project documents and maintain document control files in accordance with project document control procedures.
• Document Control Support encompasses both electronic and hard copy distribution and filing.
• Responsibilities include establish and maintain files; receive, index and scan documents into Prolog Manager software.
• Types of project documents include correspondence, field memos, submittals, pay requests, drawing log, safety notices, RFIs, and photos.
• The control, scanning, indexing, linking and distribution of documents in Prolog. This includes internal to external to project participants distribution of correspondence, technical submittals, project reports, Requests for Information, and contract plans and specifications.
• Create binders, create labels, and organize and file contract documents.

Qualifications

• 2 year technical degree
• 5 years of experience with document processing and data management
• Master of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Document control software preferred, Prolog

Job Title: QA Engineer (Windows BSP / OEM Validation)

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Role Overview

We are seeking experienced QA Engineers to support testing and validation of consumer desktop platforms across internal and OEM configurations. The role focuses on Windows BSP testing, device validation, debugging, automation, and ensuring CI/CD release readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Flash builds onto Yukon boards and OEM devices
• Configure UEFI, OS images, KDNET for debugging
• Enable crash dump collection and install SoC/GPU/platform drivers
• Develop and execute manual and automated tests (functional, stress, power, performance)
• Perform exploratory testing and identify corner-case scenarios
• Triage OEM/Internal bugs, collect logs/dumps, assist in debugging
• Prepare test reports and communicate execution status
• Collaborate with BSP, OEM QA, and automation teams
• Ensure CI/CD quality and OEM compliance readiness

Required Skills

• Strong experience in Windows BSP testing & platform setup
• Hands-on with UEFI flashing, KDNET, WinDbg
• Knowledge of power states, hibernate cycles, modern standby
• Experience with bug triage, log analysis, memory debugging
• OEM device/system validation experience
• CI/CD exposure for BSP builds and QA automation
• Familiarity with USB4, DP tunneling, certification tasks
• Experience with Intel & AMD platforms
• CUDA knowledge preferred

Onsite Project Manager - Sacramento, CA

(On-site living is paid for, meaning you effectively live for free + the base salary and bonus outlined below.)

About the role

We're looking for an Onsite Project Manager to take ownership of a major warehouse automation program for a large project in Sacramento, California. This is a critical “steady hands” role on a project already well underway, with go-live starting in August.

You’ll be the day-to-day project lead on site - managing stakeholders, coordinating installation teams, and ensuring delivery is on time and to plan.

Location & travel

• Onsite: Sacramento, California (West Coast)
• Travel: 100% site-based for the duration of the project

What you’ll be responsible for:

Project & Site Leadership

• Lead the full onsite project management process for an active, complex automation implementation
• Own site management and coordinate installation activities and sequencing
• Act as the senior onsite point of contact for the customer and internal teams

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Manage day-to-day customer communication and expectations
• Drive clarity and alignment across all parties to keep delivery moving smoothly

Team Oversight

• Oversee onsite install teams (team size varies significantly by project phase)
• Ensure safe, efficient execution and issue resolution on the ground

Reporting

• Report into the Director of Project Management

Project scope / technology exposure

You’ll be working within large-scale warehouse automation, including:

• OSR Shuttle
• Conveying, sortation, palletising
• WCS (Warehouse Control Systems)
• Project scale includes ~2 million storage locations across ~1.5–2M sqft.

What we’re looking for (ideal profile)

Experience

• 5+ years in project management, ideally within warehouse automation/intralogistics

Education

• Engineering degree (preferred)

Background

• Proven delivery experience on complex, technical projects in environments such as:

Core traits

• Calm under pressure, structured, operationally strong
• Excellent customer-facing communication and site leadership

Compensation & benefits

• Base salary: up to $165,000 (depending on experience)
• Bonus: Performance bonus
• Onsite living paid for: Accommodation, transport, and food paid while on site (effectively “living free” in the role)

The Role:

· Be a significant contributor to a world-class vehicle engineering team by supporting with plastics tool expertise and owning polymer-related aspects from part design for manufacturing (DFM) phase to product launch.

· Consultation with design engineers and suppliers throughout product development process, advising on process and tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency and cost. The role ensures capability, robustness and cost-effectiveness of tool with sign-off.

· Evaluation of flow studies, mold concepts, and mold designs before tool approval and kick-off.

· Ensuring plastic tooling is compliant with Lucid Tool Standards, and documentation of review process.

· Support of internal non-engineering teams and representation of Lucid Tooling Team in communication with suppliers (incl. on-site visits).

· Leading on-site assessment of tool quality/condition, and driving injection molding process optimization.

Qualifications:

· B.S. in Engineering

· 5+ years’ experience, evaluating DFM and injection molding tool designs, including sign-off responsibility

· Excellent knowledge of injection tooling, including technologies such as in-mold decoration/labeling, foaming, overmolding, back-injection, vario-thermal processes

· Experience with DFM process for automotive A-surface parts

· Experience with flow simulation software (e.g. Autodesk MoldFlow), and ability to critically review simulation results

· Proven hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process, including process optimization

· Experience in tooling cost and tool change cost estimation

· Methodical approach to documentation

· Exemplary verbal and written communication skills

· Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% if needed

Advantageous:

· Worked in automotive development environment, ideally through complete product development process

· Hands-on experience with creation of MoldFlow studies, first tool trials, and tool approvals

· Experience with tool should costing to understand tool cost impact of part design choices

· Experience with other plastic manufacturing processes and their tooling (e.g. blow molding, thermal forming, vacuum forming, compression molding, slush molding)

· Experience auditing tool shops