Mechanical Design Engineer, Product Development Magnet Baron LLC Southlake, TX Job Details Full-time $95,000
- $120,000 a year 1 hour ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Employee discount Professional development assistance Qualifications Rapid prototyping 3D modeling software Tooling design GD&T 3D printing Design engineering Prototype creation Product design Engineering product development Design for manufacturability (DFM) 3D modeling Factory experience Research & development Prototypes Mechanical knowledge Mechanical product development projects Full Job Description Mechanical Design Engineer, Product Development Magnet Baron LLC, Southlake, Texas.
Full time, on site. Base salary $95,000 to $120,000 per year. Also suits a Mechanical Engineer, Product Design Engineer, Product Development Engineer, or R D Engineer. You will be the mechanical engineering department for a small company group that makes physical products and ships them to customers around the world. You design the product, print the prototypes on our 3D printers, fit the design to the factory that will build it, and see it arrive in customers' hands. More than twenty products are in the pipeline across two brands, so the variety is real and the work is yours to own. Magnet Baron makes custom magnetic assemblies and accessories for hobbyists, sold worldwide from Southlake, Texas. If you paint or play, you will design for a hobby you already know, and your ideas will carry across both brands. Gadget Duke is building a line of innovative, top-notch kitchenware and home goods. The engineer designs for both, working directly with the owner and alongside our in-house electronics engineer. Safety compliance testing is contracted per product. Day one, you step into a project near the end of prototyping and finish it by making it cheaper and easier to manufacture. The standard you design to is that the first production run ships to customers once the factory completes its QC process, and you close the loop on first-article and T1 samples to get there. What a typical week looks like You work in whichever CAD package you are most equipped to do the job in. Two or three products are active at once at different stages: one in CAD, one on the printers, one at a factory awaiting samples. You review tooling quotes, decide what to change and what to approve, and visit factories as needed. What you will do
- Own mechanical design for a continuing pipeline of physical products: kitchen tools and containers, magnetic storage and organization, 3D-printing accessories, and hobby products for the wargaming market.
- Carry each product from concept through CAD, printed prototypes, testing, and supplier-ready drawings and tolerances.
- Design to the processes factories use: injection molding, sheet metal, casting, machining, silicone and rubber molding, and finishing. Fit the design to the factory's own equipment and capabilities so both the factory and the company save time and money.
- Read tooling quotes, review first-article and T1 samples, and close the loop on QC.
- Lay out mechanisms that survive daily use: hinges, snap fits, latches, seals, gaskets, spinning and cutting assemblies.
- Select materials, including food-contact materials where the product needs them.
- Write briefs for outside specialists (safety compliance testing, thermal design, tooling houses) and review what comes back.
- Set magnet retention and holder geometry for Magnet Baron kits and tools.
- Write the definition of done for each product before work starts. What you need
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field, or equivalent shipped-product experience.
- About 5 to 8 years of product design experience, with consumer or physical products you personally took to production.
- Strong CAD skills in SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Onshape, or a comparable package.
- Design-for-manufacture judgment: wall thickness, draft, parting lines, tolerance stack-up, and what drives tooling cost.
- Prototyping on 3D printers. You slice and print your own test parts.
- Work on site in Southlake, Texas, Monday to Friday. Nice to have
- Tabletop wargaming or miniatures hobby knowledge.
- 3D scanning and turning scan data into models.
- Resin printing and silicone casting.
- Food-contact materials familiarity.
- Regulated-category experience.
- Overseas tooling vendor experience.
Who tends to do well here Engineers coming from medical devices, aerospace and defense, HVAC and appliances, automotive, and consumer products gain whole-product ownership here, from concept through production tooling, and room to build the engineering function as the line grows. Southlake is an easy commute from Fort Worth, Grapevine, Keller, Colleyville, and Dallas via 114 and 121. Benefits Health, dental, vision, paid time off, employee discount, and professional development assistance. Employment paperwork Like most engineering employers, we ask new hires to sign a standard set of documents at the start of employment. You will receive them with the offer so you can read them in advance, and we are glad to answer questions before you sign.
- An offer letter and at-will employment agreement setting out salary, schedule, and role.
- A confidentiality and invention assignment agreement covering designs, CAD, and inventions created in the course of your work for Magnet Baron and for our sister company, Gadget Duke.
- A short acknowledgment that all work here starts fresh from the company's own materials and the engineer's own skills.
- A reasonable non-solicitation agreement covering employees and business contacts during and for a limited period after employment.
- Standard payroll and onboarding forms, including tax withholding, employment eligibility verification, direct deposit, and a wage deduction authorization for items such as benefit contributions.
- Acknowledgment of company policies, including workplace safety and equipment use.
Personal hobby projects of yours that sit outside our product lines stay yours. We will walk through any of these documents with you. How to apply Apply through Indeed with your resume and a portfolio. In the portfolio, show shipped products you have designed and tell us exactly what you personally owned on each one. Products that reached customers count for more than concepts. Magnet Baron LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
Pay:
$95,000.00
00 per year
Benefits:
Dental insurance Employee discount Health insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance Vision insurance Application Question(s): Have you personally designed at least one physical product or assembly that went into production and was delivered to customers, in any industry? Which CAD software are you proficient in?
Select all that apply:
SolidWorks; Fusion 360; Onshape; Creo; Inventor; NX; None of these. Have you designed parts that went to production manufacturing in at least one of these processes: injection molding, sheet metal, casting, or machining? Do you have hands-on experience running FDM 3D printers to prototype your own parts? What base salary range are you seeking? Under $95,000; $95,000 to $120,000; $120,000 to $140,000; Above $140,000. When could you start? Within 2 weeks; 2 to 4 weeks; 1 to 2 months; More than 3 months. Describe two products you designed that reached customers. For each, state what you personally owned: concept, CAD, DFM, tooling, testing, or vendor management. Tell us about a time a DFM or tooling constraint forced you to change a design. What changed and why? How would you rate your experience with food-contact materials and their compliance requirements? None; Some, on one or two products; Extensive, across multiple products. Have you designed products in a regulated category such as juvenile products, medical devices, or toys? If yes, which category and what was your role? Have you worked directly with an overseas tooling house or factory on a T1 sample review? If yes, briefly describe. Do you have experience operating a 3D scanner and working with scan data in modeling software? If yes, which scanner and software?
Experience:
mechanical or product design engineering: 4 years (Required) Ability to
Commute:
Southlake, TX 76092 (Required)
Work Location:
In person
