Mechanical Engineer (12-month Contract) Contract Job

Reporting to the Director of Mechanical Prototype Engineering, based out of LA, the candidate will be highly hands on and be a go-to Engineer for Mechanical solutions and development. The candidate will work closely with Industrial Designers, Product Development Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers and Model Makers and Model Shops to help transform exciting conceptual ideation and requirements of play pattern into functional, manufacturable assemblies and components, adhering to DFMA principles when needed or quick proof of concept/magic when needed.

How will you create impact?
 

• Provide hands-on technical innovation and leadership in mechanical and material engineering expertise throughout new product development stages for mid-level complexity and high-impact projects.
• Work effectively within a small team of Mechanical, Electrical, and prototype Engineers and a larger global team of manufacturing engineers and industrial designers, and subject matter experts.
• Work closely with both in-house and external model shops for proof-of-concept and mechanism development and build.
• Develop fascinating consumer products in collaboration with a larger global team of highly creative designers, producers, and Engineers as well as other cross-functional teams.
• Participate in product brainstorming and help verify, confirm, and/or correct desired concepts, directions of projects in an impactful way.
• Drive productivity and schedule gains by implementing early design successes and decisions for reduced revisions and debug time.

What are your skills and experience?
 

• Mechanical Engineering experience
• Solid understanding of manufacturing methods and techniques, including injection molding, CNC machining, fastening methods, bonding, assembly, foam, deco operations…etc.
• Ability to design functional small Plastic Injection molding parts and assemblies.  Understanding of Tool Die methods.
• Highly skilled in SOLIDWORKS and/or CREO/Pro-Engineer.   Freeform experience and Rhino3D experience is an asset.
• Solid understanding of rapid prototyping methods and 3D printing.
• Ability to start from design illustrations/specifications/briefs along with 2D isometric views to create 3D proof-of-concept CAD assembly drawings.
• Experience working with creative professionals (industrial designers and artist) both within and outside the company.
• Ability to travel internationally and within North America if necessary

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Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isnt for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.