Senior AR/VR Product Design Engineer - Mountain View, United States - Unison

Description

About UNISONUNISON is a small team of passionate people from companies like Meta, Sony, and Apple, as well as research labs like the IARAI.

Based in the SF Bay Area and backed by some of the world's best investors, we're working hard to create products we would proudly recommend to our friends and family.

We are building a unified reality headset that allows users to plunge into and resurface from virtual worlds with newfound value.

We see living between virtual and physical worlds as a tool for creating, storytelling, and sharing-not hindering your total lived experience.

You can learn more about our product, team, careers, and worldviews at the Role:
Our early-stage team is seeking an AR/VR Product Designer to design and develop our first publicly available AR/VR headset.

The AR/VR Product Designer will collaborate closely with other passionate engineers who have successfully shipped AR/VR hardware from companies like Meta, Sony, and Apple.

With our team, you will explore, prototype, and build experiences that define the future of how people interact with wearable technology.

Your Responsibilities:
Develop and iterate rapid models of proposed design solutions for the purposes of communication and evaluation across cross-functional teamsWork across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping productEstablish top-level design architectures and implementation methodologies for the teamClearly document and communicate design decisions with internal stakeholdersWork with cross-functional team in assessing project/risk readiness for PD owned deliverablesAbility to create scalable solutions while solving tactical problemsCollaborate and manage work with suppliers and vendors, including Asia based supply chainsAbility to travel, as required, up to 20% (domestic and international)

Qualifications:6+ years of experience in mechanical manufacturing, specifically in technical and process development at NPI, technical problem solving, fixture manufacturing or operation skills1+ years of experience in AR/VRExperience working on metal and plastic manufacturing processes, including molding, stamping, die casting, CNC machining, welding, glue dispensing, pad/silkscreen, painting, surface finishing, and assemblyExperience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, geometric tolerancing, and 3D/2D CADExperience in conducting DOEs to drive process and data collectionExperience with statistical process control tools to analyze data from DOE and part qualification and to provide solutions and recommendations to the engineering teamExperience working with Asia supply chain vendors (especially in Mainland China)Experience in the full lifecycle of design and developmentincluding ideation, prototyping, development, backward compatibility, failovers, validation, and user researchExperience designing handheld and wearable electronics for high-volume manufacturingExperience with Siemens NX/TeamcenterMandarin is a plusWhy UNISON?UNISON offers competitive salaries and equity packages, giving all employees an ownership stake in what we're working hard to build.

You will also receive flexible PTO, 401k with employer matching, excellent 100% employer-paid health benefits, and more. We are growing quickly, so if you're interested in joining us but don't see a job that fits what you're looking for or if your experience doesn't quite meet the criteria, please feel free to reach out at

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UNISON is committed to equity in our hiring practices.

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At UNISON, we are committed to mitigating bias and providing an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates based solely on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, national, social or ethnic origin, religion, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), ancestry, age, physical and mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression, marital/familial status, citizenship status, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.