Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and
engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced innovative devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo.
What will you help us create?


Key job responsibilities
As a Product Design Manager on our team, you will manage a team responsible for the mechanical design, development, and quality of consumer electronic products. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast paced start-up like environment and want to invent the future.
You will lead a PD team to create a new experience and work with the team at large to ensure a functional and beautiful product. To be successful you need to be highly motivated, understand how to solve problems and dive deep while delivering to the highest standards.
You will demonstrate a strong working knowledge of mechanical systems, with expertise in systems integration; the desire to learn from new challenges and the problem solving and communication skills to work within a highly interactive and experienced team.
Candidates must show a hands-on passion for their work and be able to communicate their ideas and concepts both verbally and visually. Candidates must demonstrate an ability to integrate feedback and to respond quickly to changing contexts and work environments. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills.



A day in the life
In this role, you will:
•Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of mechanical systems, with expertise in
systems integration
•Desire to learn from new challenges and possess the problem solving and
communication skills to work within a highly interactive and experienced team
•Demonstrate hands-on passion for your work and be able to communicate ideas and
concepts both verbally and visually
•Demonstrate an ability to integrate feedback and to respond quickly to changing contexts and work environments
•Lead the hiring process to build teams
•Mentor and manage engineers in good product design practice, skill development, and career growth.
•Provide ongoing performance feedback and career management of team
•Support positive team interactions to accomplish program objectives
•Provide cross-functional program integration support to insure team success
•Manage schedules and milestones
•Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
•Prepare and deliver updates to the Executive team when necessary