Lead Research Mechanical Engineer

Description

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.

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%

Qualifications

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.) 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

Compensation: $173,000/year to $245,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits