Mattel
Product Development Engineer II
El Segundo, CALIFORNIA, United States · Mid
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 hours ago
StatisticsLogisticsSolidWorksCreoFEARoboticsCollaboration
> stay_score
odds of building a lasting career here
16Unrated
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role0
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70
No strong sponsorship signal in the public record yet. In the full product we resolve the exact legal entity and show its filing history with a confidence score — treat as unverified until then.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →> community_outcomes
No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.
About the role
- This position serves as focal point for driving technical engineering solutions on new product concepts to ensure financial targets, schedule, and adherence to specified safety and quality standards.
- Assists with the development of new mechanisms to achieve toy functionality goals.
- Assists with the creation of breadboard models.
Responsibilities
- This position is a focused, technical engineering role responsible for supporting and helping to drive technical product innovation and the development of creative new product concepts into manufacturable solutions.
- This position also provides project support to more senior engineers acting as mentors to help gain experience.
- The job role serves as a technical engineering liaison with Operations and collaborates with the cross functional New Product Development Team to support efficient flow of new product concepts through the new product development lifecycles.
- Provides feedback to design & PMs during initial concept stages to determine feasibility of planned toy.
- Point of contact with dev houses, tooling and plants, providing design guidance (facilitated as needed by Program Execution teams).
- Performs routine engineering activities relative to various processes in product development.
Requirements
- 2-5 years of experience in the toys or consumer goods industry
- General knowledge of plastic production processes and assembly techniques for plastic product
- Knowledge of various Raw materials
- Experience and practice in CAD software (like SolidWorks or Creo).
- Working knowledge of FEA, able to read of understand results
Nice to have
- BA/BS degree in an Engineering discipline preferred or equivalent work experience
Benefits
- Assists in translating design vision for toy into technical specs that can be passed on to development houses, tooling, plants.
Company info
- Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world.
- We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies.
- Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences.
- Our products are sold in collaboration with the world's leading retail and ecommerce companies.
- Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
- Mattel's award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.
- Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.
- Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day.
- We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
- Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.
- Videos to watch:
- The Culture at Mattel
- Corporate Philanthropy
This listing is sourced directly from Mattel's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.