Prototype Engineer & Lab Manager
Posted on 11/11/2022
INACTIVE
Locations
Palo Alto, CA, USA • Portland, OR, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
CAD
Communications
Requirements
- Hands-on experience building and assembling prototypes for consumer electronic products
- Strong communication and organization skills with ability to clearly articulate and document issues, including proficiency in presentation and spreadsheet programs
- Experience and familiarity with one or more 3D printing materials and technologies is required
- Experience and familiarity with hand and light power tools (drill, dremel etc)
- Comfortable taking constructive feedback and improving performance in a dynamic and rapidly changing workplace
- Able to work autonomously with strong commitment to ownership over tasks and prototypes, including accountability as a Directly Responsible Individual (DRI)
- High output, excited about building, prototyping, and evaluating new products
- Experience designing and operating physical and electrical test equipment, including drop, torsion and other reliability tests
- The ideal candidate has an interest or passion for the gaming industry
- Understanding or experience with machining or other fabrication technologies
- Desire to grow in the role to take on more responsibility, including product improvement and other engineering efforts
Responsibilities
- Assemble looks-like and works-like prototypes using parts manufactured by 3D printing and CNC
- Operate and maintain on-site rapid prototyping equipment including SLS, SLA and FDM 3D printers
- Root-cause customer returns and write failure analysis (FA) and corrective action (CA) reports about device failures
- Rework printed circuit boards to supporting engineering experiments and tests
- Manage prototype shipping, distribution and tracking for development work and builds
- Manage hardware lab inventory and maintain stock of prototyping supplies
- Continuously improve our prototyping workflow and workspace to improve efficiency and prototype quality
Desired Qualifications
- Ability to modify parts in CAD (NX, Creo, Geomagics) and make adjustments to models is a plus
- Experience soldering and reworking fine-pitched SMT components is a plus