About the role:

We’re looking for a Senior Product Design Mechanical Engineer to join our team.  In this role you will be responsible for industrial design, architecture, and design leadership. 

In the day-to-day, you will be responsible for guiding the architecture of multiple products after leading a thorough industrial design study, encompassing the environment, installation, usability, and aesthetics considerations. We have a tremendous amount of telemetry and access to customers that help guide our design process. You will crawl around equipment and industrial facilities working directly with our customers to ensure we lead the industry in our product design.

We run a collaborative process working closely with Product Management, EE, FW, EPM, and Hardware leadership to make excellent tradeoffs and decisions. Throughout this process, you’ll mentor other engineers.  

The US and Taiwan PD teams are supported by the Supply Chain team, laboratories, JDM design resources, and a growing supply base.

This role is based in our Taipei office, and it is a hybrid position required to office as needed.  This position requires travel up to 25% of the time and proximity to an international airport.  Relocation will not be provided  

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best. 

In this role, you will: 

Ship successful products.Research: stay abreast of the latest trends in related products, fabrication techniques, vendors, quality assurance, processes, etc.Work on Industrial design and Architecture: Evaluate system feature tradeoffs and create the system specifications for development with product management and cross-functional engineering teams. Support the development process from industrial design studies and prototyping through field validation according to performance, cost, and schedule goals.Support the development process regarding reliability testing and product field performance, Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 10 years of experience shipping high-volume hardware programs at scale with ODM and JDM partners overseas.
• Systems design expertise includes thermals, rugged enclosures, antennas, and batteries.
• Proven record navigating tradeoffs between design, manufacturability, schedule, and cost.
• Worked on a wide variety of systems for different use cases and environments including automotive, indoor, and outdoor industrial areas, and whatever we may do next.
• BS or MS degree in mechanical engineering.
• Ability to travel up to 20% when necessary.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience with design for telematics or Vehicle environments.
• High-volume product experience
• Camera module experience

About the role:

Samsara’s hardware EPM is responsible for delivering new hardware devices to the business through prototyping and qualification builds and into mass production. In this role you will partner with internal EE/PD/FW engineers, product management, operations and supply chain to develop and ship high-quality products. You will manage the day-to-day activities of our JDM partners including design, build definition and execution, validation, and reliability to ensure product goals are achieved on a timely basis. You’ll be passionate about developing high-quality products, demonstrate a high degree of process ownership and innovation, and want to have fun while we bring the world of physical operations to the cloud.

This role is based in our Taipei office, and it is a hybrid position required to office as needed.  This position requires travel up to 20% of the time and proximity to an international airport.  Relocation will not be provided,  

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best. 

In this role you will:

• Develop the hardware schedule and execute engineering builds, including EVT, DVT, and PVT.
• Ensure tight cross-functional coordination and communication between Software, Hardware, Product Management and Operations.
• Ensure our JDM partners have a clear understanding of the project goals and requirements.
• Manage JDM and other key suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality devices.
• Leverage your experience and engineering skills to address issues during device builds and keep the program on track.
• Provide regular reporting of program status and issues, coordinating closely with the System EPM in the US.
• Stay in alignment with Operations on BOM/Build costs and material availability.
• Be a role model of Samsara’s cultural principles both internally and externally.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s values and operating principles as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for this role:

• 5+ years experience in hardware engineering program management - proven ability to effectively manage multiple projects and factory build events
• Solid organizational skills including attention to details, prioritization and triage of issues 
• Adaptive attitude for a rapidly-evolving industry
• Proven record driving cross-functional teams toward shared goals
• Self-motivated, proactive, creative and critical problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to support international travel for JDM discussions and build events
• BS or MS degree in an engineering related field is required, Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Science is preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Project, SmartSheet or related project scheduling software
  Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence for project summaries and issue tracking
• Strong communication skills in both English and Mandarin
  
  

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience with dash camera, gateway, or telematics products is a plus

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