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As demand for data centre infrastructure, energy-efficient cooling, and environmental monitoring continues to grow, we are expanding our capabilities to develop the next generation of sensing solutions.\nAs our Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will strengthen our mechanical engineering expertise within R&D and play an important role in developing future sensing platforms, with a particular focus on gas sensing and data centre applications.\nYou will help transform new ideas into robust, manufacturable products by driving mechanical architecture and packaging development from early concepts through industrialization. You will also provide technical expertise across mechanical design, packaging, and manufacturability while working closely with colleagues across multiple engineering disciplines.\nThis is an individual contributor role without people management responsibilities. Instead, your impact will come through technical leadership, influencing engineering decisions, sharing best practices, and strengthening our mechanical engineering capabilities.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nYou will lead mechanical development activities across innovation and new product development projects, ensuring solutions are technically robust, scalable, and aligned with customer needs.\nYour key responsibilities will include:\nLeading the mechanical architecture and design of next-generation sensing platforms, including housings, packaging, mounting concepts, and system integration.\nDeveloping robust encapsulation, sealing, and environmental protection solutions for sensors operating under demanding industrial conditions\nDriving mechanical work packages in innovation and product development projects in close collaboration with sensing specialists, electronics, firmware, manufacturing engineers, product management, and external partners.\nDeveloping mechanical concepts for gas sensing and data centre applications, including thermal management, fluid interfaces, installation concepts, and system-level solutions.\nSupporting prototyping, design reviews, risk assessments, testing activities, and supplier collaboration to enable successful industrialization.\nWhat We're Looking For\nYou have a strong foundation in mechanical engineering combined with hands-on product development experience. You are comfortable taking ownership of complex mechanical challenges while collaborating across engineering disciplines.\nTo be successful in this role, we are looking for:\nA Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.\nExtensive experience developing industrial products from concept through production, including complex mechanical design challenges.\nHands-on experience with mechanical design of sensors, electronic products, or other highly integrated mechanical systems.\nStrong experience with 3D CAD tools such as Inventor.\nExperience with injection-moulded components and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles.\nIt would be an advantage if you also have:\nExperience with sensor technology and sensor packaging.\nKnowledge within areas such as sealing and joining technologies, thermal management, tolerance analysis, rapid prototyping, or high-volume manufacturing.\nWe recognize that great candidates may bring different combinations of experience and expertise. If you believe your background can contribute to developing our next generation of sensing solutions, we encourage you to apply.\nWhat You'll Get from Us\nYou will join a highly skilled R&D environment working on technologies that contribute to safer, more energy-efficient, and more sustainable solutions across a broad range of applications.\n1. We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.\n2. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.\n3. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.\n4. You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about-we think they’re pretty great.\nReady to Make a Difference?\nIf this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.\nOur Commitment to Transparency\nSalary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.\nThe actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.\nWant to know more? 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