Wearable/Consumer Electronics Mechanical Design Engineer at US Tech Solutions

Title: Wearable/Consumer Electronics Mechanical Design Engineer
Duration: 05+ months potential extension
Location: Mountain View, CA (Hybrid role)

Project Overview: 

• Develop the next generation of Watches.
• You will work on a Mechanical Design team that balances comfort, performance, and appearance in an innovative and harmonious design that complements and enables the technology.

Responsibilities: 

• Must have prior hands-on extensive experience in Mechanical Design for Consumer Electronics products like watches, mobile phones, camera, etc. for the industrial manufacturing purpose.
• As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you’ll design the next generation of Watches.
• Drive and lead Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM) teams supporting part design.
• You will drive the design, analysis, and prototyping of new concepts while working in a manufacturing and product-oriented development environment.
• Design a complex subsystem and/or multiple moderately complex individual parts from concept to production.
• Collaborate with suppliers of subsystems and/or individual parts throughout the design and manufacturing process.
• You’ll collaborate with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams such as Electrical Engineering, Antenna, Industrial Design, Reliability, Operations, and Product to define and deliver excellent products.
• Identify the root cause of design, manufacturing, or reliability issues and develop corrective actions.
• Balance design considerations such as functionality, sustainability, reliability, human factors, manufacturability, and aesthetics.

Mandatory Skills/Qualifications: 

• 5 years of experience in Mechanical Design for Consumer Electronics products like watches, mobile phones, camera, etc. for the industrial manufacturing purpose using NX & TeamCenter.
• Experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
• Proficiency with NX and Teamcenter.
• Understands how to integrate what are important to the customer.
• Work on devices that are very small, every decision needs to be compromised. 
• Able to communicate with the team, highly collaborative and struggle to find the balance- mechanical engineering and understanding importance of user experience/ beauty of design.
• 3–5 years of experience (Sr candidates) Track record of shipping devices/ very little oversight, phones/ wearable/ AR VR experience.
• Experience with NX (CAD)- at least 1 year, Tolerance analysis, Mechanical Design, Consumer products design/ Consumer Electronics.
• Expertise in creative problem-solving and design skills, clear communication, and a solid base of engineering fundamentals.
• Strong organizational skills to manage varied responsibilities across the product.
• Experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.

Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications: 

• Experience shipping multiple consumer products in a lead or senior engineer role.
• 7-8 years of work experience in consumer product design.
• User experience & user design Industrial security camera.
• Deep technical knowledge of multiple manufacturing methods used in consumer products.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers around the world on part manufacturing and final assembly, including onsite factory support.
• System integration experience, including electro-mechanical components (audio, display, camera, antenna, etc.), waterproofing, thermals, grounding, and/or product architecture.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, mechanical Design, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Recruiter Details:
Name: Arjun Prakash
Email: arjunp@ustechsolutionsinc.com
Internal Reference Id: 24-06561