Product Design Engineer

Responsibilities

The individual in this role will drive the mechanical design within the product development group. As a Staff Engineer, this individual will scale the capabilities of the team while building trust and relationships with internal and external partners. 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 planning for future challenges in manufacturing
• Mapping out engineering activities and identifying dependencies

• 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 and best practices
• Effective bridging from a small core team to management, executives, and partner organizations
• Comfortable mode‑switching frequently between 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

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience leading mechanical design for high-volume 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

• Small team environment that feels like a start-up within a large company
• Flexibility to work from home as needed within reason