Senior Product Design Engineer
San Mateo, CA

Role overview:

The individual in this role will drive the mechanical design within the product development group. As a Senior Engineer, this individual will expand the capabilities of the team while building trust and relationships with internal and external partners. The team is small and the environment can feels like a start-up within a large company. There is flexibility to work from home as needed within reason, but regular presence in the office is essential for knowledge-sharing, part inspections, and prototyping. Travel, domestic and international, is another essential part of the job, often reaching an estimated 15% of work time.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for the role include (but are not limited to):

• Developing mechanical architectures from the ground up
• Technical ownership of the overall system, sub-system(s), or individual components
• Leading the interactions with partner teams like industrial design, program management, operations, quality, and manufacturing partners
• Managing the detailed design, CAD database, design validation and issue tracking
• Anticipating and responding to challenges in manufacturing

Skills:

• Strong foundation in the first principles of mechanical design and best practices
• Independent and self-motivated with outstanding communication skills
• Eager to be engaged at all stages of product development, from early concept to sustaining
• Experienced in building small consumer products in large volumes
• Deep understanding of the product development process
• Hands on capability in creative prototyping approaches to rapidly build low and high-fidelity prototypes for design and functional assessment

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in direct ownership of mechanical design for high volume consumer products
• Experience in the video game industry is not required, but interest and passion for gaming experience, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, and technology is vital