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Director, Mechanical Engineering

225k – 300kSan Francisco, CAOnsite10+ YOE
Summary

Lead the mechanical engineering team developing complex electromechanical consumer products from concept through high-volume production. Requires 10+ years experience, 2+ years management, and expertise in injection molding, DFM, and Asia manufacturing.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead all aspects of mechanical engineering across the full development cycle
  • Manage mechanical, soft goods, and prototype & test engineers
  • Provide technical leadership on cross-functional trade-offs and architectural decisions spanning thermals, fluids, mechanisms, and sensing
  • Travel to Asia to ensure teams and suppliers are delivering successfully against goals
  • Ensure hardware products meet high standards of performance, user experience, and quality
  • Shape and execute the hardware product roadmap with stakeholders across the company
  • Collaborate with electrical engineering, software engineering, sensing and clinical, operations, marketing, and finance teams to develop and launch products
  • Hire and coach talented engineers
  • Foster a culture of excellence and collaboration
  • Implement systems and processes including design reviews and phase gates

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical systems such as consumer electronics, automotive, or medical devices
  • Track record of launching products successfully under aggressive timelines with lean teams
  • 2+ years directly managing mechanical and product design engineers
  • Deep knowledge of injection molding, electronics/sensor integration, and mechanism design
  • Experience scaling products to high volume production in Asia
  • Expertise in DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and GD&T
  • BSME or equivalent
  • Willingness and ability to travel to China as needed

Nice-to-Haves

  • Proficiency with thermal engineering, fluid systems, actuators, and soft goods
Skills
Mechanical EngineeringElectromechanical SystemsInjection MoldingSensor IntegrationMechanism DesignThermal EngineeringFluid SystemsDFMDFAGD&TTolerance AnalysisProduct DevelopmentHardware Engineering
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