Toy Product Development Engineer – Global Collaboration

Luki Lab; California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

DFM

Injection tooling

Tolerance management

Assembly optimization

Cost reduction

Excel

SolidWorks

3D design tools

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD software

Job description

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.