Senior Product Design Engineer

Job description

**Company** Gantri is the first digital manufacturer for design. We enable any designer or brand to create high-quality, sustainable design products 10x faster with no minimums. We manufacture at our Digital Factory in California on-demand at industrial-scale efficiency and ship directly to the end customer. Gantri is the most awarded design manufacturer in America. **Role** We are seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer who is a highly motivated, creative, and relentless problem-solver with deep experience and a proven track record of driving products from concept through mass production. You will play a critical role on Gantri’s product design engineering team, translating industrial design concepts into high-quality, manufacturable products with global manufacturing partners. In this role, you’ll design and create the foundational building blocks of Gantri products—shaping them for our next-generation digital manufacturing platform. You’ll ensure our products are functional, scalable, and aesthetically pleasing while helping to bring bold ideas to life. This role is highly collaborative and hands-on, spanning product design, documentation, project management, and vendor engagement. The ideal candidate is self-driven and thrives on solving complex problems and takes full ownership of technical challenges from early design through production release. ### Responsibilities - **Product Design & Development**: - Translate industrial design concepts into mechanical parts, assemblies and detailed hardware specifications to develop Gantri’s products using our next generation digital manufacturing processes. - Own mechanical architecture, detailed part design, system integration, and documentation - Prototype, test and validate new designs and concepts. - Design for various mid to high volume manufacturing processes for oversea and domestic production - Drive DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, Thermal, FEA analysis, and cost optimization - Support prototyping, EVT, DVT, PVT builds and production ramp - Drive reliability testing and validation methods - Lead design reviews and mentor junior engineers when needed - **Continuous Improvement**: Diagnose and resolve design, quality, and manufacturing issues. Analyze issue reports against sales data to prioritize high-impact problems. Conduct Root cause analysis and FMEA on returned products to identify root causes and validate solutions. - **Documentation & Manufacturability**: Develop and maintain production-ready 3D and 2D documentation with appropriate tolerances and GD&T. Manage Engineering documentation, BOMs, and change control (ECO/ECN) within PDM and PLM systems. Produce detailed assembly instructions for customer facing and production utilization, SOPs, and technical specifications. - **Project Management**: Oversee new product inventory projects, defining requirements and coordinating timelines. Support exploration of new product categories, ensuring design and manufacturing alignment. - **Vendor Management & Sourcing Support**: Interface with domestic and overseas manufacturing partners and Gantri’s remote Sourcing Manager. Assist with vendor selection and provide technical expertise on sourced components - **Design Optimization**: Define design parameters and optimize product performance for Gantri’s digital manufacturing platform. ### Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (Master’s preferred). - 7+ years of professional product design and development / mechanical engineering experience - Expert-level proficiency in SolidWorks (surfacing, complex assemblies, drawings) - Proven track record in solving complex engineering problems and technical challenges - Extensive experience designing for high, mid, and low volume manufacturing processes: injection molding, FDM, Resin and Metal 3D printing, CNC machining, stamped metal, extrusions, castings, and laser cutting - Demonstrated ability to work effectively with industrial designers and cross-functional teams - Working knowledge and experience with simulation and analysis methods (Thermal, FEA, CFD and statistical tolerance analysis) - Comprehensive understanding of engineering principles and mechanical fundamentals, including materials, manufacturing, assembly, mechanisms, structures - Exceptional ability to develop clear, accurate, and production-ready documentation - Practical experience managing data and workflows within PDM and PLM systems - Proficient in developing reliability test plans and procedures for mechanical and environmental testing: Shock, Drop, Vibration, IPXX testing, Thermal shock/cycle, humidity, and UV. - Highly Effective in collaborating with overseas manufacturing partners and supporting sourcing processes. - Experience with FMEA and continuous improvement practices. - Strong organization and project management skills with attention to detail. ### Desired Skills - Knowledge of sustainable materials and their application in product design - Experience writing specifications and RFQs for electronic components (PCBA, batteries, cables) - Experience with regulatory and compliance requirements (UL, FCC, CE, etc..) - Familiarity with furniture or non-lighting product hardware. - Background in lighting product design. - Experience with process optimization in a design or manufacturing context. ### Why Gantri - Be part of a company reimagining how design meets manufacturing. - Play a pivotal role in shaping the building blocks of Gantri products. - Drive innovation on our next-generation digital manufacturing platform. - Advance sustainable design practices in real-world production. - Work in a fast-growing, design-driven environment. - Bring visionary concepts to life at scale. ### Benefits - Competitive salary and equity options - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage - Paid time off and flexible vacation policy - 401(k) retirement plan with company match - Professional development opportunities and learning stipend - Collaborative, creative, and sustainability-focused work environment - Access to Gantri-designed products and innovation initiative