# Anurupa R. > Hardware Engineering Leader | Google | Amazon Location: Mountain View, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anurupa Mechanical Technical Lead and Manager with 15+ years of experience leading new product development. Strong systems integration lead experienced in driving design decisions using statistical analysis (Minitab) and DoEs. Skilled at prototyping, mechanical architecture, injection molding, design for manufacture, assembly and reliability and meeting aggressive cost and schedule targets. Hired and developed high functioning engineering teams. Co-inventor on multiple patents. ## Work Experience ### Mechanical Engineering Manager @ Agility Robotics Jan 2025 – Present ### Manufacturing and Design Advisor @ For ClimateTech Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Manufacturing and Design Technical Advisor at Scale for ClimateTech - program that enables growth stage startups to deliver hardware products ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Lotus Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Technical Lead of crucial pilot build at Lotus Labs. Created micro schedule, developed assembly flow, and debugged issues in real time to successfully deliver units on a tight deadline with limited resources. Resolved critical design issue through analysis, iterative testing, delivering multiple production-ready solutions. ### Staff Product Design Technical Lead Manager @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 • Led engineering cross functional team to explore multiple architectures to prove feasibility of novel solutions that met thermal, UX and product management asks. Presented to and drove executive reviews and approval • Led New Technology Initiatives for material and manufacturing processes to meet KPIs for roadmap products • Established talent pipeline and hired engineers for a new PD team ### Product Design Technical Lead @ Facebook Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Lead implementation of architecture and feature set, integrating requirements from systems engineers, ID, Reliability, UX, Thermal, Structural, Operations and Marketing teams for Next Gen unreleased product ### Product Design Technical Lead - Amazon Astro @ Amazon Lab126 Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 Product Design Lead for Amazon Astro, a first-generation household robot. ### Product Design Manager, Advanced Products @ Amazon Lab126 Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 • PD Manager for Echo Show (2018) • PD Manager and Technical Lead for Echo Show (2017) • Manage product design team to support development of new products in the Advanced Products group. Lead team through V1 system integration challenges - clarifying ambiguous requirements, setting priorities and developing engineering talent through the program. • Manage internal PD team and external CM resources to resolve engineering issues to meet aggressive project timelines. • Collaborate with product marketing and Industrial design teams to define project scope in the Concept phase by proving out technical solutions to meet feature challenges using Proof of Concept mockups and investigations. • Collaborate with EPM to create project schedules to achieve key project milestones ### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Amazon Lab126 Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 • Product Design Technical Lead for Kindle Touch (2014). • Developed product architecture to successfully meet key functional requirements (ID, antenna, reliability, schedule, cost). Primary PD/ID contact. • Led cross-functional investigations, design reviews, engineering builds and root cause investigations from Proto to PVT. ### Product Design Engineer @ Amazon Lab126 Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 • Worked as an individual contributor on Kindle Paperwhite (2012) and Fire HD (2013) . Designed cosmetic and structural enclosures, buttons, speaker module, antennas. • Led material investigations and architecture layouts to meet Industrial Design, Reliability and Thermal specifications. • Performed Tolerance Analysis for critical design interfaces. Performed root cause analysis and DoEs to resolve Assembly and Reliability issues. Generated MCOs and integrated EE components. • Drove part and subassembly design at overseas vendors and supported engineering builds. ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ D2M Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 • Designed products and and generated IP using conceptual brainstorms and early rapid prototyping in fast paced consulting environment. • Developed patented water dispersion technology. Key contributing member of design team whose efforts directly led to creation of successful joint venture between US client and European partner. • Interim manufacturing manager. Directed manufacturing team in Asia to meet critical timelines. Led weekly client meetings and design reviews. • Created demo units showcased at CES and international design shows. • Project work includes solar phone charger, fixture for intradermal injection device and low cost infant incubator accessories ### Product Design Engineer @ Stanford d.school/Proximity Designs (Formerly IDE Myanmar) Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 • Designed affordable and portable water storage system. Conducted needfinding user interviews to assess product requirements. • Product was extensively distributed as part of rescue and relief efforts after Cyclone Nargis, 2008. ### Research And Development Engineer @ UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 • Led engineering team to develop fuel module architecture under compressed timeline. • Designed fuel delivery module components including fuel pump and jet pump. • Developed testing and validation procedures, created test setups and performed FMEA. • Initiated and helped establish Intellectual Property Rights Division. ## Education ### MS in Mechanical Engineering Stanford University ### B.Tech in Mechanical and Automation Engineering INDIRA GANDHI DELHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anuruparao --- Source: https://flows.cv/anurupa JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anurupa/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13