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.
  
  

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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