Lead Mechanical/ Product Design Engineer, Special Projects
Leads mechanical and product design for special projects, owning electromechanical systems from concept to high-volume production. Requires 6+ years experience in consumer products, 3D CAD proficiency, and manufacturing expertise including DFM/DFA and GD&T.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own, architect, and design complex electromechanical systems, including plastic, metal, and soft goods components integrated with novel sensors and actuators.
- Drive designs across the entire development lifecycle, including brainstorming, CAD, prototyping, testing, and ramp into production in Asia.
- Solve highly cross-functional problems by working with electrical, software, reliability, and manufacturing engineering teams.
- Perform analysis and testing to ensure designs meet product goals, including thermal, fluid, and structural analyses.
- Help shape the direction of our products and features by collaborating with industrial design, marketing, and product teams as well as company leadership.
Requirements
- 6+ years of consumer product design experience with knowledge of injection molding, sheet metal forming, and sensor/electronics integration.
- Experience shipping high-volume consumer products, including manufacturing support in Asia.
- Highly proficient with 3D modeling (e.g. Solidworks, NX, Creo).
- Experience with high-volume manufacturing processes, design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA), tolerance analysis, functional dimensioning and geometric tolerancing (GD&T).
- Solid understanding of root cause analysis, DOEs, and other quality measuring techniques.
- BSME or equivalent.
- Willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.
Skills
Solidworks, Nx, Creo, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Forming, DFM, Dfa, GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Does, Thermal Analysis, Fluid Analysis, Structural Analysis
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