Product Design Engineer: AI-Driven Prototyping & Hardware

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off

Job summary

HP IQ is seeking a Product Design Engineer to bridge creativity, engineering, and design, turning ideas into production-ready designs for groundbreaking devices. You’ll collaborate with industrial designers, hardware engineers, and interaction designers throughout the development cycle.

You will oversee 3D CAD modeling, prototyping, design validation, and manufacturing handoffs, driving solutions from concept toward scalable production while learning from a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Recently completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Product Design Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Hands‑on experience building, prototyping, and testing mechanical designs.
• Experience using 3D CAD software (Siemens NX preferred) to design mechanical components and assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical parts, components, and assemblies for new consumer devices using 3D CAD (NX).
• Create detailed 2D engineering drawings, define specifications and tolerances, and work with overseas vendor partners to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Design and run experiments, applying engineering analysis and test results to guide design decisions.
• Evaluate materials, manufacturing processes, and design tradeoffs to develop robust, scalable solutions.
• Work cross-functionally with hardware, software, industrial design, and other engineering teams to bring concepts from ideation through development.
• Conceptualize, design, and build prototypes that quickly validate ideas.
• Participate in design reviews, clearly communicating design decisions, technical analysis, and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build, test, troubleshoot, and iterate prototypes to identify issues and improve product performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Work with manufacturing and vendor partners to iterate designs and support the transition from prototype to production.

Skills

3D CAD NX

Prototyping

Mechanical design

Engineering analysis

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Product Design Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Job description

HP IQ is seeking a Product Design Engineer to bridge creativity, engineering, and design, turning ideas into production-ready designs for groundbreaking devices. You’ll collaborate with industrial designers, hardware engineers, and interaction designers throughout the development cycle.

You will oversee 3D CAD modeling, prototyping, design validation, and manufacturing handoffs, driving solutions from concept toward scalable production while learning from a multidisciplinary team.