Senior Mechanical Engineer - Consumer Electronics

Bryght Labs creates products that make complex games and technology feel approachable, intuitive, and fun. Best known for ChessUp, our connected chess board platform, we are continuing to grow our lineup of chess products while also expanding into new categories.

We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to help lead the development of innovative consumer electronics products from concept through mass production. This in-person role is based at Bryght Labs’ innovation lab and design studio in Lenexa, Kansas, and is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on, highly collaborative environment and brings deep experience engineering thoughtful, high-quality hardware.

What you’ll do

• Lead mechanical engineering for consumer electronics products from early concept through production
• Design and develop robust, manufacturable parts, assemblies, and mechanisms
• Own CAD development, part architecture, tolerance analysis, and mechanical stack-ups
• Drive design for manufacturability, design for assembly, cost optimization, and reliability
• Partner closely with industrial design, electrical engineering, firmware, product management, and operations to create highly integrated products
• Contribute to electro-mechanical architecture and help solve complex integration challenges across hardware systems
• Prototype, test, and refine concepts quickly through iterative development
• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing partners to support tooling, pilot builds, validation, and production ramp
• Investigate failures, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions
• Help define engineering standards, best practices, and documentation for future product development
• Provide technical leadership across mechanical development and help elevate engineering best practices across the team

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 7 years of mechanical engineering experience, with significant experience in consumer electronics
• Proven track record of shipping physical consumer products to market at production scale
• Strong 3D CAD skills and experience designing complex assemblies and plastic parts in SolidWorks
• Experience with electro-mechanical design and integration
• Deep knowledge of manufacturing processes such as injection molding, sheet metal, CNC machining, elastomers, and cosmetic part design
• Strong understanding of tolerance analysis, fit and finish, reliability, and environmental considerations
• Experience working directly with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and overseas production partners
• Experience supporting engineering validation, design validation, production validation, and production ramp
• Strong hands-on prototyping and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines
• High attention to detail and a strong sense of product quality

Bonus points

• Experience with products that combine mechanics, electronics, displays, lighting, batteries, sensors, and embedded systems
• Experience with premium consumer products where fit, finish, and user interaction matter deeply
• Familiarity with test methods, reliability validation, and failure analysis for consumer hardware
• Experience in mechanism design for interactive products
• Interest in chess or active experience playing chess as a hobby

Why Bryght Labs

At Bryght Labs, you’ll have the chance to work on products that people genuinely love using. You’ll be part of a small, focused team creating innovative physical products where great engineering has a visible and meaningful impact. This is a hands-on role with real ownership and the ability to help shape not only individual products, but the future of our broader hardware lineup.

Bryght Labs offers competitive pay, full benefits, and a highly collaborative in-person environment where great ideas can quickly become real products. If you are passionate about building beautifully engineered consumer products, we’d love to hear from you.