Surfacing Designer | Concepteur de revêtements

About The Position

You want to work within a small tight-knit team of Surfacing Designers so you can learn as much as possible about tangent/curvature/acceleration continuity, what makes NURBS be NURBS, challenge yourself to build complex forms cleanly and beautifully yet also manage the innumerable changes that will be asked for, and have the opportunity to develop production-ready geometry that captures the desires of Industrial Designers, Mechanical Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers and will live in millions of homes. You have an in-depth sense of manufacturing requirements, but also a developed sense of design/aesthetics/flow in art, or photography, or automobiles, or boats, airplanes, etc. You love to build stuff, be it tinkering with projects, or house renovations, or bicycles, or musical instruments, or cars, etc. You can “see” shapes in your head: imagine them, spin them, and express those shapes in CAD or words or clay, etc. You are able to interpret and translate design intent from Industrial Designers and other stakeholders into precise CAD geometry. Able to prioritize and manage your time effectively across shifting project schedules and competing deadlines.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree or relevant experience in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of professional experience as a 3D Modeler or CAD Surfacing Specialist, developing complex parts for industries such as automotive, consumer electronics, wearable tech, sports equipment, etc
High-level knowledge of a high-end parametric CAD surfacing software such as PTC Creo or Siemens NX, including “master/skeleton” modeling for highly integrated assemblies
Significant experience designing parts with consideration for plastic injection molding, CNC machining, and metal forming/casting/extrusion/stamping best practices
Experience managing complex part interactions and assemblies
Experience developing product architecture and internal component layout
Experience utilizing rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D printing and CNC machining to help validate part design

Nice To Haves

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Proficiency with surfacing using PTC Creo "Style" module
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Experience with mechanical assemblies that have complex motion (rotational and linear movement, housing interactions during motion, etc.)

Responsibilities

Support the development of category-defining products, helping Meta change the world through design
Help define and refine the visual and physical language of our brand through the design of our hardware
Create and update 3D CAD surfaces and solid bodies to assist the product development process and for cross-discipline use
Create Class-A production-ready 3D CAD surfaces and bodies across multiple projects and product categories
Apply aesthetic and mechanical knowledge to develop solutions to complex geometric, ergonomic, and mechanical challenges
Work collaboratively with multiple cross-functional teams on complex technical programs in a fast-paced environment