Principal Mechanical Engineer

Principal Mechanical Engineer

As a Principal Mechanical Engineer you will play a key role in creating best‑in‑class experiences for our customers through innovative design, helping us push our design boundaries in a scalable way. You will help us inspire a belief in the power of fragrance to craft and elevate memorable moments for our Owners. This is your chance to make an impact in a high‑growth company that’s redefining the way people experience scent.

Your Role at Pura

What You’ll Own:

• Technical Leadership for New Categories: Act as the primary technical lead for the development of Pura’s upcoming innovative devices, managing complex system‑level tradeoffs, miniaturization challenges, and reliability modeling.
• Team Mentorship & Growth: Serve as a scalar for the engineering team, actively mentoring team members to raise the overall technical ceiling, helping define the long‑term technical direction. This includes helping the teams find growth opportunities and developing team members.
• Innovation & Advanced Engineering: Push our design boundaries by researching and implementing disruptive manufacturing techniques, cutting‑edge materials, and other new technologies that improve the customer experience.
• Cross‑Functional Alignment: Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure component‑level innovations are implemented seamlessly and that the system is optimized.
• System Architecture & Strategy: Work cross functionally to define the full system architecture for the hardware development lifecycle, using your knowledge and engineering intuition to ensure that systems are optimized for performance, customer experience, scalability, and cost.
• Operational Excellence: Lead the creation and implementation of standardized engineering tools and best practices to be used across all programs.
• JDM Management: Partner with and provide technical oversight to manufacturing partners, ensuring all parties are technically aligned with Pura’s aggressive innovation goals and high quality standards.

Essential Functions

• Lead Technical Innovation: Drive the development of upcoming product categories, acting as the primary systems engineer for Pura’s future wearable device.
• Team Mentorship and Growth: Work with the team to level up technical implementation, finding avenues for growth and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Educational Background: BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Extensive Experience: 10+ years of experience in mechanical design and product development, with a proven track record of taking complex consumer electronics from concept to mass production.
• Systems Engineering Expertise: Demonstrated ability to architect systems, managing the critical intersections between mechanical, electrical, and firmware/software teams.
• Advanced Manufacturing & Materials: Deep technical knowledge of injection molding, die casting, and CNC, alongside experience implementing advanced materials or novel manufacturing techniques.
• JDM/CM Management: Experience leading technical relationships with external resources and partners, specifically in pushing partners to hit aggressive innovation and quality goals.
• Miniaturization: Proven experience in designing for tight spatial constraints, specifically related small‑form‑factor IoT devices.
• CAD Mastery: Expert‑level proficiency in SolidWorks or equivalent 3D modeling software, including complex surfacing and top‑down assembly management.
• Validation & Testing: Experience creating and executing rigorous validation plans to ensure product reliability and performance across diverse environments.
• Strategic Mentorship: Experience acting as a technical lead, with a documented history of leveling up junior and senior engineers through design reviews and technical coaching.

Pura provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

*All candidates are subject to a background check.