• Establish and scale the Design Engineering discipline within the Design organization • Hire, mentor, and manage a team of Mechanical, Electrical, Packaging, Firmware and Sourcing engineers and cross-disciplinary contributors • Develop team processes, tools, and documentation standards for design for manufacturability (DFM), material selection, and prototyping • Serve as the primary bridge between the Design team and external manufacturers, OEMs, and internal mechanical/electrical engineering teams • Translate design intent into detailed engineering specifications and production-ready documentation • Provide deep technical guidance and expertise in areas such as materials development, mechanical engineering, and integration of electrical components and firmware • Partner with operations and sourcing to evaluate vendor capabilities and ensure manufacturability across multiple product categories • Oversee prototyping, testing, and validation phases to ensure design fidelity and production feasibility • Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) principles to optimize production efficiency, quality, and cost • Define best practices for engineering collaboration with industrial and packaging design and cross-functional teams • Evaluate new materials, manufacturing techniques, and technologies to improve product quality, cost efficiency, and sustainability • Own the engineering side of design reviews, resolving potential conflicts between design vision and technical constraints • Advocate for scalable and sustainable engineering solutions that uphold brand design principles.