Lead Research Mechanical Engineer
About The Position
At Reality Labs we aim to bring together cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver on our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. As a Product Design Engineer, you will take a critical role in developing hardware systems for VR, AR, or New Technology Initiatives. You will become part of a team exploring developing concepts through prototyping and into mass-production consumer electronics. You will work as part of a cross functional team requiring collaboration in domains other than mechanical engineering. Our teams support mechanical engineering fundamentals, prototyping skills, CAD fluency, manufacturing process knowledge, and experience designing consumer electronics.
Requirements
- BS in Mechanical Engineering
- 8+ years of industry experience in mechanical design
- Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, geometric tolerancing, and 3D/2D CAD
- Working knowledge in material properties, such as plastics, metal, adhesive, glass, etc
- Testing and analysis experience (FEA, Simulation, Design of Experiments, etc.)
- Knowledge of high-volume manufacturing techniques (stamping, machining, injection molding, etc.)
Nice To Haves
- A history of growing and developing a mechanical team
- Extensive invention and patent portfolio
- Demonstrated experience leading industry standards and/or supplier state of the art
- Demonstrated experience leading overseas suppliers in an ODM or JDM model
- Experience in research environments
- Elastomer material expertise applied to wearables
- Experience advancing design and manufacturing technologies to enable innovative products (e.g. injection molding, lamination, and similar)
- Experience influencing program strategy and execution based on domain expertise
Responsibilities
- Lead the mechanical design for a particular component, feature or system while having end-to-end product development understanding
- Contribute to mechanical solutions as part of a highly cross-functional team
- Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and characterization test systems
- Work across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping product
- Collaborate and manage work with Asia-based Supply Chain
- Push state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to solving complex mechanical problems while working with cross functional technical teams
- Travel to external vendors up to 20%
Benefits
- $170,000/year to $240,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
