Senior Product Design Engineer – Spectacles Hardware

Snapchat, Inc.; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Product Design Engineer for the Spectacles team to design, prototype, and analyze new products from concept to production.

You will collaborate with industrial design, operations, and engineering teams, conduct failure analysis, and drive design improvements while supporting external suppliers and contract manufacturers. You will create detailed design models, run experiments, and supervise mechanical designs, leading subsystem design reviews and travel up to 20% to

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field (minimum).
• MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and analyze new products and components from concept to mass production.
• Collaborate with industrial design, operations, and cross‑functional engineering teams.
• Conduct failure analysis and implement corrective actions for design improvements.
• Support development builds onsite at external suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Create detailed design models and documentation for production.
• Develop experiments to select designs, materials, and technologies.
• Supervise mechanical designs of components and assemblies and lead design reviews.
• Lead cross‑functional design of subsystems.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

3D CAD & 2D docs

Product design & mechanical arch

Tolerance analysis & DFM

Strong communication

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering or related

MS in Mechanical Engineering or related

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Product Design Engineer for the Spectacles team to design, prototype, and analyze new products from concept to production.

You will collaborate with industrial design, operations, and engineering teams, conduct failure analysis, and drive design improvements while supporting external suppliers and contract manufacturers. You will create detailed design models, run experiments, and supervise mechanical designs, leading subsystem design reviews and travel up to 20% to