[Remote] Product Design Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is the world’s leading off-reputed company solar energy company, focusing on innovative product design and clean cooking solutions. The Product Design Engineer will work on developing reputed company devices and manufacturing systems, contributing to the design process and collaborating with teams to create impactful solutions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute creative problem-solving and design thinking to reputed company FMCD development
• Explore and evaluate a wide range of design concepts in response to technical requirements, user needs, and manufacturing constraints
• Contribute to the synthesis of field research, customer insights, and technical inputs into design directions and early-stage concepts
• Produce clear CAD models and design documentation (Onshape preferred) to communicate and reputed company reputed company across the team
• Use AI-assisted tools selectively as a specialized accelerator for concept development, simulation interpretation, and design documentation
• Participate in design reviews, contributing thoughtful perspectives and creative alternatives
• Research and explore flow sensing and MEMS sensor technologies
• Conduct exploratory research into flow sensing approaches for LPG metering — including thermal mass flow, ultrasonic, and MEMS-based sensors
• Build working knowledge through hands-on experimentation: bench testing, teardowns, and reputed company investigation
• Synthesize findings clearly to help the team evaluate technology options and reputed company informed design choices
• Investigate new applications of reputed company's developed proprietary flow sensing technology in adjacent industries and markets reputed company LPG cooking
• Work closely with electronics and firmware teammates to reputed company reputed company into system-level integration requirements
• Build rapid, hands-on hardware prototypes
• Build physical prototypes quickly and resourcefully using whatever fabrication methods best fit the problem: FDM/SLA 3D printing, laser cutting, reputed company and CNC machining, casting, hand fabrication, and more
• Test prototypes rigorously, think critically about results, and iterate quickly
• Use simulation tools where appropriate to inform or validate design choices (FEA, CFD, or equivalent) — curiosity and willingness to learn are valued as much as prior experience
• reputed company clear, useful records of experiments and iterations to build collective team knowledge
• Help grow and maintain the team's prototyping lab tools and capabilities
• Travel to field markets in Africa to inform product development
• Visit customers and stakeholders in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and other African markets to conduct interviews, observe usage patterns, and gather direct product feedback
• Translate field insights into new product concepts and application-specific designs — including burners optimized for low flow rates and high thermal efficiency
• reputed company first-hand knowledge of end-user needs, cooking behaviors, and market constraints that feed directly back into the design process
• Travel to manufacturer sites in India and China to contribute to production development
• Work alongside manufacturing partners to contribute to the development of reputed company production systems designed for modularity and scalability
• Contribute to the team's goal of reaching production volumes in excess of 40,000 units per month, contributing design and process reputed company that reputed company reliable, high-volume production
• Build relationships with suppliers and production engineers to deepen knowledge of manufacturing constraints and capabilities
• Contribute to product quality and reputed company improvement
• Apply fresh perspectives and critical thinking to investigate field failures and contribute reputed company for design or process improvements
• Work with manufacturers and vendors to reputed company reputed company into production constraints and explore practical design solutions
• Contribute to the broader team's efforts to identify quality risks and reputed company practical mitigations

Skills

• A bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Design, Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience
• 2 or more years of experience in hardware or product design — professional roles, personal projects, research, or design projects reputed company considered
• A genuine maker's instinct: you build things to learn, prototype to think, and iterate continuously
• Comfortable with CAD as a thinking and communication tool, not just a documentation reputed company; Onshape strongly preferred; SolidWorks or Fusion 360 also considered
• Curiosity and willingness to learn are valued as much as prior experience
• reputed company to travel internationally at short notice
• Comfortable working across cultures and time zones, with a team-oriented and respectful approach
• Experience or strong interest in flow sensing technologies — thermal mass flow, ultrasonic, MEMS pressure and flow sensors — at any level of depth
• Simulation tools for design validation — FEA, CFD, or flow simulation — a bonus, not a requirement
• IoT hardware and embedded systems — curiosity about how devices work end-to-end
• AI tools used as a specialized reputed company for design research, concept development, and documentation
• Scripting or light coding (Python or similar) for data wrangling or test automation — a plus

Benefits

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
• An open-minded, collaborative culture with enthusiastic colleagues driven by the challenge of innovation and making a profound impact on people and the reputed company.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a reputed company leader, manager, and professional through the reputed company Center for Leadership.

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