Senior Mechanical Engineer

Cricut makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more.

Overview

We believe everyone is born creative. Were a diverse tapestry of thinkers, dreamers, givers, DIYers, handi-workers, artisans, and forever and always architects of things.

At Cricut, we place the power of handmade into the hands of all. We give you beautiful, easy-to-master tools so you can make something unique, remarkable, perfect. We surround you with ideas, community, inspiration, and encouragement to take your creativity further than you ever imagined. And as a community, we celebrate the exhilarating act of making every single day.

So, make that handcrafted card that feels like a hug. Design a shirt for fun, for family, or for a full-blown business. Craft with a passion or for a purpose. Make something big and bold, itsy-bitsy, amazingly ambitious, or just plain silly. Whatever you make, just make your heart out. Because heres the remarkable truth: When we all make together, we make all things possible.

Lets make.

Develop mechanical designs for new and existing products by applying engineering and fabrication principles to product designs for the consumer market in accordance with business needs and the product road map.

Essential Duties

• Develop concepts and ideas for new products or methods to improve existing products.
• Design mechanisms, drive systems, sheet metal, plastic housinvbgs and components in support of new products
• Develop cost estimates based on product concepts or designs
• Use engineering principles to develop the structural design of products by incorporating mechanical and electrical subsystems to meet industrial design, marketing, and customer requirements to meet project schedules.
• Specify materials and components in designs
• Manage multiple design projects at once. Work independently with little or no direction. Keep management informed and apprised of design. Work with other functional groups (marketing, sales, customer service, etc.) within the company to develop and evaluate designs that meet customer needs.
• Present and participate in design reviews and update designs as required.
• Develop schedules for part and product development.
• Proactively identify risks and develop and execute risk reduction measures
• Problem solve- identify root cause, verify the root cause through on/off testing and implement both corrective and preventative actions to resolve problems
• Keep appraised of the customer experience related to company products.
• Work with design and/or manufacturing partners to ensure manufacturability and smooth product ramps leading up to production.
• Perform testing of designs to prove functionality and reliability.
• Generate design specifications and drawings for external design and manufacturing activities.
• Apply statistical methods such as process capability studies and DOEs in the development and improvement of products.
• Mentor other engineers through out the design cycle

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ Years of applicable experience

Knowledge, Skills andResponsibilities

• Experience designing consumer based products, electro-mechanical devices, medical devices or similar.
• Proficient in the use of 3D CAD (CREO preferred)
• Interest in and an aptitude for robotics, kinematics, dynamics, mechatronics, mechanism design, etc.
• Experienced in injection molded plastics design, tooling best practices and process tuning.
• Familiar with sheet metal design and fabrication processes
• Familiar with rapid prototype techniques and processes
• Proficient in the application of GD&T
• Effective communicator.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction

What to Do Next:

To receive priority consideration for this role, please adhere to the following:

• Please attach your resume including links to your portfolio where applicable. If you want to show your super powers in other ways include that information too!
• Please ensure your resume clearly indicates where you currently live . It is very helpful to us if you manually enter your city/state in the application when applying.
• Including your valid LinkedIn profile URL in the application fields is also greatly appreciated!

You can be sure that Cricut is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what youre all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information!

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