Director of Mechanical Engineering

Summary

Join ecobee, a rapidly growing global tech company, as the Director of Mechanical Engineering. Lead a team of experienced engineers responsible for product design, architecture, packaging, and sustaining engineering. You will collaborate with various teams and external suppliers, guiding products through prototyping and mass production. This hybrid role, based in Toronto, requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and experience in consumer product development. You will mentor your team, set design direction, and manage project activities to ensure on-time product launches. ecobee offers a competitive compensation package, including health benefits, a progressive parental top-up program, and flexible work arrangements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics/BioMedical Engineering, related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years experience with consumer or industrial product development and electronics iteration
• 5+ years technical leadership experience
• Strong interpersonal skills, mentorship skills, and time-management skills
• Strong leadership and teamwork
• Strong written and oral communication skills to interface with internal stakeholders, external suppliers and customers worldwide
• Experience in electromechanical assemblies (e.g., LCD’s, batteries, sensors, flex circuits, PCB’s, antennas, buttons)
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing
• Experience with statistical analysis methods
• Data-driven and detail focused
• Self-motivating, flexible and capable of working on multiple projects concurrently
• Experience with manufacturing and manufacturing processes (e.g., injection molding, compression molding, sheet metal, stamping, MIM, soft goods and CNC machining) and process validation
• Experience with reliability, cosmetic specs, the QA process, and standard mechanical test methods
• Experience with product validation (Shock/Drop, Cycle and Environmental Testing)
• Experience collaborating with Asian manufacturing facilities, specifically in high-volume mass production
• Experience working through DFM challenges with external suppliers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and people skills
• Collaborative and able to mesh well with a cross functional team while managing priorities and capabilities

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach, train, and manage a team of Mechanical Engineers
• Set mechanical design direction for the department
• Foster the development of innovative design solutions
• Work with Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design, and Manufacturing team members to ensure that new products meet design and cost requirements
• Research materials, components and technologies for development opportunities
• Drive selection and qualification of critical partners for product development and manufacturing
• Build relationships with vendors, suppliers, and contractors to enable development of new technologies
• Work with a global supply base to develop and source components
• Evaluate new suppliers
• Travel to suppliers to evaluate and perform first article inspections
• Identify, procure and qualify equipment needed to test developed products
• Manage project activities to ensure on target, on time launch of new products in accordance with defined project plans
• Develop department budget
• Verify and analyze designs to meet product requirements
• Support and participate in VA/VE analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of high-volume manufacturing processes and/or automation
• Ability to travel internationally (approximately 4 to 5 weeks per year)
• Knowledge of HVAC systems
• Experience with integration of wireless antenna (Bluetooth, GPS, Wifi) into mechanical enclosures
• Experience with design of audio subsystems (microphones and speakers)
• Experience with design of optical and/or camera systems
• Experience with thermal modeling and analysis

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Health benefits
• Progressive Parental Top-Up Program (75% top-up or five bonus days off)
• Flexible hours
• Office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work environment
• In-house learning enablement team
• Generous professional learning budget