Product Development Engineer

Brydge is an established consumer electronics company with a start-up mindset, designing technology and hardware products for everyday users. The Product Development Engineer will take physical consumer products from early concepts through CAD design, prototyping, engineering validation, manufacturing, and production while collaborating across mechanical engineering, electronics, suppliers, and manufacturers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new consumer electronic products from initial concept through to production
• Translate product ideas, user requirements and commercial objectives into practical physical products
• Create concepts, sketches, 3D CAD models, assemblies and detailed engineering drawings
• Design mechanical components, housings, mechanisms and assemblies
• Integrate electronics, PCBs, batteries, connectors, displays, sensors and other components into physical products
• Work closely with electrical/electronic engineering to resolve mechanical and electronic integration challenges
• Develop prototypes and rapidly iterate designs based on testing and feedback
• Apply Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles throughout the development process
• Work directly with manufacturers and suppliers on tooling, materials, tolerances, finishes and production processes
• Support products through engineering validation, pilot builds and mass production
• Troubleshoot and resolve mechanical, manufacturing and product-quality issues
• Develop and maintain BOMs, drawings, specifications and other product documentation
• Evaluate materials and manufacturing processes to achieve the right combination of performance, quality, aesthetics and cost
• Participate in product reviews and make informed engineering and design trade-offs
• Help build and improve Brydge's product development processes as the company continues to grow
• Work on real consumer products that go from concept to production
• Have meaningful ownership over the physical design and engineering of products
• Work across design, mechanical engineering, electronics and manufacturing rather than being confined to a single discipline
• Collaborate with experienced teams and manufacturing partners around the world
• Work remotely with a location-agnostic team
• Join an established company that retains the pace, ownership and entrepreneurial mindset of a start-up
• Have the opportunity to influence how we develop the next generation of Brydge products

Requirements:

• Experience designing and developing physical consumer products , ideally consumer electronics
• Strong mechanical engineering or product development background
• Excellent 3D CAD skills and experience creating production-ready designs
• Experience taking products from concept through prototyping and into manufacture
• Strong understanding of materials, mechanical components, tolerances and manufacturing processes
• Practical understanding of electronics and how electronic systems need to be integrated into physical products
• Hands-on experience with DFM/DFA
• Experience working directly with manufacturers and suppliers
• A practical, problem-solving mindset and willingness to get involved in the detail
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a remote, multidisciplinary team
• Experience with high-volume consumer electronics
• Experience with injection moulding and tooling
• Experience with CNC machining, die casting, sheet metal or other manufacturing processes
• Experience designing products incorporating PCBs, batteries, displays, connectors and cable assemblies
• Understanding of tolerance analysis and GD&T
• Experience with plastics, elastomers, adhesives and cosmetic finishes
• Experience managing products through NPI and production ramp
• Experience working with manufacturing partners in Asia
• Familiarity with rapid prototyping technologies and hands-on prototype development
• Experience with product compliance, certification and reliability testing
• SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Creo, NX or similar 3D CAD
• Technical drawings and GD&T
• Injection moulding and tooling
• CNC machining
• Rapid prototyping / 3D printing
• Materials selection
• PCB and electronics integration
• Tolerance analysis
• BOM and product documentation
• Prototype testing and validation
• Supplier and manufacturing management
• product designer, mechanical engineer, product development engineer, mechatronics engineer or hardware engineer