Job Overview:
NDT is partnering with an innovative consumer tech company in the Concord, MA area that is building automated, connected products designed to make life easier for busy, active families. Directly reporting to VPs of Engineering, you’ll be the technical anchor and team coach taking next-gen hardware from inception to mass production.
The Opportunity:
Are you a hands-on, creative mechanical engineering leader who loves whiteboarding a complex mechanism just as much as coaching a high-performing team? Do you miss the energy of walking over to the lab bench, testing a prototype, and solving real-world electromechanical puzzles in person? If so, this role could be the one!
Why You’ll Love This Role:
- Real, Tangible Impact: You’re building automated consumer products that actually land in homes and make everyday life smoother.
- Hands-On Leadership: You get the best of both worlds by mentoring a sharp team of mechanical/mechatronic engineers while staying close to the CAD, prototypes, and lab testing.
- Zero "Red Tape" Engineering: Work side-by-side with EE, firmware, and product teams under one roof. When a tolerance issue pops up, you walk across the room and solve it together.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Own the Product Lifecycle: Steer new automated products from early concept and prototyping straight through contract manufacturing (CM) and field support.
- Geek Out on Mechatronics: Experience designing components for injection molding, machining, stamping, extruding, casting, and PCB manufacturing.
- Create a Player/Coach culture: Mentor and unblock a talented crew of mechanical and mechatronic engineers, leading by example.
- Make It Bulletproof (and Buildable): Lead design reviews with focus on reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost.
- Solve the Tough Stuff: Spot risks early, lead root-cause deep dives when things break, and partner closely with external vendors and CMs during critical builds.
Sound like your kind of playground? Here is what you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
- 10+ years of hardware product development experience, including 5+ years inengineering leadership.
- Experience developing and commercializing B2C consumer electronics and complex electromechanical products.
- Track record of ownership of Mechanical Engineering, including design, development, supplier relationships, and collaboration with Manufacturing/Operations.
- Strong people management, coaching, prioritization, and performance management skills.
- Expertise in mechanical design, tolerance analysis, reliability, validation, GD&T, molding, and machining.
- Proven SolidWorks experience.
- Experience managing external technical partners and collaborating with electrical and software teams.
- Sound technical and business judgment, proactive risk management, and clear executive communication.
Additional Qualifications of Interest:
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
- Experience with precision motion systems or motor-driven devices.
- Overseas contract manufacturing experience.
- Familiarity with FMEA, DOE, SPC, Gage R&R, and structured root-cause analysis.
