• Industrial Design Architect (ME/PDE)

    Meta (Seattle, WA)


    Summary:

    Meta Reality Labs is shaping the future of technology and our Industrial Design team is helping bring the next generation of hardware to life. As an Industrial Design Architect, you will use your hands-on Mechanical Engineering skills to create delightful, holistically considered products. A demonstrated mechanical aptitude and in-depth understanding of industrial design will enable you to take things from “outlandish idea” to “plan of record”.

    Required Skills:

    Industrial Design Architect (ME/PDE) Responsibilities:

    1. Collaborate closely with the Industrial Design team to develop technical solutions ranging from high-level experience prototypes to detailed, functional designs

    2. Drive rapid concept exploration, iterative prototyping, and mechanical implementation of inventive design features and mechanisms

    3. Push the state of the art of physical technology integration, component optimization, and manufacturing processes

    4. Create and refine effective ways to address complex ergonomic challenges

    5. Partner closely with Product Design Engineering and other internal teams to enable design intent and rapidly move projects forward

    6. Leverage external partners as needed to implement novel component designs and manufacturing solutions

    7. Travel internationally to support manufacturing builds

    Minimum Qualifications:

    Minimum Qualifications:

    8. A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent industry experience

    9. 5+ years of experience developing high-volume consumer electronics or wearable tech products

    10. Expertise in creating high-fidelity mockups, mechanisms, and rapid prototypes

    11. Experience designing plastic and metal parts for high volume manufacturing processes

    12. Expertise in 3D CAD modeling at the detail and assembly level in NX, Creo, or Solidworks, including complex surfacing

    13. Experience working collaboratively with ID, ME, EE, and PM teams

    14. Proven communication, visualization, and problem solving skills

    15. Excelling in highly ambiguous situations

    Preferred Qualifications:

    Preferred Qualifications:

    16. 7+ years of product design and development experience of handheld and/or wearable electronics for high volume manufacturing, including full systems ownership

    17. Experience with highly cosmetic products and working closely with Industrial Design

    18. Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, geometric tolerancing

    19. Experience leading technical projects and directing development activities

    20. Experience defining product-level mechanical architectures

    Public Compensation:

    $139,000/year to $200,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

    **Industry:** Internet

    Equal Opportunity:

    Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

     

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