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Introduction

An Engineering,

Management,

and Prototyping Company

We are a small innovative SF Bay Area company that enables research scientists and project managers to develop and build highly custom and complex mechanical and optical systems.  Our work often leads to developing critical new technologies for the next-generation products of a company.  We offer quality engineering, integrated machining, and assembly integration in our class 100 cleanroom. Our main expertise is to provide a hardware solution to our customers’ requirements through an efficient process.

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Our Story

"Build elegant and robust mechanical systems for R&D in various local industries"

Inspired by the work of MIT professors in mechanical design, axiomatic design, and precision machine design, we started a company to design and build elegant and robust mechanical systems for Research and Development in various local industries. The company was started by Amir Torkaman and Jamie Nam in 2007.

 

Our initial goal was to become a product company but we quickly stumbled on a different vision.  We realized that often the most talented scientists in a company don't have the engineering resources to implement their ideas.  So we started supporting research scientists and project managers at various companies. Over time we perfected our process of taking an idea from a sketch to a product. In the past 17 years, we have completed numerous such projects and have had a significant impact on the 30+ companies we have engaged with.

 

Our mission is to provide quality engineering and a proven process to enable research scientists and project managers to take their ideas to reality.

About us

Our Team

Product

We build custom prototypes by understanding our customers' problems and deriving clear engineering requirements, so we can deliver effective hardware solutions.

We have a diverse and talented engineering team, and a careful engineering design process with formal milestone reviews.  We  work with high quality and reliable local suppliers and we have a careful “cleaning” process.  The assembly and integration of our prototypes is done in-house at our class 100 cleanroom.

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Prototyping and Design of Mechanical Systems

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FEA Mechanical Analysis

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Procurement
Assembly and Integration

Expertise

System Architecture Design
Opto-Mechanical Design
Optical Alignment and Calibration
Machine Design 
Precision Mechanisms
Custom Stages
Robotics and Automation
Vibration, Motion Controls

Vision Systems
Vacuum, High Voltage
Furnaces and Semiconductor Equipment
Lasers
Various Custom Lab Fixtures
Thermal Management and FEA Modeling
UHV Vacuum Systems

Service

Job Openings

Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

Applied Precision Design is a small, private engineering firm that specializes in building complex mechanical prototypes that deliver solutions to our customers’ unique challenges and requirements mainly for complex research and development applications.

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We have a great reputation and long-term relationships with local SF Bay Area tech companies such as Apple, Google, AMAT, Thermofisher, etc. We are a small, talented group of engineers that support critical research and development by solving exciting and challenging mechanical engineering problems.  Our office is located in downtown Redwood City, CA in a fun and urban setting one block from Caltrain.  As a small company we offer a kind, fun, and flexible work environment while taking pride in producing high quality work. 

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We are looking for a responsible mechanical engineer in the SF Bay Area to help us design and build new precision mechanical systems mostly used for R&D in the fields of inspection/metrology, optics, semiconductor, high vacuum, biotech, solar, etc.  The candidate would take direction from other senior engineers and scientists to lead design projects from concept to manufacturing.  We are looking for someone with a few years (and cycles) of mechanical design experience, familiar with machine design, CDR/DDR’s, manufacturing processes, materials/finishes, and suppliers. We also require fluency in generating designs in 3D CAD / Solidworks and creating design reviews and drawings.   

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Core Requirements:

  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with 5+ years of design experience

  • End-to-End full cycle machine design experience from concept to delivery.

    • Has gathered formal engineering requirements.

    • Has generated concept and detailed CAD concepts.

    • Detail Design, Drawings, BOM management, and fabrication.

  • Expertise in one or more engineering disciplines and a solid understanding of the following: precision engineering, optics, fluids, high-vacuum systems, system architecture, materials, flexures, machine design.

  • Has designed and built mechanical systems: going through the development cycle from gathering requirements, to generating concept/detail designs, BOM, drawings and fabrication.

  • Fluent in Solidworks and 3D CAD design.  

  • Familiar with CNC machining & manufacturing processes, materials, anodize/finishes. 

  • Familiar with fasteners, O-rings, precision bearings, stages, encoders, interferometers, etc.

  • Experience with formal engineering design reviews (CDR and DDR’s).

  • Good understanding of engineering principles (force diagrams, heat transfer, vibrations).

  • ​Excited to learn and share expertise.

 

Nice to Have:

  • Crisp communicator with aptitude and drive to be hands-on as needed. 

  • Able to read/generate engineering sketches. 

  • Delivery-focused engineer, confident with project management.

  • Organized, detailed oriented, and committed to finishing projects.

  • Passionate about learning, advancing engineering skills, and project execution.

  • Industry experience in high-precision machine design, flexures and kinematic couplings, moving stages and robotics, opto-mechanical design, high vacuum systems, semiconductor, optics, and biomedical engineering.

  • Works well with an engineering team with a diverse range of skillsets.

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To Apply:

Send your resume to info@aprecisiondesign.com with subject line "Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer" 

Get in Touch

Address

899 Arguello St, Ste A
Redwood City, CA 94063

Contact

(650) 716-5827

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