Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

About the role

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 in-house manufacturing based in Spanish Fork. There will also be approximately 5-10% travel required to our partners overseas facilities.

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
• Flexible PTO

Pay

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Schedule

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