Senior Product Design Engineer

Job Description

As a member of Chewie’s Product Design Engineering team you will be part of a cross functional team to design, validate and ship Chewie’s hardware products.   You will work closely with other members of the PD team as well as cross functional groups including Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Reliability, Product Management and Operations.

Objectives of this role:

• Design mechanical systems to balance complex tradeoffs between cross functional teams including Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Reliability, Product Management and Operations
• Generate detailed CAD models, specifications and documentation
• Prototype, Test and Analyze component and system designs 
• Validate and system performance and iterate designs to achieve targets
• Create predictive models and correlate with real world performance
• Perform root cause analysis of performance failures and drive corrective actions
• Work directly with the supply chain to ensure parts are properly manufactured and assembled.
• Mentor and support engineers earlier in their career

Qualifications

• BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 7+ years experience working in mechanical product design designing multiple parts in complex systems. Consumer Electronics or Home Appliance industries are preferred
• Expertise in CAD modeling, experience with NX is preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of plastic and metal part manufacturing processes
• Solid understanding of product design concepts including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Tolerance Analysis
• Ability to perform simulations (FEA, Thermal, CFD) to validate designs highly desired
• Has a record of taking multiple products to mass production 
• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering fundamentals to find simple solutions to complex problems
• Self driven with strong organizational and communication skills