Product Design Engineer Jobs in New York
Product Design Engineer jobs in New York are concentrated in consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial equipment, and advanced manufacturing, with demand at every level from entry-level designer through principal engineer. The heaviest hiring is in New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo, where companies like Corning, IBM, and Northrop Grumman have long-established engineering operations. Mechanical design, CAD-driven product development, and design for manufacturability are the specialties that appear most consistently across New York postings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Mirage is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language. Our models leverage contextual awareness to execute the same creative decisions a professional editor would — dramatically improving productivity for experienced teams, while making video creation accessible to anyone.
We’re an interdisciplinary team addressing some of the most difficult technical and creative challenges in generative media. As an early member of our team, you’ll tackle foundational problems that remain largely unsolved across the industry, driving an outsized impact on the future of creative expression.
More about us
Product (Captions by Mirage)
Research (Our Models and Agents)
Updates (Mirage on X / twitter)
TechCrunch, Forbes AI 50, Fast Company (press)
Our Investors
We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.
Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)
About the Role
We’re looking for our first experienced design leader to lead and grow the Product Design team at Mirage. You’ll set the vision and quality bar for design across the company, manage and develop a team of high-performing designers, and partner closely with our executive, Product, and Engineering teams to shape product strategy and bring our most ambitious ideas to life.
As a small, highly collaborative team, our design team is trusted with significant ownership over not only how our products look and feel, but how they fundamentally work. You’ll help define new interaction paradigms for AI-native video creation, turn rapidly evolving technical capabilities into intuitive products, and build the team, systems, and culture needed to deliver exceptional work.
Responsibilities
Set the vision, strategy, and quality bar for Product Design across Mirage, ensuring the user experience remains cohesive as the product and company grow.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product designers, providing clear direction, thoughtful feedback, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
Build a world-class design team, shaping the structure, capabilities, and culture of the function over time.
Partner closely with the executive, Product, and Engineering teams to shape product vision, strategy, and long-term roadmap.
Guide the design of complex, high-impact product initiatives from early exploration through launch, helping teams turn ambiguous problems into clear and compelling experiences.
Establish a strong culture of critique, craft, and user-centered decision-making while creating the processes that help the team move quickly without sacrificing quality.
Translate emerging AI capabilities into intuitive interaction models and product experiences across text, image, audio, motion, and video.
What Makes You a Great Fit
A track record of building, managing, and developing high-performing product design teams.
Significant experience designing and shipping complex consumer products, ideally across mobile and desktop.
Strong product judgment and exceptional design taste, with the ability to raise the bar from early product thinking through polished execution.
Able to move fluidly between high-level strategy, people leadership, and detailed product critique.
Comfortable creating clarity in ambiguous environments and making thoughtful decisions with imperfect information.
A clear communicator who can inspire teams, explain design rationale, and align people around a shared direction.
A portfolio that demonstrates strong systems thinking, high-quality craft, and meaningful impact on shipped products.
Even Better If...
You’ve designed AI-native products, creative tools, or products involving video, audio, image, or motion.
You’ve helped build or scale a design function at an early-stage or rapidly growing company.
You have a strong point of view on how people will interact and create with AI as the technology evolves.
You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win.
You have been a startup founder or an early design leader at one.
Benefits:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
401K with employer match
Commuter Benefits
Catered lunch multiple days per week
Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
Grubhub subscription
Health & Wellness Perks
Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
Generous PTO policy
Captions 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.
Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.
Compensation Range: $200K - $325K
Mirage is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language. Our models leverage contextual awareness to execute the same creative decisions a professional editor would — dramatically improving productivity for experienced teams, while making video creation accessible to anyone.
We’re an interdisciplinary team addressing some of the most difficult technical and creative challenges in generative media. As an early member of our team, you’ll tackle foundational problems that remain largely unsolved across the industry, driving an outsized impact on the future of creative expression.
More about us
Product (Captions by Mirage)
Research (Our Models and Agents)
Updates (Mirage on X / twitter)
TechCrunch, Forbes AI 50, Fast Company (press)
Our Investors
We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.
Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)
About the Role
We’re looking for our first experienced design leader to lead and grow the Product Design team at Mirage. You’ll set the vision and quality bar for design across the company, manage and develop a team of high-performing designers, and partner closely with our executive, Product, and Engineering teams to shape product strategy and bring our most ambitious ideas to life.
