Product Design Engineer

A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Product Design Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of program design goals—including installation and maintenance requirements, aesthetic design objectives, and safety standards. You will guide vendors through the design of a wide variety of store fixtures, creating solutions that effectively merchandise and showcase the products while enabling essential in-store functionality for store employees.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer dozens of fixtures at a time (tables, walls, and other furniture elements) at international vendors utilizing an ODM development model
• Collaborate with and present to various cross-functional teams at all job levels to refine aesthetics and customer experience and meet all program goals
• Iterate on and validate designs to ensure successful mass production using manufacturing data, reliability tests, and stress, failure and tolerance analyses
• Develop manufacturing processes and tooling designs with external vendors
• Generate and accept constructive feedback in brainstorming and design reviews
• Travel up to 15% both domestically and internationally to vendors and installation sites to realize the physical design and find root cause for failures

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and minimum of 5-7 years relevant experience
• Strong mechanical intuition, understanding of solid mechanics and material properties
• Excited to work and learn in a collaborative environment
• Self-motivated, curious and attentive to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD software
• Familiarity with metal manufacturing methodologies
• Experience with FEA, DFMEA, and root cause analysis
• Computer and/or furniture industry experience not required. Serious consideration will be given to qualified candidates from other analytical fields with robust engineering fundamentals.


Type: Contract
Duration: 6 months with extension
Work Location: Austin, TX or Cupertino, CA (hybrid)
Pay range: $70.00 - $85.00 ph (DOE)