Mechanical Engineer - Hardware Development

About the role

Rakuten Kobo is hiring a Mechanical Engineer to join its Hardware Development Team in Taiwan. You will lead mechanical design for next-generation portable consumer electronics, turning industrial designs into production-ready mechanical master CAD for tooling and owning the full mechanical engineering lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers to explore mechanical architectures and assess design feasibility from concept through manufacturing.
• Assist in designing plastic, metal and soft-good components for telecom and accessory products.
• Generate and maintain high-precision 3D models and 2D drawings using PTC Creo (Pro-E) and AutoCAD.
• Support tolerance analysis and stack-up validation to optimise assembly yields.
• Work with suppliers to enforce engineering specifications and DFM standards.
• Monitor plastic injection and alloy production processes and learn post-processing techniques such as painting, plating and finishing.
• Support tooling trials, engineering validations and reliability testing plans at vendor facilities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 1-3 years of mechanical engineering experience; consumer electronics internship experience is highly regarded.
• Basic English (listening, writing and speaking) for technical documentation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Comfortable with regular travel and remote-first work.

Required skills

• PTC Creo (Pro-E) and AutoCAD (essential)
• Tolerance analysis and GD&T
• Solid understanding of plastic and metal structural design
• Bonus points: FEA tools such as ANSYS or COMSOL, and IPX-8 waterproof solutions

What we offer

• Flexible hours and hybrid remote work, with a work-from-anywhere program
• Full benefits from day one, including health check-up and fully subsidised group insurance
• Training, talent and development programs, and Kobo Tech University sessions
• Free Kobo device, free weekly e-book or audiobook, and a birthday leave day
• Annual leave exceeding statutory requirements, and a flexible NT$10,000 annual benefit
• Stock options program