Sr Mechanical Engineer (Hardware)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Mechanical Design Engineer with some network equipment design experience looking for a fast-paced innovative Mechanical Engineering environment. The ideal candidate will work with thermal, hardware, compliance, power, PC layout and manufacturing teams throughout the entire NPI development process. You must be able to generate overall product definition, create detailed tolerance analysis, understand manufacturing needs, be capable of estimating part cost, schedule commitments to lead mechanical and hardware engineers, and present conceptual & design reviews to lead engineers. The main objective is to collaborate effectively with engineering, manufacturing leads and other cross functional teams in developing high-quality, low-cost system design solutions.

Additionally, you must also demonstrate the skills and the ability to work closely and collaborate with team peers and other cross-functional teams, interface effectively with design engineering counterparts to achieve NPI or sustaining goals. You should be able to build cooperative working relationships in both NPI and sustaining context and demonstrate attention to detail, have strong verbal / written communication and computer skills.

Your Impact

• Capable of doing hands-on work in mechanical lab/shop environments to prove out design concepts and rework existing parts
• Conduct failure analysis and determine root causes
• Implement design enhancements and cost reductions
• Create & release engineering change orders (ECOs) to implement design solution(s)
• Collaborate well with the entire hardware team during development
• Generate initial mechanical system Bills of Materials (BOMs)
• Prepare and present Design Reviews that include detailed tolerance analysis, overall assembly, estimated costing and schedule commitment.
• Work with manufacturing partners early-on in implementing DFM in Proto 1 through production
• Participate in other design views to better understand various design ideas.
• Responsible for the review and approval of initial First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Reports for part and assemblies prior to pre-production release and/or transfer of ownership to operations
• Supporting mechanical sustaining effort across all PAN products
• Actively participate in product definition and document
• Perform product characterizations testing
• Capable in supporting sustaining across all production released products

Your Experience

• Excellent understanding in design sheet metal, plastic, machining and die cast part design
• Excellent understanding of tolerances analysis and how it applies to fabrication and assembly documentation
• Excellent understand of product thermal and custom heat sink design
• Good understanding of critical to function dimensioning practices in preparing fabrication and assembly documentation
• Minimum 7-15 plus years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer
• Skilled with 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks or Pro/Engineer
• Experience with manufacturing and design technologies in sheet metal, plastic injection molding, machining and die casting
• Experience reviewing first article inspection reports of fabricated parts and assemblies
• Detail oriented with excellent communication and documentation skills

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. These engineers aren’t shy about creating products to solve problems no one has tackled before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled opportunity to build the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. If you see the potential of how incredible people & products can transform a business, this is the team for you. If you don’t wait for directions, instead, identifying new features and opportunities we have to just get better, this is your new career.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be between $163,200/yr to $264,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.