Product Design Mechanical Engineer

Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next
47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes.

We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. About the Role As a Product Design Mechanical Engineer at Verkada, you’ll play a key role in designing and bringing to market our next generation of enterprise intercom products, owning the mechanical design from early concept through mass production.

What You'll DoGenerate mechanical solutions for a wide variety of product requirements relevant to enterprise hardware (audio, cameras, RF, buttons, mounting, sealing, environmental resistance, thermals, tamper resistance, etc.)Drive new products from initial proof of concept through to mass production

Generate mechanical solutions for a wide variety of product requirements relevant to enterprise hardware (mounting, sealing, environmental resistance, thermals, tamper resistance, etc.)Collaborate with our Electrical Engineering team to integrate PCBAs, sensors, interconnects, and other electro-mechanical elements into your designs

Collaborate with our Industrial Design team to explore, prototype, test new product concepts, and finalize product form and CMFWork with mechanical vendors to dial in DFM/DFA, then quote & kick-off parts at prototype and production quantities

Own tooling release, bring up, and validation for a broad variety of parts & processes

Develop, manage & execute mechanical reliability test plans and various Do Es Assist  with failure analysis and root cause analysis; troubleshoot, iterate, and validate quickly  Work closely with our JDM and CM partners to steer your product concepts through validation builds (EVT, DVT, PVT) & into mass production

What You BringB.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related fieldsA clear track record of designing and manufacturing enterprise or consumer electronic products

Mastery of 3D CAD software

Experience getting hands-on with building & testing hardware

Experience working with an overseas supply chain

Experience working with part vendors on DFM, tooling bring up and validation

Passion for designing aesthetically pleasing but easy to use hardware

End-to-end product development experience5 years of experience in mechanical design, manufacturing and electro-mechanical systems and products

Ability to travel internationally up to 15%
US Employee Benefits Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and…