Senior Airsoft Product Engineer (Design-for-Manufacturing) (38,5h )
Senior Airsoft Product Engineer at Novritsch: Build the Gear the World Plays With
Novritsch is the world's leading direct-to-consumer airsoft brand, built by players, for players. From our HQ in Vienna, we develop innovative products, manufacture with long-term partners in Asia, and ship to customers in 80+ countries. With a team of 50+ experts managing everything in-house, we move fast, take ownership, and build products we're proud of.
We're looking for a Senior Product Engineer who can take an idea from sketch to a finished product on a store shelf. You'll own the technical side of new airsoft hardware, from early concept and prototyping through design-for-manufacturing and mass production in Asia. If you know how a gearbox actually works, how to design a part so it survives a production line instead of dying in QC, and how to work with a factory instead of just emailing them, this is your role.
What You'll Do
Novritsch is the world's leading direct-to-consumer airsoft brand, built by players, for players. From our HQ in Vienna, we develop innovative products, manufacture with long-term partners in Asia, and ship to customers in 80+ countries. With a team of 50+ experts managing everything in-house, we move fast, take ownership, and build products we're proud of.
We're looking for a Senior Product Engineer who can take an idea from sketch to a finished product on a store shelf. You'll own the technical side of new airsoft hardware, from early concept and prototyping through design-for-manufacturing and mass production in Asia. If you know how a gearbox actually works, how to design a part so it survives a production line instead of dying in QC, and how to work with a factory instead of just emailing them, this is your role.
What You'll Do
- Design new airsoft products from concept through to mass production, owning the technical outcome end to end
- Apply design-for-manufacturing principles so products are reliable, cost-efficient, and easy to produce at scale
- Work directly with our manufacturing partners in Asia on tooling, prototyping, and production issues
- Solve the real problems: tolerances, material choice, durability, cost per unit, and how to hit deadlines without cutting corners
- Test products yourself and bring a player's understanding of performance into every design decision
- Work closely with Product, Operations, and Marketing in Vienna to make sure what you build actually ships
- An active airsoft player who understands what the community actually wants from their gear
- Deep hands-on experience developing airsoft or similar mechanical consumer products, from prototype to mass production
- Strong understanding of design-for-manufacturing and what it takes to produce reliably in Asia
- Comfortable owning a product technically without needing a team to execute through
- The type who solves problems at the source instead of passing them along
- Real ownership: the products you design are the ones people play with worldwide
- Work on hardware from first sketch to shipping container, not just one slice of it
- A motivated, international team that moves fast and gets things done
- Hybrid flexibility, flat hierarchies, short decision paths
- Up to 50% product discount (max. €1,000/year)
- Subsidized meals + access to Corporate Benefits
- Well connected to Vienna's public transport network
- Final salary is market-based, depending on your experience and qualifications.
- You are an active airsoft player who understands airsoft guns, gear and the problems players experience in the field
- Strong hands-on experience developing mechanical products from prototype to mass production
- Very good understanding of mechanical design, CAD, tolerances, materials and manufacturing processes
- Strong knowledge of Design for Manufacturing
- Experience working directly with manufacturers, ideally in Asia
- Ability to independently own the technical development of a product
- Practical problem-solving mindset: you investigate the root cause and fix it
- You are comfortable making technical decisions and taking responsibility for the outcome
- You work fast, communicate directly and know when more testing or analysis is necessary
- Experience developing airsoft, paintball, sporting goods, outdoor equipment, RC, drones, consumer hardware or similar mechanical products is a strong advantage
- English at C1 level or higher
- German is a plus, but not required