In-Region Manufacturing Engineer (China)

Peak Design is dedicated to creating innovative gear for detail-oriented individuals, and they are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their team. The role involves ensuring successful mass production of hard goods, collaborating with various teams, and maintaining product quality while pushing design boundaries.

Responsibilities:

• Work with PD team, design team, and global colleagues on new product introduction, understanding the requirements of the goods, and providing suggestions to improve
• Making recommendations for DFM, sourcing for suppliers, cost and terms negotiations and feedback improvements to design team
• Review manufacturing programs for factory and major vendors, and identify areas for improvement. This includes ensuring that their manufacturing processes are in place, proper controls, and documentation
• Work on golden samples, sign off the details, and maintain revisions
• Update engineering documents to reflect changes in production or ECOs. This includes updating documents to reflect any changes in production or engineering change orders (ECOs), and ensuring that all relevant documentation is up to date and accessible to the appropriate personnel
• Assist in root causes of development issues and implement corrective actions. This includes working with the factory to investigate the root causes, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring that the corrective actions are effective and that issues do not recur in MP
• Organize and maintain critical documentation and communications related to product manufacturing. This includes organizing and maintaining critical documentation and communications related to product manufacturing, ensuring that all relevant documentation is up to date and accessible to the appropriate personnel
• Communicate with Peak Design product operations on the status of production and identify potential issues early on. This includes communicating regularly with Peak Design product operations on the status of production, providing feedback on the quality of our products as they are being manufactured, and identifying any potential issues early on
• Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in hard goods design and manufacturing, and work with designers and engineers to implement improvements. This includes staying up-to-date on the latest trends in goods design and manufacturing, and working with our designers and engineers to implement improvements that will help us to create the highest quality products possible
• Develop test plans, execute them, and analyze results to ensure new product designs meet performance requirements. This includes developing test plans that are specific to each product design, executing the test plans, and analyzing the results to ensure that new product designs meet our performance requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field
• Basic English proficiency with clear verbal and written communication skills for Zoom and email collaboration
• 3D CAD design experience with real parts or fixtures; SolidWorks or Onshape preferred but not required
• Step into an exciting and important role where you will be responsible for transforming ideas into reality and collaborating closely with sewing factories to bring products to mass production for consumers
• Embrace the thrill of working with goods vendors and bringing top-of-the-line, functional, beautiful, and cost-effective products to market
• Be passionate about your work and be someone who is detail-oriented and analytical
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, and be willing to travel
• Be up-to-date on the latest trends in goods design and manufacturing
• Be creative and innovative, with a keen eye for quality
• Be a problem-solver with a proven ability to identify and resolve quality issues
• Be a team player with a strong work ethic and a commitment to excellence
• Be dedicated to creating the highest quality products possible
• Must legally reside and work in China
• Ability to work on-site at our factories
• You use and care a lot about gear (photography, outdoor, or other passion areas)
• You have strong opinions about the products that you use in your life and enjoy debating what makes these products great
• You're a systems thinker and love optimizing workflow and efficiency - you are capable of navigating surprise roadblocks with rational thinking and problem solving