Flare Jewelry is looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our 4-person venture capital-backed startup in Boston. We are redefining personal safety based on real data and stories instead of outdated stereotypes. Over 70% of assault happens with someone you know, not a stranger in a dark alley. We help you escape bad social interactions earlier in the moment. Get out as soon as you get that bad feeling in your gut and before a situation escalates into an emergency.
We're looking for a hands-on mechanical engineer who can help transition our first-generation product to mass production and lead the architecture of our product roadmap. This strategic role mixes technical supply chain support, product design, and testing. We're building a nimble team to deliver a best-in-class integrated hardware and software experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own mechanical design to deliver an elegant, reliable, and cost-effective products
- Manage DFM, tolerancing, and ongoing quality inspection plan for the mechanical components and assembly
- Technical supply chain support: vendor scouting, qualification, and ongoing engineering oversight
- Manage the mechanical and environmental reliability test plan, execution, and corrective actions
- Assist in fixture development for final assembly and test
- Drive component and final assembly yield improvements
- Triage returns and customer issues in the field- failure analysis, corrective actions
- Strategically balance resources between manufacturing support for the first generation product and product development for next generation products
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong technical background including a BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or similar
- Three or more years of experience in a design engineering role, ideally having brought at least one hardware product to market
- Holistic product design experience, starting with the user and balancing cross-functional engineering considerations to define the system architecture
- Strong 3D CAD and drafting skills, SolidWorks preferred
- Expertise in component and system design, including tolerance analysis, design for manufacturing (DFM), and design for assembly (DFA)
- Experience scouting vendors and establishing quality controls for prototype and mass production parts
- Experience with FMEA, reliability testing, and failure analysis
- Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment
PREFERRED CANDIDATES WILL ALSO HAVE:
- Experience with plastic injection molding
- Experience with metal cosmetic parts (esp jewelry) - die striking and forming, stamping, casting, plating
- Experience with permanent assembly methods including plastic welding and dispensed adhesives in production environments
- Experience with wearable products
- Experience defining cosmetic specifications, inspection methods, and yield improvements
- Experience working at a startup
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
We're looking for a passionate core team member who cares deeply about the issues facing marginalized communities. You are not satisfied with the status quo and you want to play an instrumental role in the early stages of a startup. You're ready to fully dive into creating lasting change. Get in at the beginning. Create something that you can have ownership over.
We offer competitive startup salaries and an unbeatable work environment, featuring both autonomy and support. This is an incredible early stage opportunity to help build something that will have a positive impact on the world. This is a full-time role based in downtown Boston with some remote work okay. To apply, submit your cover letter and resume.