Product Design Engineer, HPIQ

About the Role

As a Product Design Engineer at HP IQ, you will work at the intersection of creativity, engineering, and design to develop groundbreaking devices. You will collaborate closely with industrial designers, hardware engineers, and interaction designers to transform ideas into functional prototypes and production-ready designs. Your responsibilities will span 3D CAD modeling, hands-on prototyping, engineering analysis, and design validation to solve complex mechanical challenges and drive designs from early concepts toward production.

Key Responsibilities

• Design mechanical parts, components, and assemblies for new consumer devices using 3D CAD (NX).
• Create detailed 2D engineering drawings, define specifications and tolerances.
• Work closely with overseas vendor partners to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Design and run experiments, applying engineering analysis and test results to guide design decisions.
• Evaluate materials, manufacturing processes, and design tradeoffs to develop robust and scalable solutions.
• Work cross-functionally with hardware, software, industrial design, and other engineering teams.
• Conceptualize, design, and build prototypes to validate ideas.
• Participate in design reviews, clearly communicating design decisions, technical analysis, and tradeoffs.
• Build, test, troubleshoot, and iterate prototypes to improve product performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Work with manufacturing and vendor partners to iterate designs and support the transition from prototype to production.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Recently completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Product Design Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience using 3D CAD software (Siemens NX preferred) to design mechanical components and assemblies.
• Hands-on experience building, prototyping, and testing mechanical designs.
• Strong understanding of fundamental mechanical engineering principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and present work effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary product development environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing consumer products through internships, academic projects, research, personal projects, or professional experience.
• Knowledge of a variety of materials and scalable manufacturing processes, such as injection molding, machining, sheet metal, casting, or additive manufacturing.
• Experience with machine tools and prototyping equipment, such as 3D printers, laser cutters, mills, and lathes.
• Familiarity with engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM/DFA).
• Experience designing and executing mechanical tests or experiments and analyzing the resulting data.
• Exposure to working with suppliers, manufacturers, or fabrication partners.
• Experience or interest in industrial design, human interaction design, or graphic design.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $107,400-$155,700
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including:
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave