Mechanical Engineer - Consumer Product

Deako • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Deako is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to develop products for its intelligent home platform. The role owns mechanical design, development, validation, and testing of new products from concept through production. The engineer collaborates across Product, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Compliance; works with manufacturing on quality measures and suppliers; and supports prototype fabrication and new product introduction at factories in East Asia and Mexico. The role also involves applying regulatory safety requirements and maintaining rapid-prototyping and fabrication tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, with a strong product-development focus.
• At least 3 years of mechanical design experience in consumer electronics.
• Hands-on experience with rapid prototyping and fabrication of parts and assemblies.
• Injection-molding design experience.
• Stamped-metal design experience.
• Experience with the full product-development process, from concept to manufacturing.
• CAD design experience in OnShape or an equivalent tool, and a working understanding of version control.
• Experience with metrology and application of measurement systems.
• Experience designing consumer electronics for mass production.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design, development, validation, and testing of new products from concept through production.
• Collaborate with Product, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Compliance teams to ensure designs meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Establish or maintain quality metrics and critical-to-quality characteristics, and work with the manufacturing team to select qualified suppliers.
• Build, modify, and fabricate parts and assemblies in the workshop.
• Perform new product introduction (NPI) activities, including bringing up tools at factories in East Asia and Mexico.
• Perform on-site NPI activities at factories, including first article inspection (FAI) and tool bring-up.
• Learn and apply safety requirements from UL, ETL, and other regulatory agencies.
• Perform light maintenance of rapid-prototyping and fabrication tools.

Benefits

• Equity is available.
• Untracked paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level