Product Design Engineer

About the role

Snap Inc’s Specs team is seeking a Product Design Engineer to develop innovative AR hardware from concept through mass production. You will work closely with industrial designers, operations, and cross‑functional engineering teams to bring cutting‑edge wearable products to market.

Key responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and analyze new products and components from concept to mass production.
• Collaborate with industrial design, operations, and engineering teams.
• Conduct failure analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Support development builds onsite at external component suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Create detailed 3D models and 2D documentation for production.
• Develop and run technical experiments to select designs, materials, and technologies.
• Lead and contribute to technical design reviews.
• Travel internationally up to 20% of the time.

Required profile

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with broad knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD and 2D documentation.
• Experience in mechanical architecture, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturing, and structural analysis.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Required skills

• Nx CAD (or equivalent 3D CAD software).
• 3D CAD modeling.
• 2D technical documentation.
• Tolerance analysis.
• Design for manufacturing.
• Structural analysis.
• Failure analysis.
• Mechanical design of plastic and metal components.
• Experience with printed circuit boards (PCB) and flexible printed circuits (FPC).