Senior Director of Mechanical Engineering
As the Senior Director of Mechanical Engineering you will be responsible for managing a group of brilliant and extremely high performing individuals and leaders at Markforged, establishing engineering standards and practices. You will be responsible for working with stakeholders from across the business to translate business requirements and objectives into top level engineering requirements.
- Develop the world’s most advanced 3D printers
- Manage, mentor, and train the mechanical engineering team
- Help employees deliver high quality results and grow their careers while having fun
- Grow team to support multiple, simultaneous projects, and hire top talent
- Work with other leaders to determine project requirements including schedule, staffing, budget, and workspace
- Oversee internal prototype machine shop and print farm
- Manage engineering tools such as Solidworks and PDM
- Serve as engineering stakeholder in configuration and operation of cross functional systems such Arena PLM, Jira and Confluence
- Review and approve designs for performance, quality and consistency
- Work closely with manufacturing to ensure production stability and quality
- Advocate for the mechanical engineering viewpoint in cross functional discussions
- Influence product strategy
Important Note:
Although we list out what we generally look for, we are very likely missing other attributes and skills that you have that could make you a great fit, but are not currently listed. Research has shown this especially applies to women and other marginalized groups, who tend to apply if they check 100% of every box, versus men who apply if they hit roughly 60%. The point we’re getting at, it doesn’t hurt to take a chance and apply!
What you have:
- 10+ years experience leading teams developing complex electromechanical products on aggressive timelines
- Expert mechanical engineering skills
- Experience applying engineering best practices to systems design, tradeoff analysis, modeling and simulation, CAD, design reviews, FMEA, DFx, configuration management, and product lifecycle
- Fluid communication skills that allow you to achieve cross-functional alignment
- Managed teams of 20 or more people (ideally)
- B.S in mechanical engineering (M.S. Preferred)
Why Markforged?
Help us reinvent manufacturing.
We are reinventing manufacturing so that engineers can build anything they imagine.
We are one team that wins together!
You will be engaging every day with passionate and dedicated individuals in a collaborative environment working towards making best-in-class products.
Perks & Benefits
For all US-based roles, we offer a competitive compensation package and a full suite of benefits, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k), parental leave, commuter benefits, open PTO policy, and more. Our work environment includes casual dress, a fully stocked kitchen, bike storage, free parking, weekly catered lunches, and fitness perks. You will have unlimited access to our 3D printers for professional and personal parts!
Markforged values the differences among our employees and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. These differences include but are not limited to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military. This goal emphasizes the development of inclusive work environments that capitalize on each employee’s skills, experience, and unique perspectives as we strive to achieve an unparalleled standard of excellence.
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