Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of hardware engineers by providing regular feedback, career development, performance management, and technical mentorship.
• Manage team priorities, project assignments, and resource allocation to deliver hardware programs aligned with product and business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and validation of complex electrical and electronic systems for autonomous robotic platforms.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure successful integration of hardware, firmware, software, mechanical, and systems components.
• Lead engineering planning, technical reviews, and project execution to deliver programs on schedule while maintaining quality, reliability, and performance expectations.
• Identify technical and program risks, establish mitigation plans, and remove obstacles that impact engineering execution.
• Drive engineering best practices across design reviews, validation processes, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support manufacturing readiness by ensuring hardware designs meet cost, quality, reliability, and production requirements.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical, robotics, automotive, aerospace, or similar hardware systems.
• 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience delivering hardware products from concept through production.
• Strong technical background in hardware design, PCB development, embedded electronics, sensors, power systems, motor control, and system integration.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering projects involving hardware, software, manufacturing, and systems engineering.
• Strong project planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.