Staff Product Design Engineer

Samsara; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara in San Francisco is seeking a staff-level industrial designer to drive the design and engineering of connected hardware products from concept to mass production. You will balance functionality, cost, installation, and aesthetics while collaborating with product, electrical and firmware teams, and manufacturing partners.

This role emphasizes hands-on design in real-world environments and requires leading cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

Qualifications

• Experience designing physical products through mass production.
• Strong understanding of industrial design, mechanical/product architecture, and hardware development.
• Ability to balance functionality, cost, installation, usability and appearance.
• Hands-on design experience with real-world environments.
• Proven ability to lead across product, engineering, manufacturing and supply-chain partners.
• Excellent communication and collaboration suitable for a staff-level role.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design and engineering from concept development through production launch.
• Define industrial design direction, product architecture, and detailed design decisions.
• Use product and operational data to inform design priorities and improve customer outcomes.
• Build practical understanding of customer environments by observing equipment and field use.
• Partner with Product Management, electrical and firmware engineering, program management, and hardware leadership.
• Coordinate with operations, supply chain, external laboratories, design partners, and manufacturing resources.

Skills

Industrial design

Product architecture

Hardware development

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Job description

Other Hybrid; San Francisco office 3 days/week and remote work 2 days/week

Job details

• Hybrid; San Francisco office 3 days/week and remote work 2 days/week
• Eligibility
• Staff Experience
• Not specified Employment

About this role

Role overview

Drive the industrial design, product architecture, and engineering of one or more connected hardware products from early concept through mass production. This staff-level role combines hands-on product development with customer-informed design, using operational data and direct observation of real-world equipment and work environments. You will make cross-functional tradeoffs that balance functionality, cost, installation, usability, and aesthetics while helping bring durable products to market.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design and engineering from concept development through production launch.
• Define industrial design direction, product architecture, and detailed design decisions.
• Use product and operational data to inform design priorities and improve customer outcomes.
• Build practical understanding of customer environments by observing equipment and field use.
• Partner with Product Management, electrical and firmware engineering, program management, and hardware leadership.
• Coordinate with operations, supply chain, external laboratories, design partners, and manufacturing resources.

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing and engineering physical products through mass production.
• Strong understanding of industrial design, mechanical or product architecture, and hardware development.
• Ability to make balanced decisions across functionality, cost, installation, usability, and appearance.
• Comfortable working hands-on with products, equipment, and real-world customer environments.
• Proven ability to lead technically complex work across product, engineering, manufacturing, and supply-chain partners.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills appropriate for a staff-level technical role.

Benefits and work setup

• The position is based in San Francisco.
• The role offers end-to-end ownership of hardware products and close collaboration with internal and external manufacturing partners.