Co-op - Product Design Engineering

Vesync • Tustin, CA

14d

About The Position

At Vesync we’re passionate about delighting consumers with products and services from our Levoit, Cosori and Etekcity. We’re looking for a Product Design Engineering Co-op to help support our Product Innovation Team in the heart of our biggest market, North America. The Product Design Engineering Co-op will support the Senior Design Engineers in the Product Innovation team.
The role will sit in the sweet spot between Design and Engineering to create prototype and test solutions that align with our established insights/experience, marketing and brand teams based in the US.

Requirements

• Education – Current student in a relevant Engineering discipline, pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s program.
• Strong grasp of mechanical engineering, physics and fundamentals like thermodynamics, mechanics and fluids.
• Must have experience in Solidworks (CSWA/CSWP preferred) designing parts and assemblies for prototyping.
• Some working knowledge of electrical and electronic controls.
• Must have hands-on experience in building and testing prototypes.
• Comfortable using basic hand tools and 3D printing techniques.
• Willing to do research on consumer needs and market trends in relevant product categories.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to listen carefully, ask questions, then understand sometimes complex issues and put forward a point-of-view on next steps is critical for success in this role.
• Passionate about consumer products and innovation.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of robotics, microcontrollers and IDEs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Builder of Things – Contribute to building proof-of-concept rigs with a combination of existing own brand components together with new 3D printed or CNC parts, then build custom micro-controller PCBA’s or Arduino controllers to bring it all together that allows cross-functional teams to provide buy-in early to determine suitability on a product roadmap before moving into the internal development process.
• Communicate – You will be a strong and convincing communicator within the product innovation team, contributing to making presentations with clean data that demystifies complex engineering studies in an easy-to-understand language for both the Head of Product Innovation, as well as leadership in the US and China.
• Consumer Insights – You support guiding our design solutions by contributing to the research that goes into forming a complete picture of consumer needs and how new products will address these needs and create a delightful experience.
• Inspire– You will bring passion, creativity and drive to support a newly created team in product innovation across all of our consumer brands.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern