SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MANAGERABOUT THIS ROLEAs the Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager, you will lead the hardware evolution of LVT's products into new form factors and market segments. You are responsible for the entire mechanical lifecycle: from helping determine product direction, performing rapid R&D, delivering through development stage gates and supporting sustaining efforts. You will lead a high-performing team of engineers to solve complex thermal, structural, and power challenges in extreme environments. This role is a critical bridge between visionary product design and operational excellence, ensuring our "scrappy" innovation scales into world-class reliability.
This role is based in-office out of our Headquarters in American Fork, Utah, although some days will need to be spent with the team and inhouse manufacturing based in Spanish Fork. There will also be approximately 5-10% travel required to our partners overseas facilities.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES- Strategic Leadership: Own the mechanical engineering roadmap, balancing the speed of New Product Introduction (NPI) with the stability of sustaining engineering.
- Team Mentorship: Lead, hire, and develop a multi-disciplinary mechanical engineering team, fostering a culture of high accountability and rapid prototyping.
- Design for Excellence (DfX): Oversee the design of camera and sensor products, ensuring they meet strict standards for manufacturability, reliability,cost, and field serviceability.
- Lifecycle Management: Direct the transition of products from prototype to mass production, working closely with Product, Program Management, Supply chain and manufacturing partners.
- Thermal & Structural Integrity: Validate hardware performance through rigorous simulation and physical testing to survive diverse, off-grid environmental conditions.
- Continuous Improvement: Analyze field failure data to drive iterative design improvements, increasing the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) for our global fleet.
- Vendor Management: Manage relationships with fabricators and component suppliers to ensure technical specifications and lead times align with LVT's growth targets.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE- Proven Leadership: 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a formal people-management or lead role.
- Full-Lifecycle Expertise: Demonstrated success taking complex hardware products from a "napkin sketch" through high-volume production.
- Technical Depth: Expert-level proficiency in 3D CAD (Creo preferred) and a strong grasp of FEA, thermal analysis, and electronics.
- Ruggedized Design Experience: Background in designing electric-mechanical products with connectivity, audio, thermal, optical, and power challenges.
- NPI Expert: Deep understanding of manufacturing processes (sheet metal, injection molding, CNC, etc.) and global supply chain dynamics.
- Analytical Mindset: You make decisions based on data, whether it's stress-test results or manufacturing cost-of-goods-sold (COGS) analysis.
- Communication Style: Ability to translate complex engineering hurdles into clear business risks and opportunities for executive leadership.
- Education: B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.
BENEFITSWe believe you do your best work when your whole life is supported. We invest in our crew's health, families, and financial futures with a benefits package designed to support you inside and outside the office.
