About Hark
Hark is an artificial intelligence company building advanced, personalized intelligence. One that is proactive, multimodal, and capable of interacting with the world through speech, text, vision, and persistent memory.
We're pairing that intelligence with next-generation hardware to create a universal interface between humans and machines. While today's AI largely operates through chat boxes and decade-old devices, Hark is focused on what comes next: agentic systems that interact naturally with people and the real world.
To get there, we're developing multimodal models and next-generation AI hardware together - designed from the ground up as a single, unified interface for a new era of intelligent systems.
About the Role
We're looking for a Manufacturing Design Engineer who closes the gap between a design that looks right on paper and one that builds right at scale. You'll drive DFM from early concept through production readiness, and bring rigorous quality engineering discipline to the team — owning the dimensional strategy, inspection methodology, and measurement systems that ensure what we ship reflects what we designed.
Responsibilities
- Lead DFM/DFA reviews across Hark's hardware portfolio, identifying manufacturability risk early and driving design changes before tooling commitments
- Drive manufacturing efficiency by looking for process innovation and optimization
- Define the dimensional management strategy for critical assemblies — tolerance stack-up, GD&T callouts, and datum scheme selection — in partnership with product design engineers
- Develop inspection plans, control plans, and MSA protocols; lead metrology conversations with suppliers including CMM strategy, fixture design, and first article inspection interpretation
- Own process development and NPI quality deliverables: PPAP documentation, process capability studies, and production readiness sign-off
- Track key quality metrics — dimensional yield, escape rate, supplier quality performance — and drive continuous improvement from factory data
Requirements
- 5+ years of manufacturing or quality engineering experience in consumer electronics, precision mechanical, or high-volume hardware
- Deep proficiency in GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and tolerance stack-up, with ability to author and interrogate engineering drawings
- Hands-on experience with CMM operation and programming, gauge R&R, and MSA — comfortable leading dimensional metrology conversations with suppliers
- Strong knowledge of injection molding, die casting, CNC machining, and sheet metal processes, including process capability analysis (Cp, Cpk, Ppk)
- Proven experience developing control plans, PFMEAs, inspection plans, and PPAP packages
- Direct supplier-facing experience, including onsite factory support during builds and ramp
Bonus Qualifications
- Optical metrology experience — structured light scanning, laser trackers, or vision-based inline inspection
- Hardware programs manufactured in Asia, including remote and onsite supplier quality management
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, or equivalent applied statistical quality experience
Compensation
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $120,000 - $300,000 annually.
The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.
