Product/Mechanical Design Engineer

 

 

 

Join the FORGEX Consultants team!

 

What we offer:

 

• Opportunities to work on the exciting, challenging, and meaningful projects that our impressive array of clients provide.

• Work schedule flexibility

• Individual Support and Coaching for career growth; your manager will prioritize supporting you in your engineering work and in your individual professional career goals.  We believe that everyone wins with this approach!

• Wellness benefit;  reimbursement program for personal wellness purchases that you choose.

• Compensation that is competitive in the SF Bay Area

• Health insurance, 401k, FSA, and more…

 

What we are looking for:

 

FORGEX is looking for engineers who have demonstrated sound, high quality mechanical design engineering work.  We are looking for engineers who also simply love mechanical engineering and product development.  Our current needs are for full time and part time senior level positions.  Compensation is commensurate with relevant knowledge, experience and technical abilities.

 

About the job:

 

FORGEX provides mechanical design engineering consultants to our clients, who require skilled design engineering support for their product development projects.  We work primarily in consumer electronics, robotids, medical device, and audio industries.  Our engineers work remotely and / or at the client’s site, on a project basis.  The Product/Mechanical Design Engineer’s role is as follows:

 

    Responsibilities:

• Mechanical ideation, design, analysis, and prototyping for clients’ projects

• Drive identification of problems as well as required engineering solutions

• Planning, communication, and management of mechanical risks that are required to develop mechanical designs

• Assume a high level of ownership and responsibility for your work, under the technical direction of your client and with the full support of your FORGEX coach and team

• Adherence to all FORGEX policies and procedures to maintain a high level of security and confidentiality with clients’ data and information where required

 

    Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 4+ years of relevant experience in a Product Development (or comparable) work setting

• Ability to work remotely and onsite, as required, at FORGEX office or the client’s worksite

• Desire for learning, growth, and development in your career as an engineer

 

    Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related field

• Effective verbal, written, and visual communicator

• Experience designing for common production processes (injection molding, machining, sheet metal stamping, PCBA)

• Proficiency with 3D CAD (Creo, SolidWorks, Onshape preferred) and developing 2D drawings

• Hands on (prototyping, debugging, failure analysis, and genearal shop) skills

• First principles problem solving skills

• Experience doing engineering analysis (e.g. tolerance stackup analysis, FEA, FBD, thermal…)

• Experience with all stages of product development from concept through production ramp

• Knowledge of DFx principles and implementation

• Experience with development and implementation of standard tooling, fixturing and manufacturing processes

• Experience designing for additional production processes (e.g. die casting, MIM extrusion, forging, etc…)

• Ability to occasionally travel domestically and internationally

• Demonstrated ability to work remotely and autonomously

 

If you are interested in joining the team at FORGEX Consultants Inc, or if you have any questions, we would love to hear from you!  Please reach out to us at hiring@forgexconsultants.com (Attn: Alex).

 

FORGEX Consultants is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We strive to create an inclusive workplace and to provide every member of the team with the greatest opportunities for growth and success. We encourage people of all backgrounds, physical abilities, genders, and ethnicities to apply.