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Role Title: Sr Product Design Engineer
Duration: 6 months potential extension
Work Location: Mountain View, CA Hybrid (Hybrid work: Tues-Thurs in the office. Monday & Friday remote)
Work Schedule: Normal PST business hours, Monday - Friday with occasional offset schedule to overlap with Asia (11am-8pm)
Overall Responsibilities:
You will drive the design, analysis, and prototyping of new concepts while working in a manufacturing and product-oriented development environment. You demonstrate creative problem solving and design skills, clear communication, and a solid base of engineering fundamentals. Your strong organizational skills help you manage your varied responsibilities across the product. You will work on a Product Design team that balances comfort, performance, and appearance in an innovative and harmonious design that complements and enables the technology. You’ll collaborate with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams such as Electrical Engineering, Antenna, Industrial Design, Reliability, Operations, and Product to define and deliver excellent products.
Top 3 Daily Responsibilities:
- Design a complex subsystem and/or multiple moderately complex individual parts from concept to production.
- Collaborate with suppliers of subsystems and/or individual parts throughout the design and manufacturing process.
- Identify the root cause of design, manufacturing, or reliability issues and develop corrective actions.
- Balance design considerations such as functionality, sustainability, reliability, human factors, manufacturability, and aesthetics.
- Drive and lead Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM) teams supporting part design.
Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 5 years relevant work experience.
- Experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
- Proficiency with NX and Teamcenter.
Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications:
- Experience shipping multiple consumer products in a lead or senior engineer role.
- 8 years work experience in consumer product design.
- Deep technical knowledge in multiple manufacturing methods used in consumer products.
- Experience collaborating with suppliers around the world on part manufacturing and final assembly, including onsite factory support.
- System integration experience, including electro-mechanical components (audio, display, camera, antenna, etc.), waterproofing, thermals, grounding, and/or product architecture.
Mandatory
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 5 years relevant work experience.
- Experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
- Proficiency with NX and Teamcenter.
Desired
- Experience shipping multiple consumer products in a lead or senior engineer role.
- 8 years work experience in consumer product design.
- Deep technical knowledge in multiple manufacturing methods used in consumer products.
- Experience collaborating with suppliers around the world on part manufacturing and final assembly, including onsite factory support.
- System integration experience, including electro-mechanical components (audio, display, camera, antenna, etc.), waterproofing, thermals, grounding, and/or product architecture.
