Director of Mechanical Engineering
Location
San Francisco, CA
Level
Manager / Director
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-01-07
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.
- Travel to Asia to ensure teams and suppliers meet 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.
- Grow and manage a world-class engineering team.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical systems.
- Track record of launching products successfully under aggressive timelines.
- Deep knowledge of injection molding, electronics/sensor integration, and mechanism design.
- Experience scaling products to high volume production in Asia.
- BSME or equivalent degree.
- Willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.
- 2+ years of direct management experience of mechanical and product design engineers.
