# Alex Dakin

> Head of Product | Product Manager | Technical Product Manager | Lead Product Design Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexdakin

## Work Experience
### Lead Product Engineer/ Lead Product Manager @ Level Home
Jan 2025 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States

### Head of Product @ Aegeliss
Jan 2025 – Present

### Founder @ ECLIPSE DESIGN LLC
Jan 2025 – Present

### Associate Design Director / Technical Lead / Senior Product Manager @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Led interdisciplinary teams of design, ME, EE, research, and business strategy to develop new to world products
• Consulted fortune 500 companies' re-design and optimization of existing product portfolio for cost, value, and growth
• Integrated industrial design, CX, usability, human factors, and business goals into holistic product design solutions 
• Developed short and long-term product development strategy for clients based of research, insights, and trends
• Created manufacturing CAD models, CTF drawings, and complete databases for manufacturing 
• Validated design solutions with FEA, prototyping, and other agile product development tools
• Designed innovative solutions for complex client problems in nearly every industry

### Senior Product Design Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer @ LUNAR
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Created CAD models of cosmetic parts with advanced techniques such as master modeling and class A surfacing. 
• Lead engineering efforts supporting industrial design of a new to market, wearable, consumer medical device
• Provide DFM feedback to design team and produce CAD based on manufacturing changes
• Perform critical-to-function tolerance analysis on complex mechanical assemblies
• Conduct root cause analysis on prototypes and test/iterate design changes
• Develop functional UI and other working electro-mechanical prototypes
• Conduct FEA and part optimization for cost and weight reduction

### Product Design Engineer @ Farm Design, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Hollis, NH
• Collaborated with industrial designers and electrical engineers to develop integarted solutions
• Created solid models utilizing advanced techniques such as master modeling and surfacing
• Contributed to and conducted brainstorms to foster and develop project concepts 
• Performed critical-to-function tolerance analysis on complex medical assemblies
• Participated in design failure mode and effects analysis
• Built, tested, & troubleshot prototypes and test fixtures

### Mechanical Engineer @ Columbia Tech
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
• Design of sheet metal and structural steel products for immediate production
• Managed manufacturing efforts for prototype including traveling to client
• Re-Design of parts for functionality, manufacturability, and to reduce cost
• Assisted lead engineering efforts for design, modeling, and documentation
• Researched and Spec’d appropriate materials and hardware

### Product Specialist @ Rueda Design
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012
•	Consulted on design for bespoke furniture and construction plans
•	Built custom furniture such as cabinetry, shelving units, tables, and wine racks
•	Constructed a house addition, outdoor showers, pergolas, decks, and interior renovations


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering, Business
Northeastern University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexidakin

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Last updated: 2026-04-05