Manager - Design Engineering

As a Manager of Design Engineering at EssilorLuxottica's Sport Performance Hub in California, you will lead a dynamic team responsible for delivering innovative mechanical solutions for the Oakley, Costa, Native, and ESS brands. You will manage and coach the team, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and execute engineering design work for complex models.

• Coordinate and manage the execution of the Design Engineering function.
• Enable employee engagement, provide guidance and motivation, and promote teamwork.
• Build strong partnerships with leaders in Design, Quality, Advanced Concepts, and Product Development Engineering.
• Drive alignment with peer leaders, leading negotiations and tradeoffs where needed.
• Support project planning by providing technical input on timelines, scope, resource capacity, and complexity.
• Track and communicate project status, escalating issues and driving resolution.
• Deliver novel mechanisms and proven solutions that merge design, functionality, premium consumer experience, and manufacturability.
• Reinforce Design Thinking as a core way-of-working, using rapid ideate/prototype/test loops.
• Verify performance, fit, comfort, and durability of new designs using FEA, mechanical testing, and user testing.

• BS in Engineering or similar field.
• 5+ years of engineering experience.
• 1+ years of people management experience.
• Strong organizational, people, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience with project/program management and negotiation skills.
• Experience with consumer goods product development and partnering with designers.
• Ability to model components and assemblies in CAD software.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, specifically injection molding.
• Hands-on fabrication of prototypes using 3D printing and manual methods.
• Experience conducting mechanical testing and sample evaluation.
• Understanding of Design Thinking and ability to implement "fail fast learn faster" approach.