Mechanical Engineering Manager

The EMG HW Platform Team at Meta Reality Labs is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Manager with a desire for working across the organization to develop technology and solve complex problems. Your job will be to manage a team of engineers incubating research into product level readiness and helping to ensure robust product integration. You will work cross-functionally with teams that include PM, NPI teams, ID, health, NTI, firmware, software, neuroscientists, ML/AI experts and other research experts. We want people who work well in teams, can brainstorm big ideas, work in new technology areas, are able to drive a concept into a prototype and then mature the design to high-volume consumer product solutions. You will lead a group of experts in mechanical and EMG design. We seek a team leader that can build and manage teams that will deliver innovative products.

Mechanical Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Product Design Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Lead Mechanical Engineering activities in a cross-functional hardware team.


• Provide team guidance, regular feedback, education, coaching and mentoring.


• Identify key roles required for team success and recruit top engineering talent.


• Create career development plans, manage performance, create performance reviews.


• Develop and execute research & NTI roadmap and strategy in close coordination with product, research, and XFN teams


• Design and define plans, methods, and protocol that deliver on technical roadmap strategy from feasibility to NTI


• Manage wide variety of stakeholders while leading process definition for your team.


• Help incubate new technologies into research prototypes.


• Perform architecture and design reviews to ensure hardware quality.


• Collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines in a team environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.


• 3+ years experience managing engineering teams through product development cycles.


• 8+ years experience in product design or mechanical system development.


• Experience working independently and managing priorities.


• Experience developing electro-mechanical systems.


• Mass production experience, working with both domestic and overseas manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in biosensing or equivalent analog electrical systems.


• Experience in technology incubation or in prototyping.


• Experience in clinical settings.


• Experience developing technology directly with researcher


• Experience with metrology equipment design.


• 10+ years experience managing design teams for high-volume consumer products.


• 15+ years experience in product design.

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