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Head of Product Design/ Director
About the Role: You will define and own the physical product experience for a breakthrough stealth-stage neurotechnology and brain-computer interface (BCI) startup building an AI-powered neural interface platform. This role will shape how the wearable looks, feels, and integrates naturally into everyday life. The first-generation product is a highly integrated, sensor-rich textile beanie that combines cameras, microphones, open-ear speakers, EEG sensors, flexible electronics, and battery systems into a soft, elegant form factor designed to be worn comfortably for extended periods of time.
Role Overview:
- Own ID and ME for the wearable end-to-end: sketch through CAD, prototype, tooling, and DfM with overseas CMs.
- Lead the integration of electronics into soft goods: flex PCB packaging, rigid-island placement, textile-to-rigid transitions, weight distribution, thermal management, serviceability.
- Define and enforce comfort engineering: pressure mapping, weight balance, skin-contact thermal limits, breathability, fit across head sizes and hair types, long-wear validation.
- Drive the design language and material story for our brand's physical products: fabrics, seams, transitions, how the device announces itself or fades into the background.
- Partner with the EE lead on rigid-island layout, antenna keep-outs, and electrode contact pressure; with audio and camera leads on acoustic ports, mic mesh, lens windows, and pod integration.
- Partner with the reliability lead on drop, ingress, thermal, and ergonomic robustness.
- Ship the product by end of year and build and lead the product design function as ID and ME capability scales.
Responsibilities:
- 10+ years of industrial design and/or mechanical engineering, with multiple shipped consumer wearables or comparable body-worn products.
- Demonstrated experience integrating electronics into soft goods or textile products (apparel, headwear, garments, or wearables with significant fabric content).
- Deep CAD proficiency (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Rhino, or equivalent) and rendering (Keyshot or comparable).
- Strong instinct for comfort engineering: pressure points, weight, thermal, fit across diverse users, backed by structured wear testing and iteration.
- Experience driving DfM, tooling, and quality with overseas CMs.
Preferred Skills:
- High-density biocompatible interfaces, dry electrode arrays, or other dense sensor-to-skin integrations.
- Soft goods sourcing and textile engineering: knit beanies, technical apparel, woven goods.
- Optical windows, acoustic ports, or sensor windows in consumer products.
- Biocompatibility, skin contact, and dermatological testing for body-worn products.
- A point of view about what makes a wearable beautiful rather than gadget-y.
Type: Fulltime
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid Schedule)
Salary Range: $300k - $350k/y (DOE)
Offers equity + bonus
Submit resume to jobs@OSIengineering.com
No 3rd party agencies and no C2C allowed
Abel Lara
408.550.2800 x119
Head of Product Design/ Director
About the Role: You will define and own the physical product experience for a breakthrough stealth-stage neurotechnology and brain-computer interface (BCI) startup building an AI-powered neural interface platform. This role will shape how the wearable looks, feels, and integrates naturally into everyday life. The first-generation product is a highly integrated, sensor-rich textile beanie that combines cameras, microphones, open-ear speakers, EEG sensors, flexible electronics, and battery systems into a soft, elegant form factor designed to be worn comfortably for extended periods of time.
Role Overview:
- Own ID and ME for the wearable end-to-end: sketch through CAD, prototype, tooling, and DfM with overseas CMs.
- Lead the integration of electronics into soft goods: flex PCB packaging, rigid-island placement, textile-to-rigid transitions, weight distribution, thermal management, serviceability.
- Define and enforce comfort engineering: pressure mapping, weight balance, skin-contact thermal limits, breathability, fit across head sizes and hair types, long-wear validation.
- Drive the design language and material story for our brand's physical products: fabrics, seams, transitions, how the device announces itself or fades into the background.
- Partner with the EE lead on rigid-island layout, antenna keep-outs, and electrode contact pressure; with audio and camera leads on acoustic ports, mic mesh, lens windows, and pod integration.
- Partner with the reliability lead on drop, ingress, thermal, and ergonomic robustness.
- Ship the product by end of year and build and lead the product design function as ID and ME capability scales.
