Mechanical Design Engineer
About The Job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Product Design Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $125–$155/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
Must-Have
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Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Product Design Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $125–$155/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the mechanical design for components, features, or systems with a comprehensive understanding of product development.
- Contribute to mechanical solutions as part of a highly cross-functional team.
- Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and characterization test systems.
- Work across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping product.
- Collaborate and manage work with Asia-based Supply Chain.
- Push state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to solve complex mechanical problems with cross-functional technical teams.
Must-Have
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years of industry experience in mechanical design.
- 3D/2D CAD with Siemens NX.
- Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, GD&T.
- Working knowledge in material properties, such as elastomers, plastics, metal, adhesive, and glass.
- Testing and analysis experience (FEA, Simulation, Design of Experiments, etc.).
- Knowledge of high-volume manufacturing techniques (stamping, machining, 3D printing, injection molding, etc.).
- 10 years of product design and development experience of handheld and/or wearable high-volume consumer electronics.
- Experience with highly cosmetic products and working with Industrial Design.
- Fluency in Mandarin and/or Cantonese.
- Experience designing for human factors.
- Experience designing and shipping products with Asia-based supply chains.
- Hourly contractor, Paid weekly via Stripe Connect.
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
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