Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Sustaining & NPI
San Francisco, California
Hardware
Full-time
Juicero’s mission is to make healthy living easy and accessible through technology and plant-based nutrition. Starting with the first ever countertop cold-pressed juicing system—The Juicero Press, Packs and connected Juicero App—and reinventing the “farm to glass” supply chain, we unlock 100% raw, fresh, organic produce directly to consumers everywhere.
The Product Design team converts requirements for awesome user experience into a tangible product through hands-on design, prototyping, and testing, such as v1 of the Juicero Press.
As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Sustaining & NPI, you will engage with our factory partners and provide necessary design feedback for issues, fixes, and ongoing improvement of process. You will also implement larger level design changes for improved features, experience and/or performance per the request of other business units, such as Sales, Marketing and the Product team.
Our ideal candidate will have gone through at least three consumer product design cycles and carried concepts, whether as a design or manufacturing engineer, through high-volume manufacturing. Concrete experience in communicating with and managing offshore suppliers is a must.
Juicero is a Series C funded start-up with investment from leading venture firms such as Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Campbell’s soup, ARTIS Ventures and many others. We’re growing quickly and care deeply about building a world class team.
Come have a fresh juice with us - we’d love to hear from you!
The Work:
- Maintain, update and communicate documentation required for ongoing production, assembly, testing, and implementation of design changes
- Design solutions to solve production part/assembly issues, as well as implement feature additions or upgrades based on the requests of the Sales, Marketing and/or Product teams. Prototype, test, implement and validate these designs
- Engage in ongoing communication with suppliers to track issues and ensure that products are performing as required
- Design test/assembly fixtures and generate test protocols for both internal and external use
- Review ongoing production and testing data to ensure that quality standards are being met and adjust manufacturing tolerances as appropriate.
- International travel: 15-20%
The Requirements:
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Experience in fabrication processes such as injection molding, progressive die stamping, die casting, and machining.
- Experience in managing the assembly and testing of consumer products
- Experience as manager with at least one report
- Must have participated from start to finish of at least three consumer product design cycles and into MP at least six months, whether as a design or manufacturing engineer
- Experience in the mechanical design of systems of parts and/or products
- Experience designing numerous injection molded plastic components
- Strong 3D modeling and 2D drafting skills in Solidworks. Surfacing skills a plus.
- Juicero traits: mission-driven, bias for action, sense of ownership, analytical, interpersonal
The Perks:
- Work with like-minded individuals who are passionate and energized about making the world a healthier place!
- Drink Juicero’s full catalog of cold-pressed juice at the touch of a button.
- Take home a FREE Juicero press and discounted packs
- Enjoy delicious meals prepared fresh every day by our in-house gourmet vegan culinary team led by Chef EJ Horton-Brande.
- Weekly company-sponsored wellness and recreation activities such as yoga, soccer, meditation, and rock climbing.
- Competitive health benefits, 401(k), salary, and stock options.
- Progressive workspace, including friendly dogs and parking for electric vehicles.
- Located in San Francisco’s Mission/Potrero district.
