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Product Design Engineer
San Francisco · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 18 days ago
SolidWorksFEAThermal AnalysisRoboticsMechanical DesignAdaptabilityTolerance Analysis
About the role
- We are a flat team of 22 phenomenal and senior engineers, where everyone contributes directly to product development, as such this will start as an IC role.
- Some of the specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Wearing prototypes several hours a week to participate in data collection, on-body testing and provide feedback
Responsibilities
- Own core CAD for critical sub-assemblies for our new product - from architecture, design, mass optimisation, design-for-manufacturing, tolerance analysis, implementation, testing, through commercialization
- Own and manage vendor relationships (including travel to Asia) and over time cost-reduction processes
- Lead cross-functional design reviews
- Write technical documentation and assembly instructions to ensure seamless knowledge transfer to manufacturing partners.
- Drive engineering specifications from product requirements and work cross functionally
- Develop specifications, requirements, test methods and protocols through formal verification to ensure functionality, safety and efficacy of design
- We are building products that will restore mobility for millions and enable a new frontier of joyful movement experiences.
- We want to build a future where a grandparent can easily outrun their grandkids and no one is left behind at the trailhead.
- Experience in DFM and a passion for making complex designs more practical and scalable.
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in mechanical engineering in a professional setting
- Expertise designing parts for a broad range of manufacturing processes, such as plastic injection molding, long chain glass or carbon filled plastics, machining, casting, etc.
- Experience in mechanical analysis including geometric, dimensioning and tolerancing,, static and dynamic analysis, FEA and thermal analysis
- Experience with Asian-based NPI, willingness to travel
- Experience with robotics, mechatronics, or powered consumer electronics (e.g. drones, robot vacuums)
- Ability to relocate to work at the Skip Bay Area office
- Excellence in CAD design and software (SolidWorks, PDM)
- Experience in DFM and a passion for making complex designs more practical and scalable. Ideally experience with a scaled consumer or medical product
- Able to deliver quality work in a fast-paced startup environment
- Sense of humour, tolerant of Aussie & Canadian spelling
- Personal motivation to improve human movement
Benefits
- Yet it is elusive for 2 billion people due to age, injury, or disability.
- Ideally experience with a scaled consumer or medical product
Company info
- We are seeking a highly motivated and adaptable individual who will explore the peaks and valleys of all problems that may come up while building a new generation of wearable robots for everyday life.
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