# Zin Dolgonosov > Hands-on Mechanical Engineering Leadership Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/zin As a mechanical product development leader with over 2.5 years of experience as the Director of PD at Lime, I have successfully managed four multi-site engineering teams supporting several EV product lines of battery-operated electric scooters and bicycles, batteries, and battery charging infrastructure. I have worked with various internal and external stakeholders to define requirements and parameters of current and future products while navigating an extremely challenging safety and regulatory environment. Before Lime, I was the Head of Engineering at Osma, Inc. In this early-stage startup, I was responsible for all aspects of the concept, architecture, design, development, testing, and manufacturing of an innovative smart infusion device. I led the hiring of the HW and ME engineering teams, established engineering processes and documentation practices, and designed and tested the first-of-its-kind portable coffee brewer/infuser, resulting in two awarded patents. I have a strong background in innovation, product development, 3D CAD tools, project and team management, and DFMA. I am passionate about creating and delivering products that solve real-world problems and delight customers. ## Work Experience ### ME Product Development @ BrewBird Jan 2025 – Present ### ME Manager @ NewDealDesign Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Director of Hardware Engineering @ Lime Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Working with the Executive, Product, Marketing, FW, GSM, Safety/Compliance, and Operations teams to define requirements and parameters of current and future products, while navigating an extremely challenging Safety and Regulatory environment. Managing four multi-site Engineering teams supporting several EV product lines of battery-operated electric scooters and bicycles, batteries, and battery charging infrastructure, designed for a harsh outdoor environment. Recruiting, leadership, resource allocation, mentoring, and team performance evaluation. Evaluated technical, organizational, budgetary resources, and market demands to accommodate multiple stakeholders across the company ecosystem. Managing engineering development, design quality, and process validation programs, including approval of test plans and product acceptance criteria. Defining and driving rapid design, prototyping, and testing cycles to reduce and manage product delivery risks. Defining and executing new approaches for CM management within the current business environment. ### Head Of Engineering @ Osma, Inc Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Responsible for all aspects of concept, architecture, design, development, testing, and manufacturing of innovative smart infusion device. As a first engineering employee of early startup lead and directed hiring of the HW and ME engineering teams. Investigated and tested feasibility of the initial founders idea. Designed apparatus and developed testing procedures leading to the establishing breakthrough technology, resulting in two awarded patents for a unique Liquid infusing device and method. Created an architecture of the first of it’s kind Portable Coffee brewer/infuser and executed detailed design based on challenging set DFA/DFM tradeoffs. Set up procedures and documentation practices across the teams throughout the development lifecycle. Proposed and executed a timeline based on a set of milestones and deliverables. Led cross-functional efforts and coordination between Operations, Manufacturing, Program Management. Setup and supervised all Validation, Safety, Reliability and Certification testing Selected and served as a primary contact for CMs and both domestic and overseas. suppliers. Ensured the launch of the first company product on schedule and at the target BOM cost. ### Head of Mechanical Engineering @ Brava Home Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Redwood City, CA Joining early stage startup as a Director of PD, has lead the formation and growth of the engineering team, while developing and successfully launching into mass production an innovative Smart oven. Working closely with EE, FW, SW, Manufacturing, Compliance, Culinary, and R&D teams resolved several unique engineering and interdisciplinary challenges to allow the execution of the demanding product requirements and business strategy. Established engineering processes for CAD, documentation, design reviews and personnel management within the ME/PD department. Overseeing input and deliverables from outside ID, PD, UX, reliability and quality consultants. Supervising and approving an ongoing testing and design verification experiments for critical elements of the product to ensure data and results driven approach to the resolution of the technical problems. Evaluated, qualified, and selected CM partners. Oversaw an initial quotations and DFM proposals, as well as ongoing quality, process and cost improvements. Visited and audited every significant vendor, provided on-site support, assembly line setup, and training on every stage of production from kick-off to MP. Cooperating with Product, Marketing, Business teams, developing the Roadmap for future product lines. Driving and supporting development of next product PRD and going to market schedule and strategy. ### Director Of Mechanical Product Design @ Brava Home Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Redwood City, CA ### Lead Product Design Engineer @ Pebble Tech Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Redvood City, CA • Management of the multi-discipline development team and product schedule. Support, supervision, and mentoring of the interns and junior PD and ID engineers. • Developed detailed design, documentation, and facilitated successful product launch of smallest on the market smart watch Pebble Time Round. • Audited CM vendors for JDM, developed manufacturing and assembly procedures. • Assisted in establishing of MP assembly line, designing and validation of assembly and testing fixtures at Quanta Taiwan and China facilities. • Working across all product lines managing and implementing an aggressive cost reduction plan, investigating additional vendors, materials and processes. • Working with ID, Marketing and UI teams developing an architecture and cost models for company next product lines. Supervised data transfer and product launch at CEI (Compal). ### Sr. Product Development Engineer @ New Deal Design Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 Design and development of several pioneering wearable and innovative consumer products. ### Lead Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Development @ Soraa Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Fremont, CA Working closely with marketing, hardware, optical, thermal, compliance, and NPI groups successfully developed architecture and oversaw detailed design for a family of high power LED lamps. Employing features unification and modular design allowed deploying into production four new products in a rapid succession. Developed and managed design and release schedule for multiple products. Created and maintained COGs plan, which allowed releasing the products at the cost below the projected target. Evaluated multiple die-casting, extrusion, injection molding, CM vendors to define an optimal fabrication processes and materials to satisfy a set of challenging product requirements, cost, and schedule. ### Tech Lead/Program Manager @ Kno Inc Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Santa Clara, CA • Managed design team tasked to complete development of multiple products concurrently with an extremely compressed development cycle. • Developed an architecture, PRD and production schedule for innovative 14.1” display tablet textbook with touch and stylus input, as well as four original accessories (soft goods and plastic mechanisms and components) products. • Procured components and built prototypes and beta-run for Kno tablet. • Conducted onsite training, assembly line setup, SOP reviews, and assembly fixture development on stages of EVT, DVT, as well as MP supervision at the ODM partner (Foxconn) in China. Supervised tooling development for multiple injection molded, stamped and casted parts to ensure timely release of the product for the mass production. ### Mechanical Engineering Manager @ Armageddon Energy Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco Bay Area Starting from the start-up company founder’s conceptual design, led the development of an innovative, award-winning solar panel array system, targeted at the residential market. ### Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ Apple Computer Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Cupertino, CA Designed components and functional units for several I-Mac and portable battery products. ### Founder/Principal Mechanical Engineer @ Zigzag Product Design, Inc Jan 1998 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area Founded and managed product development consulting company working with wide variety of consumer, medical, computer, and industrial products. CAD support, engineering documentation, complex surfacing, tolerance analysis, DFM, FMEA. ### Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ Flextronics Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Milpitas, CA Designed several types of consumer products: palmtop computer accessories, wireless router, liquid cooling system for PC. ### Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer @ D2M Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 Mechanical Lead for mobile ticketing kiosk, laser leveling device, and innovative industrial measurement tools. ### Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ MOTO Development Group Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 | San Francisco, CA ### Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ SGI Jan 1995 – Jan 1997 | Mountain view, CA Managed the development and production of the innovative 19-inch Origin 2000 Server rack. Developed complex plastic, sheet metal, extruded components, cable interconnects, and cooling systems. ## Education ### BS in MS, Mechanical engineering Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU) ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zin-dolgonosov-b351345 --- Source: https://flows.cv/zin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05