Mechanical Design Engineer - RC Spektrum Battery

- Create and maintain 3D CAD models, assemblies, and detailed engineering drawings for battery packs, chargers, connectors, power accessories, and related products.

- Develop production-ready designs that meet performance, cost, manufacturability, and reliability requirements.

- Design plastic, metal, and electromechanical components for injection molding, stamping, machining, and assembly processes.

- Support concept development, prototyping, design reviews, and validation activities throughout the product lifecycle.

- Perform tolerance analysis, fit checks, interference analysis, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) evaluations.

- Establish and maintain consistent design standards, component architectures, and mechanical interfaces across the Spektrum battery ecosystem.

- Ensure compatibility between batteries, chargers, connectors, mounts, and supporting accessories.

- Maintain common design practices, CAD standards, and documentation procedures across multiple product families.

- Drive reuse of proven designs, components, and assemblies where appropriate to improve efficiency and reduce development costs.

- Create and maintain engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials (BOMs), assembly documentation, and product records.

- Manage CAD data, revisions, and engineering change orders (ECOs) within PDM systems.

- Ensure documentation packages are accurate, complete, and released according to company procedures.

- Support supplier and manufacturing documentation requirements.

- Collaborate with Product Development, Electrical Engineering, Sourcing, Quality, and Manufacturing teams to execute product development plans.

- Support prototype builds, testing activities, and validation efforts.

- Work with suppliers to resolve design, tooling, manufacturing, and quality issues.

- Incorporate test results, supplier feedback, and manufacturing learnings into design improvements.

- Maintain and improve existing products through cost reductions, quality improvements, and engineering changes.

- Investigate root causes of product issues and develop corrective design solutions.

- Support transition of products from concept through production and ongoing lifecycle management.

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or related engineering discipline.

- 3+ years of experience in mechanical product design and development.

- Proficiency in SolidWorks including part modeling, assemblies, surfacing, sheet metal, drawings, and design tables.

- Experience with Product Data Management (PDM) systems, revision control, and engineering change processes.

- Experience creating detailed engineering drawings compliant with GD&T and industry drafting standards.

- Knowledge of tolerance stack-up analysis and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) principles.

- Ability to develop and maintain bills of materials, product specifications, and engineering documentation.

- Experience designing battery packs, chargers, power systems, connectors, or consumer electronics products.

- Experience with lithium battery packaging, enclosure design, thermal considerations, and mechanical integration.

- Understanding of manufacturing processes including injection molding, machining, stamping, die casting, and assembly methods.

- Familiarity with electrical components and electromechanical product development.

- Experience working directly with domestic and overseas manufacturing partners.

- Knowledge of UL, CE, RoHS, UN38.3, and battery-related compliance requirements.

- Experience supporting products through manufacturing, launch and sustaining engineering activities.

- Strong problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

- Experience in the radio-control hobby industry, consumer electronics, power tools, robotics, or outdoor power equipment industries.