Chief Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Partner with the Product Team to define product-level performance goals, providing the technical perspective needed to ensure targets are ambitious, achievable, and grounded in sound engineering.
• Lead architectural down-selection across all engineering domains (mechanical, optical, electrical, etc.), identify technological risk, and output a performant, robust system architecture.
• Champion shipping a great product. Ultimately, you’ll be responsible for the product's final performance.
• Own technical readiness for any new technologies and ensure we’re ready to incorporate them into a product.
• Work with domain experts to define subsystem requirements and interfaces.
• Guide team members through the technical implementation. Help them frame technical problems in terms of customer value, make design decisions through engineering rigor and objective data, and think beyond purely…
• Identify program risks and keep the team focused on the most important work.

Job requirements

• You’ve led the technical development of a complex electro-mechanical product.
• You are familiar with a broad range of technologies, including mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, material science, motion control, and embedded code
• You have demonstrated success across the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept development to high-volume manufacturing
• You are comfortable with a culture of healthy debate and can defend design decisions with objective data
• You maintain high standards for engineering work and offer constructive feedback that helps teammates improve outcomes.