What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Design Engineer position at Juggernaut.Case™?
Juggernaut designs and manufactures the Juggernaut.Case line of products. These products Protect, Mount and Connect smart phones so that they can operate in the harshest environments. We develop our products in close collaboration with key user groups including Special Forces, Tactical First Responders, and extreme outdoor adventure enthusiasts. Our products have been deployed to over 100,000 US and coalition force operators across the globe.
Juggernaut is looking to grow our team with players who are ambitious, thrive in a teamwork-oriented environment, and put pride into delivering exceptional customer experiences through product innovation.
We hire, review and reward based on these 4 core values:
- Pragmatism: Efficient and direct approach to an end result.
- Collaboration: Humble team players.
- Ingenuity: Apply core expertise to solutions in rugged design.
- Integrity: Character, honor, and trust matter.
Continued growth means we are seeking a Product Design Engineer to join our Product team.
What We’re Offering
- Well paid full-time role at our headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ.
- Competitive salary, paid holiday and sick leave.
- 401K with match to 4%
- Excellent medical coverage including Health, Dental, Vision 100% paid for employee and available for family members.
- An exciting work environment with a great team that’s going places.
Essential Functions
- Develop rugged, innovative products used by Special Forces and Coalition Militaries around the globe
- Engineer solutions that balance functionality, manufacturability, and durability for extreme environments.
- Iteratively explore concept ideas through visualization and physical interactions while collaborating with the design team using sketching, digital illustration, 3D CAD and renderings, hand-built physical mock-ups, and 3D prints
- Refine concept designs into 3D parametric CAD, including the definition of part break-up with consideration for manufacturing and assembly
- Perform engineering tasks and assignments independently and at the direction of senior engineers
- Collaborate on all new product development activities to generate innovative concepts and solutions for product fit, form and function.
- Research, understand, and ensure that the product and its associated mechanical components meets relevant safety and compliance standards
- Plan, execute and document engineering validation tests
- Troubleshoot product and manufacturing defects to determine root cause of failures
- Create and maintain Product Documentation such as assembly instructions, drawings, databases, Engineering Change Orders, BOMs etc.
- Design mid-complexity components and systems independently, and higher complexity components and systems with limited supervision
Basic Qualifications
- 5 years of product development and manufacturing experience, with experience of the product development process of idea generation through concept development and testing.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with Industrial Designers, Electrical Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers during all phases of product development.
- Possess a solid background in the design of mechanical components and systems using CAD. Creo experience is highly preferred.
- Strong experience designing extremely complex plastic parts for high volume injection molding.
- Strong experience with designing CNC housing and components for electrical housings and assemblies.
- A deep understanding of fundamental mechanical and design principles
- A demonstrated history of accountability and performance delivery to meet or exceed objectives
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering
- Must be a US citizen
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of a range of manufacturing processes such as injection molding, low pressure overmolding, CNC machining, metal stampings, etc.
- Familiarity with cable harness design is strongly desired
- Experience with MIL-STD-461 and designing electro-mechanical products for high EMI environments is preferred
- Experience designing soft goods for tactical applications
- Competence with hand and shop tools
- Self-motivated and able to work under limited supervision
- Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail