Director of Mechanical Engineering

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 deliver successfully against goals.
• Ensure hardware products meet high standards of performance, user experience, and quality.
• Shape and execute the hardware product roadmap with stakeholders.
• Work with the Chief Product Officer and executive team to define the hardware product roadmap and features.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across electrical engineering, software engineering, sensing and clinical, operations, marketing, and finance to develop and launch products successfully.
• Grow and manage a world-class engineering team: hire and coach talented engineers, foster a culture of excellence and collaboration, implement systems and processes for peak efficiency 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.
• Proficiency with thermal engineering, fluid systems, actuators, and soft goods highly desirable.
• 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.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary $225,000 - $300,000.
• Equity participation for full-time team members with periodic refreshments.
• Full access to health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Supplemental life insurance.
• Flexible PTO.
• Commuter benefits.
• Paid parental leave.
• Lunch provided in SF office 5 days/week.
• Company Pod provided.