Manager, Product Design Engineering

Product Design Engineering Manager – Spectacles

We’re looking for a Product Design Engineering Manager to join the Spectacles team at Snap Inc!

• Lead a project team of mechanical product design engineers developing our next-generation AR products and experiences.
• People manage a team of engineers in varying stages of their careers providing technical support and career growth.
• Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders in Engineering, Operations, and Industrial Design/Product to ensure timely deliverables across a multi-phase program.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to perform complex design trade-off analysis and inform high quality decision making at a product level, including with industrial design and product management.
• Provide support and guidance to your team to ensure on-time execution of deliverables, occasional direct ownership when needed.
• Guide product design engineering team members through product development considerations including tolerancing, datum selection, manufacturing, assembly, and validation.
• Guide team members to conduct failure analysis and implement corrective actions for design improvements.
• Supervise the mechanical design and integration of sub-systems and lead technical design reviews.
• Partner with contract manufacturers and vendors from concept to development to deliver scalable designs to production.
• Develop and model best practices for the team in product development, engineering process and documentation to improve overall team effectiveness.
• Travel internationally up to 20% to support development builds onsite at external suppliers and partners.

• Strong engineering fundamentals, including wide knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods.
• Expert level proficiency in 3D CAD and 2D documentation.
• Technical background in product design, mechanical architecture, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturing, and structural analysis.
• Experience with designing plastic/metal components, printed circuit boards, and flexible printed circuits.
• Strong communication skills -- written, verbal, and presentations.
• Ability to clearly show your ideas to peers and leadership.

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field.
• 11+ years of product design, mechanical engineering, or relevant experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on engineering management and design leadership experience.

• MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in consumer electronics working with overseas manufacturing partners.
• Experience with NX CAD software.
• Demonstrated experience developing and shipping consumer electronic products at scale.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging simulation to accelerate product development.
• Excellent process development and documentation skills.

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At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

EOE, including disability/vets.

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