Product Development Engineer

Luki Lab; California; Presencial; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Luki Lab in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Product Development Engineer to bridge in-house design and Hong Kong manufacturing teams. You will drive design feasibility, manufacturability, and cost targets across time zones.

The ideal candidate has a mechanical engineering background, 5+ years in product development, and strong skills in DFM, injection tooling, and 3D CAD. You will collaborate cross-functionally to deliver toys on schedule.

Formación

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 5+ years in product development.
• Passion for toys and fun; doesn't take self too seriously.
• Proven expertise in DFM, plastic injection tooling, tolerance management, and high-volume assembly line optimization.
• Strong troubleshooting of mechanical fit, structural failures, and defects from prototyping to pilot runs.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage critical timelines.
• Excellent communication to interface with Asia office and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to multitask across multiple programs and substrates with cost targets.

Responsabilidades

• Develop products ensuring feasibility of concepts for functional and mechanical design, cost, manufacturability and timing.
• Create and maintain product specifications with BOM, packaging, costing and functional requirements for manufacturing.
• Provide guidelines to the Hong Kong team with exploded views, material specs, and sketches.
• Manage digital and physical modeling to meet manufacturability, function and aesthetics.
• Provide predictive costing for preliminary product concepts.
• Evaluate pricing quotations from Asia and domestic vendors and pursue cost-reduction ideas.
• Review production samples to assure manufacturability, function and aesthetics.

Conocimientos

DFM

Injection tooling

Tolerance management

Assembly optimization

Cost reduction

Excel

SolidWorks

3D design tools

Educación

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Herramientas

SolidWorks

CAD software

Descripción del empleo

Luki Lab, part of Strottman, is a fast-growing and award-winning toy company. We create and market a number of successful toys and games sold at retail and online across the United States. At Luki Lab, we invent, design and develop toys, games and original brands that bring something new to play. Our teams combine imagination, engineering and a deep understanding of what makes a great toy to turn fresh ideas into products kids actually want to play with. Our team has an immediate need for an experienced Product Development Engineer to work out of our Irvine (Orange County) office.

The Product Development Engineer serves as the primary technical bridge between in-house designers and the Hong Kong Engineering/Manufacturing Team to ensure design intent and schedule alignment across time zones.

Additional duties include:

• In Collaboration with Product Designers, develops products ensuring feasibility of concepts for functional and mechanical design, cost, manufacturability and timing
• Creates and maintains product specifications with bill of materials, packaging, costing and functional requirements for manufacturing
• Provides guidelines to the Hong Kong Team to include exploded views, material specs, and/or sketches of unique functions
• Manages and creates digital and physical modeling to ensure models meet manufacturability, functional, safety and costing expectations
• Provides predictive costing for preliminary product concepts
• Evaluates pricing quotations from Asia and domestic vendors and reconciles with product specifications. Reviews pricing with team, provides solutions to costing challenges, and pursues cost reduction ideas
• Reviews production samples with team and provides direction to assure manufacturability, function and aesthetics

Position Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or similar and at least 5 years of experience in product development, preferably in a toy company
• A passion for toys and fun! Doesn't take self too seriously
• Proven expertise in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), plastic injection tooling (drafts, parting lines, mold flow), tolerance management, and assembly line optimization for high-volume production
• Strong track record of diagnosing and resolving mechanical fit, structural failures, and functional defects quickly from prototyping through T0/pilot runs
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage critical timelines
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively interface at all levels of the organization including Asia office
• The ability to multitask with multiple programs at various stages of development
• Ability to troubleshoot designs, improve manufacturability and cost, and collaborate effectively with designers, manufacturers, and cross-functional teams
• The ability to contribute to brainstorms considering multiple substrates with high and low cost targets
• Advanced Excel experience and Intermediate to advanced experience using SolidWorks and other 3D design programs