THE ROLE:We are seeking a highly motivated and adaptable individual who will explore the peaks and valleys of all problems that may come up while building a new generation of wearable robots for everyday life.
Our small team is exceptional at prototyping and invention, your job will be to
own detailed designs that are ready to be
scaled, manufactured and sent to consumers. We are a flat team of 22 phenomenal and senior engineers, where everyone contributes directly to product development, as such this will start as an IC role.
Some of the specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Own core CAD for critical sub-assemblies for our new product - from architecture, design, mass optimisation, design-for-manufacturing, tolerance analysis, implementation, testing, through commercialization
- Own and manage vendor relationships (including travel to Asia) and over time cost-reduction processes
- Drive engineering specifications from product requirements and work cross functionally
- Select materials and manufacturing processes that meet product performance and durability requirements.
- Lead cross-functional design reviews
- Develop specifications, requirements, test methods and protocols through formal verification to ensure functionality, safety and efficacy of design
- Write technical documentation and assembly instructions to ensure seamless knowledge transfer to manufacturing partners.
- Wearing prototypes several hours a week to participate in data collection, on-body testing and provide feedback
- Bring joy to the team, participate in embarrassing team events, tolerate KZ's terrible music choices
Qualifications
- 5+ years' experience in mechanical engineering in a professional setting
- Excellence in CAD design and software (SolidWorks, PDM)
- Expertise designing parts for a broad range of manufacturing processes, such as plastic injection molding, long chain glass or carbon filled plastics, machining, casting, etc.
- Experience in mechanical analysis including geometric, dimensioning and tolerancing,, static and dynamic analysis, FEA and thermal analysis
- Experience in DFM and a passion for making complex designs more practical and scalable. Ideally experience with a scaled consumer or medical product
- Experience with Asian-based NPI, willingness to travel
- Experience with robotics, mechatronics, or powered consumer electronics (e.g. drones, robot vacuums)
- Able to deliver quality work in a fast-paced startup environment
- Ability to relocate to work at the Skip Bay Area office
- Sense of humour, tolerant of Aussie & Canadian spelling
- Personal motivation to improve human movement
