Senior Mechanical and Industrial Design Engineer
Stripe · Taipei,Taiwan · 8512 Terminal - Eng · listed September 4, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
8+ years
Where
On site
Requirements listed
7
Length
965 words
In the posting’s own words
Our hardware engineering team in Taiwan designs and builds the physical payment devices at the heart of that experience, including products such as the Stripe Reader S700 and Stripe Reader M2. We are expanding the team and seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical and Industrial Design Engineer who can own both the structural engineering and aesthetic form language of our next generation of payment terminals. This is a blended role. You will be equally comfortable driving design for manufacturability (DFM) for a plastic enclosure and sketching form concepts that express Stripe's design identity in hardware.
What it asks for · 7
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, or a closely related field.
- 8+ years of hands-on product design experience spanning mechanical engineering and industrial design, with a portfolio of consumer or commercial hardware products. This includes experience designing consumer-grade plastic enclosures for handheld products, such as smartphones, tablets, or payment terminals, from concept through mass production.
- Ability to communicate design concepts through hand or digital sketching at the pace of a design conversation, and experience defining CMF specifications with suppliers.
- Solid understanding of manufacturing and mechanical production processes, with direct experience taking industrial design concepts through DFM, tooling, and production.
- Proficiency in mechanical CAD software. Creo is required, and SolidWorks is a plus. Expertise in creating detailed 2D drawings and performing geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and tolerance analysis.
- Familiarity with mold design, first-article inspection (FAI) processes, and process capability (Cpk) analysis, along with experience managing supplier and factory relationships.
- Strong written and spoken English and Mandarin communication skills to collaborate directly with suppliers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China throughout product development and production. Willingness to travel internationally, including to Hong Kong and mainland China, as needed.
Also a plus
- Proficiency in rendering software, with KeyShot strongly preferred. VRED or Blender experience is also valued.
- Experience maintaining a coherent design language across a multi-SKU hardware product family or accessory ecosystem.
- Familiarity with ergonomics methodologies, including grip studies, anthropometric data, and usability evaluations, applied to handheld device design.
- Experience with point-of-sale hardware, payment terminals, or consumer electronics peripherals.
- Knowledge of PCI hardware requirements, material properties, and associated manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency in thermal calculations and an understanding of plastic material properties.
- Experience with mechanical simulation tools and metal-part design.
- Ability to create compelling design presentations for cross-functional and executive audiences, clearly articulating the rationale behind design decisions.
Degree language
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, or a closely related field.
Tools and skills named
Security & compliance
- PCI2×
- Regulatory
Ways of working
- Cross-functional3×
Models & research
- Evaluations
Product & design
- Prototyping
Words the posting leans on
- design29×
- mechanical14×
- experience13×
- product12×
- engineering10×
- hardware10×
- payment10×
- terminal8×
- production7×
- suppliers7×
- concepts6×
- form5×
- industrial design5×
- material5×
- mechanical engineering5×
- requirements5×
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