About Peak Design

The purpose of Peak Design is to create happy, meaningful lives for the people that work here. We believe this purpose can only be achieved when self-actualizing, highly stoked people enthusiastically step into (or log onto) the Peak Design office every day. Our purpose and our mission go hand-in-hand and we encourage and celebrate authenticity and the unique perspective each of our employees brings. We’re a close-knit team that thrives on mutual respect and the belief that every voice matters—especially when it’s got something interesting to say.   We make radical, meticulously-engineered gear for detail-obsessed people. Our backpacks, travel bags, camera gear, and phone accessories are used dang-near everywhere. If you’ve visited Machu Picchu, Tokyo, or an REI store in the last 10 years, you’ve been within ogling distance of a Peak Design product.   Alongside our award-winning gear is a brand that truly reflects who we are as people—passionate about design, deeply caring about our environmental and social impact, unafraid to speak up, radically transparent, and generally down to clown. Whether we’re explaining a product, running a sale, launching a nonprofit, sponsoring a film, or razzing the biggest company on Earth, we do it with our trademark honesty, warmth, and wit. Through our products and our brand, we aim to create delight, and leave this world better than how we found it.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you passionate about building the best possible hard goods?

We are looking for a driven, creative, and fun-loving Manufacturing Engineer to join our team and help us redefine the world of hard goods.

As a engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful mass production of our existing and new hard goods product designs. You will collaborate closely with our hard goods product operations team, designers, Project Managers, external manufacturers, and suppliers to ensure that our lifetime guaranteed products are built to last. You will also be responsible for assisting inspections per outgoing shipment, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving our existing product lines.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about building top-of-the-line gear that is functional, beautiful, and cost-effective. You will also be responsible for staying up-to-date on the latest trends in soft goods design.

We believe that hard goods can be both functional and beautiful, and we are committed to creating products that meet the needs of our customers while also pushing the boundaries of design. If you are someone who is passionate about goods and who is excited to be a part of a team that is redefining the world of hard goods, we encourage you to apply.

Join our team and help us make the world a better place, one carry solution at a time.

Here are some of the things that make this role unique and exciting:

• You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, from small tweaks to major overhauls.
• You will be able to collaborate with a talented team of designers, engineers, and manufacturers.
• You will have the opportunity to make a real impact on the quality of our products.
• You will be part of a company that is committed to sustainability and social responsibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with PD team, design team, and global colleagues on new product introduction, understanding the requirements of the goods, and providing suggestions to improve
• Making recommendations for DFM, sourcing for suppliers, cost and terms negotiations and feedback improvements to design team
• Review manufacturing programs for factory and major vendors, and identify areas for improvement. This includes ensuring that their manufacturing processes are in place, proper controls, and documentation
• Work on golden samples, sign off the details, and maintain revisions
• Update engineering documents to reflect changes in production or ECOs. This includes updating documents to reflect any changes in production or engineering change orders (ECOs), and ensuring that all relevant documentation is up to date and accessible to the appropriate personnel.
• Assist in root causes of development  issues and implement corrective actions. This includes working with the factory to investigate the root causes, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring that the corrective actions are effective and that issues do not recur in MP
• Organize and maintain critical documentation and communications related to product manufacturing. This includes organizing and maintaining critical documentation and communications related to product manufacturing, ensuring that all relevant documentation is up to date and accessible to the appropriate personnel.
• Communicate with Peak Design product operations on the status of production and identify potential issues early on. This includes communicating regularly with Peak Design product operations on the status of production, providing feedback on the quality of our products as they are being manufactured, and identifying any potential issues early on.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in hard goods design and manufacturing, and work with designers and engineers to implement improvements. This includes staying up-to-date on the latest trends in goods design and manufacturing, and working with our designers and engineers to implement improvements that will help us to create the highest quality products possible.
• Develop test plans, execute them, and analyze results to ensure new product designs meet performance requirements. This includes developing test plans that are specific to each product design, executing the test plans, and analyzing the results to ensure that new product designs meet our performance requirements.

ABOUT YOU

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• Basic English proficiency with clear verbal and written communication skills for Zoom and email collaboration.
• 3D CAD design experience with real parts or fixtures; SolidWorks or Onshape preferred but not required.
• Step into an exciting and important role where you will be responsible for transforming ideas into reality and collaborating closely with sewing factories to bring products to mass production for consumers.
• Embrace the thrill of working with goods vendors and bringing top-of-the-line, functional, beautiful, and cost-effective products to market.
• Be passionate about your work and be someone who is detail-oriented and analytical.
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, and be willing to travel.
• Be up-to-date on the latest trends in goods design and manufacturing.
• Be creative and innovative, with a keen eye for quality.
• Be a problem-solver with a proven ability to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Be a team player with a strong work ethic and a commitment to excellence.
• Be dedicated to creating the highest quality products possible.

Preferred Qualifications

• You use and care a lot about gear (photography, outdoor, or other passion areas). 
• You have strong opinions about the products that you use in your life and enjoy debating what makes these products great.
• You’re a systems thinker and love optimizing workflow and efficiency - you are capable of navigating surprise roadblocks with rational thinking and problem solving.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must legally reside and work in China
• Ability to work on-site at our factories