Staff Product Design Engineer

We are building a small team of talented and enthusiastic leaders to create new peripheral and accessory products for the PlayStation community. We need an experienced and innovative electrical engineer to imagine and architect our next generation systems.

Come and play with us!

Responsibilities:

In this role, you drive overall mechanical design for high profile product development efforts. This senior leader will build the capabilities of the team and build relationships with internal and external partners and business/product owners.

• Lead overall system mechanical design
• Lead interactions with industrial design team
• Manage the detailed design and validation with engineering and manufacturing partners
• Anticipate and respond to challenges in manufacturing

Skills:

• A technically strong and independent mechanical engineer with strong product design approach
• Engaged at both the product design level (what should it do?) and the detailed engineering level (how should it be built)
• Experienced with small consumer products and new product development from initial concept through mass production
• Effective bridging from a small core team working with and within large organizations
• Comfortable spanning from high level program strategy and management to detailed engineering implementation
• 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 leading mechanical design for small 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

Working Conditions:

• Small team environment; feels like a start-up within a large organization!
• Travel (domestic and international) required. Estimated 15%

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees, and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.

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