Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary 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

Qualifications 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 5 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

Compensation Disclosure 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 the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$120,700.00 - $195,175.00/yr

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes