Senior Mechanical Project Engineer-Matrix Fitness

Description

Build the next generation of Matrix Fitness cardio equipment.

For 50 years, Johnson Health Tech has designed fitness equipment that people actually want to train on. Our Matrix Fitness brand has become one of the fastest-growing names in commercial cardio, earning the trust of fitness clubs across the country. It was also named FitProf's 2025 Best Buy for Best Commercial Cardio and honored as this year's Fitness Brand of the Year. Now, we're bringing that same club-quality engineering into the home.

We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Project Engineer to take real engineering ownership of new cardio products, from early concept through launch. This is an engineering role first: you'll be doing FEA, running tests, driving CAD, and solving hard mechanical problems. You'll also carry the project through to the finish line — but the calculations, the design work, and the testing are where you'll spend most of your time.

What You'll Do

Engineering & Design

• Lead the technical design of new cardio products — from early concept and component design through detailed CAD (2D drawings, 3D models, plastic surfacing) and final validation
• Run strength and fatigue analysis (FEA), load and bearing-life analysis, and design proposals to make sure every product meets its requirements
• Design, select, and analyze mechanical components — bearings, shafts, belts, pulleys, couplings, springs, fasteners, and more — largely independently
• Build and execute test protocols, and lead DFMEA sessions to catch design risks early
• Bring a continuous-improvement mindset to design for manufacturability

Leading the Project

• Serve as the main point of contact for the project, partnering closely with your electrical project engineer counterpart to keep electrical development aligned with the overall schedule
• Own the project timeline and budget for multiple concurrent products, keeping milestones, documentation, and the NPD process on track
• Lead cross-functional meetings and technical design reviews with the full project team — R&D, industrial design, quality, and product management
• Translate market and customer requirements into clear engineering specs, and set the development plan
• Guide and mentor design engineers and mechanical designers on your projects

Global Collaboration

• Work daily as part of one team with our engineering and manufacturing partners in Taiwan, China, and Vietnam, sometimes outside of typical office hours — aligning on design intent, technical issues, and customer requirements
• Support the transition of new products into mass production, including quality reviews, sample evaluation, and troubleshooting
• Travel internationally a few times a year (roughly 2–4 trips) to connect in person with our global team

Requirements

What You'll Bring

• BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• 6+ years of design experience; consumer products experience strongly preferred
• Project engineering or project management experience
• Significant experience designing components for real manufacturing processes — plastics, sheet metal, tube forming, casting, machining, welding & joining
• Expert-level 3D CAD skills (SolidWorks preferred)
• Strong FEA and analytical background (strength & fatigue analysis)
• Comfortable leading and aligning a team toward a shared goal, even in tough moments, without leaving people behind
• Demonstrates a foundational understanding of fitness principles, including cardiovascular exercise, mobility, and safe exercise practices

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of electrical systems (motors, electromagnets, general circuitry)
• Experience with industrial design collaboration and product ergonomics
• Basic understanding of financial principles as they relate to product decisions

Why You'll Love It Here

• Real engineering ownership — you're not just managing a schedule; you're solving the mechanical problems yourself
• A genuinely global team: our Taiwan, China, and Vietnam-based partners aren't a hand-off, they're teammates working the same problems alongside you
• 50 years of staying power, backed by award-winning products people actually use

Physical Demands / Work Environment

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or touch objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach above the shoulders, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• This position is onsite full-time, no remote or hybrid schedule is being offered
• This does require international travel to our manufacturing plants in Asia. You would travel 2-4 times a year, anywhere from 1-2 weeks at a time.