As a small, highly collaborative team, our design team is trusted with significant ownership over not only how our products look and feel, but how they fundamentally work. You’ll help define new interaction paradigms for AI-native video creation, turn rapidly evolving technical capabilities into intuitive products, and build the team, systems, and culture needed to deliver exceptional work.
Responsibilities
Set the vision, strategy, and quality bar for Product Design across Mirage, ensuring the user experience remains cohesive as the product and company grow.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product designers, providing clear direction, thoughtful feedback, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
Build a world-class design team, shaping the structure, capabilities, and culture of the function over time.
Partner closely with the executive, Product, and Engineering teams to shape product vision, strategy, and long-term roadmap.
Guide the design of complex, high-impact product initiatives from early exploration through launch, helping teams turn ambiguous problems into clear and compelling experiences.
Establish a strong culture of critique, craft, and user-centered decision-making while creating the processes that help the team move quickly without sacrificing quality.
Translate emerging AI capabilities into intuitive interaction models and product experiences across text, image, audio, motion, and video.
What Makes You a Great Fit
A track record of building, managing, and developing high-performing product design teams.
Significant experience designing and shipping complex consumer products, ideally across mobile and desktop.
Strong product judgment and exceptional design taste, with the ability to raise the bar from early product thinking through polished execution.
Able to move fluidly between high-level strategy, people leadership, and detailed product critique.
Comfortable creating clarity in ambiguous environments and making thoughtful decisions with imperfect information.
A clear communicator who can inspire teams, explain design rationale, and align people around a shared direction.
A portfolio that demonstrates strong systems thinking, high-quality craft, and meaningful impact on shipped products.
Even Better If...
You’ve designed AI-native products, creative tools, or products involving video, audio, image, or motion.
You’ve helped build or scale a design function at an early-stage or rapidly growing company.
You have a strong point of view on how people will interact and create with AI as the technology evolves.
You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win.
You have been a startup founder or an early design leader at one.
Benefits:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
401K with employer match
Commuter Benefits
Catered lunch multiple days per week
Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
Grubhub subscription
Health & Wellness Perks
Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
Generous PTO policy
Captions 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.
Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.
Compensation Range: $200K - $325K
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in product design engineer jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, industrial design, or a closely related field
- Proficiency in CAD software such as SolidWorks, CATIA, or Creo for 3D modeling and assemblies
- Experience with GD&T, tolerance analysis, and design for manufacturability principles
- Demonstrated ability to take a product from concept through prototyping to production release
- Familiarity with materials selection, manufacturing processes, and supplier coordination
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills working with manufacturing, quality, and program teams
Product Design Engineer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a product design engineer in New York?
Most product design engineer roles in New York require a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, industrial design, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited program. New York does not require a state-issued license specifically for product design engineers in private industry, though engineers who sign off on public-safety documents may pursue a Professional Engineer license through the New York State Education Department. Building a portfolio of CAD work and prototype projects strengthens candidacy significantly.
Which companies hire product design engineers in New York?
Employers hiring product design engineers in New York right now include Capital One, Information Technology Senior Management Forum, and NBCUniversal, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. New York's strong medical device and advanced manufacturing sectors mean many of these openings sit within companies that require experience with regulated or precision-engineered products.
Which New York cities have the most product design engineer jobs?
New York, Buffalo, and Depew account for the most product design engineer openings in New York. New York City drives volume through its dense consumer electronics, fashion-tech, and startup hardware scene, while Rochester and Buffalo draw on deep roots in optics, photonics, and industrial manufacturing anchored by employers like Corning and the region's aerospace and defense contractors.
Are there remote product design engineer jobs in New York?
Yes, but they're limited. Product design engineering is fundamentally a hands-on role that involves working with physical prototypes, lab equipment, and manufacturing floors, which keeps most positions on-site or hybrid. About 71% of product design engineer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and the roles most likely to offer flexibility are those focused on CAD modeling, documentation, or systems-level design rather than physical prototyping.
How can I get hired as a product design engineer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a co-op or internship through New York engineering programs at schools like RPI, Cornell, or SUNY Binghamton, which feed directly into full-time new-grad roles at regional manufacturers and device companies. Entry-level titles like junior mechanical designer or product development associate are common at mid-size New York manufacturers. A strong CAD portfolio with documented projects, even from coursework or personal builds, is the single clearest credential that opens doors at the hiring stage.
Where can I find and apply to product design engineer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to product design engineer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring in the state. Search the listings to see roles that match your experience level and location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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