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Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

San Francisco, CA

About Peak Design

Peak Design makes radical, meticulously-engineered gear for detail-obsessed people. Our backpacks, travel bags, camera gear, and phone accessories are used dang-near everywhere. If you’ve visited Machu Picchu, Tokyo, or an REI store in the last 10 years, you’ve been within ogling distance of a Peak Design product.

Alongside our award-winning gear is a brand that truly reflects who we are as people—passionate about design, deeply caring about our environmental and social impact, unafraid to speak up, radically transparent, and generally down to clown. Whether we’re explaining a product, running a sale, launching a nonprofit, sponsoring a film, or razzing the biggest company on Earth, we do it with our trademark honesty, warmth, and wit. Through our products and our brand, we aim to create delight, and leave this world better than how we found it.

About the job

Peak Design has traditionally made both hard goods and soft goods (think tripods and backpacks). In 2021, we made our first foray into electronics when we released a revolutionary line of mobile phone cases and mounting solutions that we call, simply, Mobile. 
 
This is an engineering role focused on mechanical development and testing of new products in this exciting new line. Day to day, you will own the mechanical development of new and existing products on our fast-paced and ever-changing roadmap.
 

JOB DUTIES:

  • Perform mechanical test/validation.
  • Perform FEA analysis and mechanism design
  • Establish design requirements for new products, perform market research for new product definition and ideate new product concepts.
  • Collaborate with industrial design team to establish directions and implement them in a parametric CAD stack.
  • Formulate and document test procedures for products in development.
  • Perform engineering tests to validate the design to achieve great reliability and functional performances.
  • Establish a clear organizational structure for new and old CAD in  Onshape software.
  • Management and organization of prototype and engineering validation builds for new products.
  • Prove technical guidance and supervise outsourced CAD designers and manufacturing vendors.
  • Travel to China or other parts of Asia to visit suppliers 2-4 times per year.

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

  • BA in Mechanical Engineering or related
  • 18 months experience as a mechanical engineer- Senior Level
  • 18 months work experience with the following:
  • Basic material properties, surface finishes and phase gate manufacturing systems such as: EVT, DVT, PVT, Mass Production).
  • Mechanical design and analysis including statics, dynamics, FEA, vibration;
  • 3D CAD and 2D Mechanical drawings
  • Manufacturing processing such as:  machining, Injection molding, die casting, plating, coating, sheet metal.
  • Electro-mechanical system design & testing, integration, validation and thermal design testing.
  • Owning mechanical parts and assemblies from prototyping through mass production for high volume products that have been successfully shipped to customers.

 

SKILLS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Applicants must be willing to relocate to San Francisco Bay Area and work from employer's office (2325 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94110) 3-4 days per week.
  • Telecommuting allowed 1 to 2 days per week within driving distance from San Francisco.
  • Technical and skills test required prior to hire.

 

COMPENSATION:

  • The base salary for this role is targeted between $142,854 - $170,000 USD. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary from the amounts listed above.


Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

At Peak Design we believe a diverse team is an innovative team and something worth celebrating. A range of perspectives and backgrounds creates a stronger and more creative work environment (not to mention more fun). We’re committed to equality and inclusivity across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience. 
 
Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don’t match every single bullet point – we strongly encourage you to apply anyway! If what we do resonates with you, and you feel excited and able to contribute, we’re equally stoked for the opportunity to engage with you.

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