19h ago

Director of Mechanical Engineering

San Francisco

$225k-$300k / year

full-timeleadhealthcare

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll lead mechanical engineering for complex electromechanical products like the Pod, managing a team and driving cross-functional trade-offs across thermals, fluids, and sensing. You'll shape the hardware roadmap with executives and ensure successful product launches under aggressive timelines.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Lead mechanical engineering across full development cycle
  • Manage mechanical, soft goods, and prototype engineers
  • Provide technical leadership on cross-functional trade-offs
  • Travel to Asia to ensure supplier delivery
  • Shape and execute hardware product roadmap with stakeholders

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 10+ years developing complex electromechanical systems
  • 2+ years managing mechanical and product design engineers
  • Deep knowledge of injection molding, electronics integration, and mechanism design
  • Experience scaling products to high volume production in Asia
  • BSME or equivalent

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Proficiency in thermal engineering and fluid systems
  • Expertise in DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and GD&T
  • Experience launching consumer electronics or medical devices

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Immediate responsibility from day one
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Accelerated career growth in fast-paced environment
  • ๐Ÿค Collaboration with exceptional talent
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Equity participation for all full-time team members
  • ๐Ÿ† Work on flagship product Pod, beloved by thousands

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3Onsite Interviewsยท 4 hours

๐Ÿšฉ Heads Up

  • Mentions 60+ hour weeks as expected norm
  • Requires 5 days/week in office
  • High-pressure culture with 'no apologies' tone
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