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About the Role
This role supports the Therabody business in developing successful and profitable product programs that drive continued growth across existing portfolios while also supporting new product launches. The Associate Product Developer will help monitor consumer needs, market trends, competitive products, and emerging opportunities within their assigned product lines. This role will be part of the New Product Development team to support the creation of products that meet evolving consumer and retailer needs and strengthen Therabody’s position in the market. This is a hands-on technical role where you will act as an engineer as well as a project manager, solving engineering problems directly and owning the engineering and quality documentation for your products.
Responsibilities
- Lead new product development from ideation through mass production and launch.
- Act as a hands-on engineer, identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving engineering problems.
- Own engineering and quality documentation, including requirements, specifications, and test plans.
- Drive form factor development, balancing aesthetics, usability, and manufacturability.
- Plan and run user testing, translating findings into design improvements.
- Track product performance post-production to identify optimization opportunities.
- Conduct market research to identify consumer needs and competitive gaps.
- Define product KPIs and specifications based on various inputs.
- Create and execute project plans for each product.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine products and ensure timely launches.
- Communicate directions and align with overseas engineering and manufacturing teams.
- Manage product costs to meet necessary targets.
- Conduct internal and external product validation activities.
- Review and provide feedback on product support materials.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of experience in product development, human factors engineering, or a related field.
- Experience from a consumer goods company is preferred.
- Hands-on engineering problem-solving experience, including root-cause analysis and DFM.
- Familiarity with quality tools such as DFMEA.
- Experience prototyping, running user tests, and evaluating form factor and ergonomics.
- A consumer-first perspective when introducing new products or improving current ones.
- Mindset geared toward building relationships across multi-functional teams.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Highly-effective communication skills – written and face-to-face.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
- Ability to stay organized in a fast-paced environment.
- Desire to learn and grow in a passionate environment.
- Ability to embrace transparency and shifting priorities.
- Engaging and persuasive personality with the ability to build relationships.
- Outside the box approach to creative thinking and problem solving.
- Outstanding organizational skills with a keen attention to details.
- Excellent follow-up and time management skills.
- Strong ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines.
- Proactive self-starter that is creative and flexible with a can-do attitude.
- Working knowledge of CAD (e.g., SolidWorks) and ability to review 3D models and 2D drawings.
- Willingness and desire to travel, both domestic and internationally.
Skills
- Product Development
- Human Factors Engineering
- Engineering Problem-Solving
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
- DFMEA
- Prototyping
- User Testing
- Form Factor Evaluation
- Ergonomics
- Project Management
- CAD (SolidWorks)
- 3D Model Review
- 2D Drawing Review
- Communication (Written and Verbal)
- Interpersonal Skills
- Relationship Building
- Creative Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Organizational Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Follow-up
- Time Management
- Multitasking
- Meeting Deadlines
- Proactiveness
- Flexibility
- Can-do Attitude
Location
- Los Angeles
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Associate
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering
About the Company
- Therabody is a company focused on developing innovative products.