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Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI, designing and operating global systems for data capture, labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows used by leading AI labs and robotics companies to train and validate humanoid and embodied AI systems.
As Tactile Gloves Program Lead, you are the single owner of the tactile glove program from concept through production. This is a true 0→1 build role where you will take tactile gloves from concept → prototype → EVT/DVT/PVT → volume production, working across industrial design, mechanical/electrical/firmware engineering, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and field operations. You are accountable for shipping a glove that is reliable, manufacturable, and produces high-quality tactile signals at scale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define product requirements and roadmap: sensing capabilities, fit, comfort, durability, calibration, and data quality standards with clear milestones.
- Drive design ownership: lead industrial design and mechanical architecture decisions to ensure the glove is wearable, serviceable, and scalable to manufacture.
- Own sensor stack and data quality: partner with sensing, firmware, and ML teams to define signal quality standards and calibration/validation approaches.
- Manage manufacturing ramp: supplier selection, design for manufacturability (DFM), tooling, test fixtures, yield targets, and ramp plans through EVT/DVT/PVT to production.
- Control cost and schedule: maintain tight bill-of-materials discipline, establish clear decision points, and drive aggressive iteration cycles.
- Ensure reliability: validate that the glove survives real-world use (sweat, abrasion, flex, drops) and maintains stable signals across time and units.
- Build and execute end-to-end program plans with weekly execution cadence.
- Translate product goals into engineering workstreams with clear owners and deadlines.
- Drive rapid prototype iterations and enforce learnings into subsequent builds.
- Own vendor and contract manufacturer communications: quotes, lead times, minimum order quantities, tooling, test plans, and escalation.
- Stand up production test and QA infrastructure: fixtures, calibration routines, acceptance criteria, and audit trails.
- Coordinate early pilot deployments to validate real-world performance and failure modes.
Requirements:
- Shipped a 0→1 hardware product through production ramp (EVT/DVT/PVT) with knowledge of real-world failure modes.
- Full-stack capability: design, suppliers, schedules, manufacturing tests, and quality ownership—not just program management work.
- Fluency in DFM/DFT, yield, reliability, and supply chain realities.
- Strong product taste: comfort, ergonomics, and usability matter as much as sensor performance.
- Bonus: experience with wearables, gloves, haptics, tactile sensors, or force/pressure sensing; building calibration pipelines and production test infrastructure; working with China-based suppliers and contract manufacturers.
