Senior Product Design Engineer

About the role

Rivet is an American company building integrated task systems for industrial workforces and defense personnel. The company creates capabilities that multiply the effectiveness of every individual and withstands the world's toughest environments. Rivet serves the people who build, operate, maintain, and defend our way of life.

Responsibilities

• Support proof-of-concepts and specification development.
• Design fixtures and experiments to validate design concepts.
• Lead mechanical design for assigned product sub-systems.
• Resolve day-to-day production issues with effective, hands-on solutions.
• Design, build, and deliver prototypes to verify design intent.
• Perform thorough troubleshooting, including teardown, reassembly, and testing.
• Travel 15–20% domestically and internationally to support supplier testing and EVT/DVT builds.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product development experience.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD, preferably PTC Creo, with strong top-down design capability.
• Deep understanding of GD&T; experience with plastics, injection molding, sheet metal, and CNC processes.
• Skilled in creating 2D drawings with proper tolerancing.
• Experience using thermal and/or FEA simulation tools at component, module, or system level.
• Familiarity with 3D printing.
• Hands-on experience with design, fabrication, and assembly of prototype sub-systems.
• Strong vendor management skills, particularly for mechanical and fixture-related deliverables.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Senior Product Design Engineer with a Mechanical Engineering background and 10+ years of product development experience.
• Fully on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area focusing on advancing mechanical concepts for next-generation AR devices for industrial and frontline applications.

Skills

• 3D CAD proficiency, preferably PTC Creo.
• GD&T; expertise.
• Plastics, injection molding, sheet metal, and CNC processes experience.
• Thermal and/or FEA simulation tools at component, module, or system level.
• 3D printing familiarity.
• Prototyping and troubleshooting skills.
• Vendor management skills, especially for mechanical and fixture-related deliverables.

Pay

$180,000 - $230,000 + benefits

Schedule

Full-time, on-site position in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including unlimited PTO.
• Equity and other forms of compensation may be available.

Company Information

Rivet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law. Certain roles may require U.S. Person status, security clearance eligibility, or other requirements imposed by law or government contract.