Job description
Company Overview:
Bose Professional is a leader in the professional audio industry, specializing in the design and manufacturing of cutting-edge audio solutions including loudspeakers, amplifiers, signal processing devices, controls, software, and accessories. As we continue to expand our team, we are seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join us on our journey.
We have organized ourselves culturally around a set of shared values. We are a team first, which means we are collaborative and support each other toward our common goals. We start everything from the outside in, starting with the customer and solving from there. We value trust, so we are a company of people who are open and direct, avoid politics, and who do what it takes to deliver on our commitments. And as we work together, we are empathetic, courteous, and fair, because we respect each other. Finally, we believe that creativity and innovation belong in all parts of the company in order to drive excellence in everything we do.
Position Overview:
The Mechanical Design Engineer plays a significant role in new product development and supporting existing products. The Mechanical Engineer’s primary goal is to work with the mechanical team to create customer focused product design solutions in timely, cost-effective manner to meet or exceed product requirements and project targets. They will own all activities for mechanical engineering discipline on specific projects and simultaneously support other company engineering functions deliverables (acoustic, electrical, operations, industrial design, marketing). The Mechanical Engineer will drive an external team (CM, tooling supplier and other tier 2 suppliers) to create a design solution that will hit all safety, quality, aesthetic, reliability and customer expectations.
Engineering will need to be on site for the development and evaluation of products, including in-lab testing, hands on prototyping, collaboration/brainstorming, and acoustic review and measurements. There is an expectation to be available for evening conference calls one to three nights a week depending on projects. In addition, there may be occasional need to travel to manufacturing sites to review the issues, do on site debug/evaluations, and work with sub-suppliers to improve fabrication processes/part quality.
There will also be some existing product support, including supporting/solving quality issues on products currently in production, cost reductions, part shortages, manufacturing line moves, etc. Ability to manage engineering changes to designs or manufacturing processes through documentation is critical.
In the longer term the Mechanical Design engineer will grow to work independently on complex projects and lead mechanical design on simple projects. This could include managing accessory development, product variants, and continued improvement tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product design and development of complex electro-mechanical assemblies for manufacturing through 3D CAD software
- Significant plastic part design: designing for manufacturing highly cosmetic parts, structural enclosures, colors, outdoor environments.
- Finished metal part design: including stamped sheet-metal, die casts, extrusions, machined parts for environmental conditions and highly aesthetic applications.
- Static/dynamic simulation of parts and assemblies to optimize designs for safety, structural integrity, and stiffness. Thermal simulation capabilities would be a huge plus.
- Documentation of product design, creating 3D/2D drawings, BOM management.
- Acoustic product evaluation and review of products including debugging buzzes, air leaks, transducer issues, port designs.
- Creating test plans to evaluate product requirements and customer experience, testing safety, installation, functionality, customer interface features, tolerance analysis. Then writing the subsequent test reports.
- Part cosmetic specification creation, reviews, and approvals including color approvals, design for industrial design requirements.
- Debugging issues found in validation or certification testing through root cause analysis.
- Providing input on issues that impact the schedule, project cost, product cost, or risk from a technical perspective.
- Working with team members (Acoustic Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Project Managers, Marketing, Product Team) to deliver all mechanical inputs and documentation.
- Working with a contract manufacturer to deliver a product within the plan to ensure objectives are achieved. Working in collaboration with CM Team, coordinate early supplier involvement in highly technical and/or complex new products, quotation processes, initial part concepts and designs to optimize quality and meet product requirements.
- Optimize product design for cost, ease of manufacturability, and quality.
- Develop plans to recover from issues that have arisen (risks that have been realized).
- Continuously work with internal manufacturing, engineering, quality, and program management team members to improve cost, delivery, quality, and lead time for existing products.
- Communicating issues, risks, and concerns to management.
- Managing priorities and working on multiple products simultaneously.
- Support Company objectives by completing additional tasks as needed
Qualifications:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
- 5-10 years of mechanical development engineering experience preferably in product development, specifically consumer electronics, audio products, or similar.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with 3D CAD tools preferably SolidWorks.
- Experience in product data management tools such as Windchill, including pulling P/Ns, building BOMs, reviewing/managing 2D and 3D documentation.
- Hands on experience building prototypes using typical hand tools, woodshop tools, 3D printing, machining, and fabrication.
- Experience working with cross functional engineering teams, industrial designers, product/marketing teams, and project managers.
- Experience designing for manufacturing (DFM) and working directly with plastic injection molders, sheet metal suppliers, and contract manufacturers.
- Experience following typical product development process, specifically understanding schedules, managing project costs, and negotiating product costs.
- Familiar with designing for customer experience, product reliability, certification, validation, and engineering requirements.
- Ability to occasionally travel to factories in China, Asia, or Europe as required.
- Outgoing, independent, hardworking, and willing to work under pressure.
- Directly address challenges using data and deliver results using sound analytics.
- Ability to create and foster a team-based environment to establish and maintain a cooperative relationship with individuals.
- Ability to effectively engage in meetings with cross functional teams and drive appropriate actions and conversations.
- Lifelong learner and open minded.
- Self-motivated and highly independent worker.
Bose Professional is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
Position/Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Time Type: Full-time
Location: Hopkinton, MA (Hybrid)
Reports to: Mechanical Engineering Manager
Department: Engineering
