Senior Mechanical Engineer

The Role: Out-of-the-Box Innovator We are looking for an exceptional, radically creative Senior Mechanical Engineer who thinks completely outside the traditional constraints of standard engineering. You aren't just an optimizer; you are an inventor. You will own our product pipeline from raw, "crazy" concepts all the way to high-volume manufacturing. If you look at a complex mechanical problem and immediately start finding elegant, simple, physics-driven shortcuts that others miss, you belong here.

Key Responsibilities: • Invention & Conceptualization: Brainstorm, sketch, and invent entirely new consumer hardware products and mechanisms that solve space-saving, structural, and mounting challenges.• Full-Lifecycle Development: Shepherd projects seamlessly from a rough sketch or prototype to a retail-ready product on store shelves.• Advanced CAD & Modeling: Build complex 3D assemblies, master surface modeling, and create variable material interfaces using tools like Solid Works or Fusion 360.• Engineering Simulation & Math: Perform precise stress, load distribution, and structural engineering calculations. Use FEA (Finite Element Analysis) to simulate forces (like ensuring our components can withstand distinct 90-degree downward pressure pull vectors).• Material & Molding Mastery: Guide strict material selection processes, understanding polymer behaviors, flexible vs. high-grade rigid plastics (like high-grade flex nylon), aluminum extrusions, and tactile optimization.• Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Design deeply intuitive tooling configurations optimized for high-volume injection molding, including complex side actions, overmolding, and minimizing assembly steps.• Physical Prototyping: Get your hands dirty. Build, test, and break rapid prototypes (3D printing, CNC machining, rapid tooling) to stress-test your concepts against real-world limitations.

What We’re Looking For: • The "Inventor" Track Record: A proven portfolio of physical consumer products or hardware mechanisms that you have personally invented, patented, or brought from napkin sketch to mass manufacturing.• 7+ Years of Experience: High-level mastery in structural engineering, consumer electronics enclosures, or mechanical hardware design.• Plastics & Molding Expertise: Exhaustive knowledge of advanced plastics manufacturing, injection molding tooling constraints, and structural polymer choices.• Physics over Convention: Deep intuition for mechanics of materials, force distribution, and structural design limitations.• Relentless Problem Solver: An aggressive, proactive approach to design. When a hurdle arises, you don't say "it can't be done" you design an entirely new way to do it.