Product Design Engineer
Zenara Health
CypressReactTypeScript
Director of Product Design Engineering
ŌURA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteSalary
💰 $206,000 - $257,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Manage and mentor a team of product design engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing environment.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Industrial Design, and Hardware Engineering leadership to define and execute the product design strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
- Oversee the entire product design lifecycle, from concept generation and prototyping to detailed design, validation, and mass production.
- Ensure that product designs prioritize user comfort, ergonomics, and intuitive interaction, working closely with user research teams.
- Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) principles to optimize production efficiency, quality, and cost.
- Provide deep technical guidance and expertise in areas such as materials selection, mechanical engineering, and integration of electrical components.
- Work seamlessly with Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Firmware, Software, Operations, and Quality teams to ensure cohesive product development.
- Identify and mitigate potential design-related risks throughout the development process.
- Stay abreast of the latest trends in materials, manufacturing processes, and wearable technology, and champion the exploration of new concepts and technologies.
- Collaborate with external design and manufacturing partners as needed.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a consumer product design engineer who loves working on highly creative, fast-paced, and collaborative teams alongside Industrial Designers, Hardware Engineers, and UX Designers. Wearables experience preferred.
- You have a proven track record of successfully leading, building, and managing product design teams
- Knowledgeable about a wide variety of materials, mechanical design principles, and scalable manufacturing processes. A deep technical foundation in mechanics of materials.
- Strong understanding of design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA).
- Skilled in CAD software (Siemens NX or Solidworks).
- Effective communication and collaboration skills are important. Able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, work with other engineers and designers, and contribute to project planning and documentation.
- You are a strategic thinker with a strong bias for action and a results-oriented mindset.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product designmechanical engineeringmaterials selectiondesign for manufacturability (DFM)design for assembly (DFA)prototypinguser researchmechanics of materialsscalable manufacturing processesCAD software
Soft skills
team managementcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingresults-oriented mindsetmentoringproblem-solvingrisk managementcreativityadaptability
