Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Saratoga, CA

Department: Systems Engineering

Position Overview

Eridu AI is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer specializing in system chassis and enclosure design to lead the mechanical architecture of high-performance computing hardware.

This role focuses on the design of sheet-metal chassis and enclosures for rack-mounted systems, including structural frames, board mounting structures, cooling hardware integration, and manufacturable assemblies.

The ideal candidate has strong experience developing server, networking, or data center hardware, and has taken sheet-metal chassis from concept through production.

Key Responsibilities

System Chassis Architecture

Lead the mechanical architecture and design of rack-mounted computing systems, including:

• Sheet-metal chassis structures
• Electronics enclosures
• Structural frames and mounting assemblies
• Board-level mounting structures for high-speed electronics
• Card cages, PSU mounting structures, and cable management

Sheet Metal Design

Design manufacturable sheet-metal components and assemblies, including:

• Bending and stamping features
• PEM hardware integration
• Tolerance stack-ups
• Structural reinforcement
• Grounding and EMI considerations

Work closely with manufacturing partners to optimize designs for cost, manufacturability, and assembly efficiency.

Thermal & Cooling Integration

Collaborate with thermal engineers to integrate:

• Cold plates
• Manifolds
• Liquid cooling hardware
• Airflow ducting and flow management structures

Ensure mechanical architecture supports thermal performance and serviceability.

Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

Drive DFM throughout the design cycle, including:

• Manufacturing-ready CAD models and drawings
• Assembly optimization
• Supplier and ODM engagement
• FMEA and reliability analysis

Support prototype builds, EVT/DVT validation, and production ramp.

Prototyping & Validation

Support prototype builds and testing including:

• Structural validation
• Shock and vibration testing
• Thermal cycling
• Reliability testing

Investigate failures and drive root-cause analysis and design improvements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with teams across:

• Electrical engineering
• Thermal engineering
• Manufacturing engineering
• Supply chain
• External manufacturing partners and ODMs

Ensure mechanical designs support system integration, manufacturability, and reliability goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• 7+ years of experience designing mechanical systems for electronics hardware
• Hands-on experience designing sheet-metal chassis and enclosures for rack-mounted systems
• Experience taking chassis or enclosure designs from concept through production
• Strong understanding of sheet-metal fabrication processes including:
• • bending
  • stamping
  • PEM hardware
  • tolerance stack-ups
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks, Creo, or NX
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional hardware teams

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of mechanical design experience in server, networking, or data center hardware
• Experience designing server chassis, networking systems, or high-density electronics packaging
• Experience integrating liquid cooling hardware, including cold plates and manifolds
• Experience collaborating with ODMs or contract manufacturers
• Familiarity with thermal or structural simulation tools such as Ansys Mechanical, Icepak, or Flotherm
• Experience supporting EVT / DVT / PVT hardware builds
• Experience with reliability testing including shock, vibration, and thermal cycling 

Why Join Us? 

At Eridu, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure, working with a world-class team on groundbreaking technology that pushes the boundaries of AI performance. Your contributions will directly impact the next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, transforming the performance of AI data centers. 

The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be established based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications, work location, market trends, and the compensation of employees in comparable roles. 

Eridu is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies

Eridu does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles from staffing agencies or third-party recruiters. Any candidate submitted to Eridu without prior written authorization from our recruiting team will be considered unsolicited and will become the property of Eridu. Eridu reserves the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any obligation to pay fees. Recruiting agencies are expressly instructed not to contact hiring managers, employees, or executives regarding open positions.

About the Company

About Eridu

Eridu is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate AI data centers to deliver Faster AI. Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces multiple industry-first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in performance and unlock greater GPU utilization to speed training job completion times and tokens-per-second for more profitable inference. We do this while simultaneously reducing capital and power costs and improving reliability.

The company’s solutions and value proposition have been widely validated by leading hyperscalers.

Eridu has raised over $200M to date including its most recent, oversubscribed Series A round. The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives who have delivered multiple billion dollar product lines and led multiple companies to billion dollar exits, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED company). The company is in execution mode and has a world-class engineering team with decades of experience in state-of-the-art silicon, packaging, optics, software, and systems. Eridu is working with best-in-class supply chain partners including silicon, packaging and systems.

Visit our website eridu.ai to learn more.