# Matt Hill

> Senior Manager, Spectacles Device Engineering

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/matthill

Hands-on engineering manager and product leader with a passion for designing, building, and shipping world-class products at scale. I *love* messy cross-functional  problems.

## Work Experience
### Senior Manager, Spectacles Device Engineering @ Snap Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
I head Spectacles Device engineering teams including PD, FEA, Thermal,  Acoustics, and Prototyping.

### Director, Hardware Product Design @ Samsara
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led the product design team responsible for Samsara's entire portfolio of IoT devices as well as the ID, packaging, and customer installation experience.

### Senior Manager, iPhone Product Design @ Apple
Jan 2009 – Jan 2022 | Cupertino, CA
Led teams of up to 40 from concept through production for multiple generations of iPhone including the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max family, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 8 Plus, and original iPhone SE

### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Mechanical engineer on iPhone 4, 4S, 5S, and 6+.

### PhD Candidate, Stanford Graduate Fellow @ Stanford
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009
Studied novel haptic interfaces under Dr. Gunter Niemeyer to improve master/slave teleoperation via realtime monitoring of bio-mechanic indicators to infer user's mental models during tasks.  

PhD Candidate (Mechatronics, Biomechanics, Design, Controls); MS Mechatronics: ME218A-C

### Engineering Intern @ IDEO
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006
Electromechanical product development for industry clients.

### Intern, FCS SUGV @ iRobot
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
0 to 1 design of a modular (scout/bomb/recon) personal robot for combat infantry squads

### Engineering Intern - Airdrop and Aerial Delivery Directorate @ US Army Soldier Systems Center
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005
Robots flying giant parafoils :-D

### R&D Laboratory Technician @ Keystone Aniline Corporation
Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | Chicago, IL


## Education
### PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University

### MSME in Mechanical Engineering: Mechatronics
Stanford University

### BSME in Mechanical Engineering
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matt-hill-788917

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Last updated: 2026-04-13