Design Manufacturing Engineer

A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is looking for a Manufacturing Design Engineer to join their team and co-lead development, and ramp for the next iteration of a Softgoods product.

• Partner with multi-functional teams and contract manufacturers to evaluate design and processes at the concept and ramp phases.
• Plan, propose, and lead experiments to produce timely and accurate analyses for design, development, and supply chain decisions.
• Assess fabrication technology suitability, plan validation exercises to demonstrate feasibility and manufacturing capability, and analyze results to provide technical recommendations.
• Evaluate and identify process opportunities/risks, drive mitigations plans to meet program targets, and review development activities at supplier locations.
• Serve as lead engineer to drive process development, review part design documentation for alignment, assign tasks, and support process development and data gathering.
• Establish validation procedures for tooling acceptance into development and mass production builds.
• Review supplier tool design, process flow, equipment selection, DFM, and DOE proposals, identify shortfalls, and provide corrective actions.
• Work with supplier engineering teams to map process development exercises, secure resources, and commit to schedules.
• Assess supplier readiness for build events and production ramp, identify potential issues, and provide recommendations.
• Define and review line qualification criteria with the supplier to scale up mass production to meet key production metrics.
• Review, lead, and assist maintaining product process flow, layout, and cycle time against project goals.

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing/Process Engineering, preferably within a high-volume manufacturing environment
• Proven experience supporting new product launches from a mechanical, tooling, or product development perspective.
• Experience with mechanical fabricated parts or adhesives, glues, jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics experience is required.
• Deep understanding of DOE, GD&T, SPC techniques.
• Experience leading suppliers’ technical team in the development and qualification of manufacturing process
• Demonstrated hands‑on mechanical ability.
• Willingness to travel internationally to supplier sites.
• Experience with highly cosmetic parts a plus.
• International experience, particularly in Asia is a plus