Product/Mechanical Engineer

WHY WE NEED YOU:

Taking a concept from ideation through production in a startup environment requires a well-rounded product engineer that can wear many hats whenever needed. Our product development team comprises of individuals that can formulate high level concepts to solve user needs and can engineer grounded solutions that are functional, elegant, and practical. Our product engineers must also support the product through production, creating operational systems and SOPs, sustaining engineering tasks months or years after product launch, and RCA’ing unique customer issues. If you are a seasoned product or mechanical engineer (mid-level or senior) that wants to design and support products that you would love to use, and are interested in working in a fast-paced environment, then we want you!  This is a very rare opportunity to work for a creative growing startup in the New York area.  

Your Daily Role:

  • You’ll ideate and conceptualize solutions to problems based on sound engineering principles and experiential shooting from the hip

  • You’ll hack together proof of concept works-like prototypes

  • You’ll convert prototypes into manufacturable components with the aid of manufacturers

  • You’ll address QA/QC and customer issues into RCA and resolution projects

Must Have Qualifications:

  • You know the definition of wearing different hats as a product designer very well 

  • Product engineering generalist with a degree in Mechanical Engineering

  • Experience with at least one product development hardware startup (1-25 employees)

  • 3 recent years of “on-the-ground” technical product development experience (not product/project management)

  • You are accustomed to managing 3+ projects and executing on them throughout the week

  • Thrive in being a project lead where you manage activities of 1-2 others and are a primary technical executor

  • You can autonomously ideate, prototype, test, and iterate a design concept within hours

  • You can converse on a wide breadth of mechanical engineering topics including linear motion, fluids, materials, and electro-mechanical devices

  • You can identify the elements of a system that make it work and incorporate that into a custom application

  • You have experience prototyping and understand the limitations of various fabrication techniques

  • You can create robust CAD parts, drawings, and assemblies

  • You have an ability to balance design optimization, subsystem simplicity, manufacturability, and product development timelines

  • You have experience with some manufacturing processes and understand the constraints that they put on the design

  • You make and tinker with hands-on hobbies and projects on your free time

Nice to Have (but We Can Teach You) Qualifications:

  • You can bridge the gap between product, user and environment

  • You have an appreciation for incorporating the various elements of industrial design into your work, including usability, ergonomics, materials, and color

  • You have experience going from a working concept to a robust, manufacturable product

  • You have worked with overseas manufacturers on supply chain management, design-for-manufacturability, tooling, or assembly

  • You have machining or fabrication experience with processes such as laser, plasma, waterjet, welding, turning, milling, CNC, etc.

  • You are a participant in the maker community

While it would be great to bring on experienced talent for this role, we’ll consider candidates with just a few years of product development experience in small startup companies. If you are passionate about our mission, are good at what you do, and want to learn quickly don’t hesitate to contact us. Be open about what you don’t know and what you excel at, and we’ll do our best to evaluate this with our specific needs! 

COMPENSATION:

Compensation includes salary, equity, performance and company-wide bonuses, paid time off and health benefits. 

LOCATION & ENVIRONMENT:

This position is a full-time position in Yonkers, New York and will require you to be on-site all week, collaborating with the rest of your amazing colleagues.  You’ll be working in an environment that is simultaneously our office, ideation studio, research lab, workshop, and final product assembly center, all under one roof. This allows us to collaborate and learn each other’s area of expertise, providing better and more creative solutions to problems.

Our facility becomes a playground in the off hours. You are encouraged to design, make, and work on whatever personal projects you may have at the time. You will see electric vehicles, race car parts, plants, and art pieces around the office.  Who knows what inspiration we use for the next problem we need to solve at WAZER!  If that doesn’t excite you about working here, we probably wouldn’t get along anyways :)