Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

November 6

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Eargo

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

🔧 Hardware

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Description

• As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Eargo, you will be encouraged to push the limits of hearing aid technology to create delightful experiences for our customers – you will define the future of hearing health. • Mechanical Engineers are responsible for all technical activities related to product development from conception to production. • Activities include concept development, product design, tooling and fixture design, manufacturing process development and validation, transfer into high-volume manufacturing, troubleshooting, and sustaining engineering. • He/she must be a hands-on contributor with the ability to deliver tangible results in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. • Collaboration with Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality Assurance will be essential to meet ambitious schedules and product requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a directly related engineering field and a minimum of 5 years of related professional experience, or a Master’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of related professional experience, or a Doctoral degree without professional experience, or equivalent professional experience • Demonstrated fulfillment of job responsibilities with moderate management direction - able to autonomously and proactively identify and manage design risks, tasks, and priorities • Experience with open-ended conceptual product development of diverse scope - able to make an idea a reality, synthesizing a variety of goals and requirements to create the best possible customer experience and performance - ideally including experience with complex, novel technologies in electronic, medical, acoustic, or other relevant consumer products • Seasoned knowledge of modern manufacturing processes - able to effectively design parts and assemblies for high-volume production manufacturability - ideally including experience creating molded parts, machined parts, die cut parts, circuit boards, and assembly lines (fixtures, procedures, process tuning, etc.) • Seasoned iteration skill - able to quickly communicate and test abstract ideas with prototypes, sketches, renderings, and presentations to facilitate effective design decisions - ideally including experience using rapid prototyping manufacturing techniques, Keynote, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Keyshot • Seasoned design creativity and judgement - able to find innovative, hidden solutions to challenging technical problems in a methodical manner - ideally including experience with Failure Analysis (FA) techniques, Design of Experiment (DOE), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), decision matrices, test protocol design, test fixture design • Seasoned mechanical engineering fundamentals - able to analyze material properties and select appropriate materials, analyze statics (free body diagrams, beam bending, etc.), and analyze dynamics (kinetic energy, dampening, etc.) • Effective at modeling - able to quickly develop precise 3D / 2D drawings in CAD software, and translate Incoming / Outgoing Quality Control (IQC / OQC) into drawings - ideally including experience using SolidWorks, statistical production controls including six sigma (CP / CPK), Tolerance Analysis (TA), and GD&T specifications • Understanding of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - able to translate simulation results to design improvements - ideally including experience building and tuning FEA simulations using ANSYS • Clear verbal and written communication - able to manage and communicate complex concepts effectively • Flexibility to oversee design execution - able to travel approximately 15% to vendor sites, including overseas travel • Keen attention to detail and deadlines - able to produce high quality work deliverables, on time • Hunger to develop and grow as a designer - able to learn new skills in order to take your career to the next level • Insatiable curiosity - a burning desire to understand how delightful objects are created • A positive attitude - fun to work with in a challenging environment