Responsibilities:
- 10+ years of industrial design and/or mechanical engineering, with multiple shipped consumer wearables or comparable body-worn products.
- Demonstrated experience integrating electronics into soft goods or textile products (apparel, headwear, garments, or wearables with significant fabric content).
- Deep CAD proficiency (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Rhino, or equivalent) and rendering (Keyshot or comparable).
- Strong instinct for comfort engineering: pressure points, weight, thermal, fit across diverse users, backed by structured wear testing and iteration.
- Experience driving DfM, tooling, and quality with overseas CMs.
Preferred Skills:
- High-density biocompatible interfaces, dry electrode arrays, or other dense sensor-to-skin integrations.
- Soft goods sourcing and textile engineering: knit beanies, technical apparel, woven goods.
- Optical windows, acoustic ports, or sensor windows in consumer products.
- Biocompatibility, skin contact, and dermatological testing for body-worn products.
- A point of view about what makes a wearable beautiful rather than gadget-y.
Type: Fulltime
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid Schedule)
Salary Range: $300k - $350k/y (DOE)
Offers equity + bonus
Submit resume to jobs@OSIengineering.com
No 3rd party agencies and no C2C allowed
Abel Lara
408.550.2800 x119
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in product design manager jobs.
- 5 or more years of product design experience with at least 2 years managing designers
- Proficiency in Figma and collaborative design system tooling
- Demonstrated experience shipping end-to-end digital products across web and mobile
- Ability to translate business requirements into design strategy and team roadmaps
- Experience partnering with product management and engineering in agile environments
- Bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or a related field
Tips for Your Product Design Manager Job Search
Quantify your team leadership outcomes
Hiring managers want to see how many designers you led and what shipped under your direction. Replace vague ownership claims with concrete team size, project scope, and measurable design impact on product metrics or user outcomes.
Tailor your portfolio for a manager role
A strong individual-contributor portfolio won't land a manager role on its own. Add a section showing how you set design direction, ran critique, resolved scope conflicts, and grew junior designers, not just the pixels you personally shipped.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists product design manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter by org structure before applying
A manager role at a company with one design team reads very differently from one inside a matrixed org with dozens of product squads. Scan job descriptions for reporting lines and team size so your cover letter speaks to that specific context.
Prepare a design critique walk-through
Many product design manager interviews include a live critique of a design artifact you haven't seen before. Practice structuring your feedback around user goals, business constraints, and team dynamics rather than pure visual or interaction preferences.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate offer
Before discussing compensation, clarify the team size, hiring authority, and design maturity you're stepping into. Scope directly affects your leverage and your ability to deliver, so mismatched expectations on day one are harder to fix than a lower starting offer.
Product Design Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most product design managers?
The companies hiring the most product design managers right now include Apple, Amazon, and Information Technology Senior Management Forum, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is concentrated in companies scaling their product-led growth teams and consolidating fragmented design organizations.
How many product design manager jobs are remote?
About 48% of product design manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more flexible design leadership roles available. Positions focused on design systems, UX strategy, and cross-functional alignment tend to have the highest share of remote or distributed options.
How do you become a product design manager?
Most product design managers move up from senior individual-contributor roles after demonstrating informal leadership, such as mentoring teammates, leading critique sessions, or owning a product area end-to-end. Building a record of cross-functional influence, then formalizing it by taking on a lead or staff designer title, is the most common path. Some companies promote directly from senior designer when a team forms around them.
Can you get a product design manager job with little management experience?
Yes, but you'll need to surface informal leadership clearly in your application. Hiring managers at smaller companies or early-stage startups often hire designers who have led a project, mentored others, or set design direction without a formal title. Frame your portfolio around decisions you owned and the people you influenced, not just the work you produced.
What does the product design manager interview process look like?
The process typically includes an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your leadership style and career history, a portfolio presentation where you walk through a project end-to-end as a manager rather than a maker, a live design critique or case study exercise, and a cross-functional panel with product and engineering partners. Final rounds often include a conversation with a senior design leader or VP.
Where can I find and apply to product design manager jobs?
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