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Job Summary

The Manager, Hardware Engineering, leads the development of the next generation of controllers and display platforms within a strategic and revenue-driving product portfolio. This role combines strong people leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and deep technical expertise to ensure successful delivery from concept through NPI and certification.

You will grow and mentor a high-performing hardware team, drive engineering excellence, and oversee end-to-end hardware development including architecture, design, testing, and product qualification.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

People & Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 5-10 hardware engineers, providing regular feedback, coaching, and career growth support.
• Recruit, hire, and retain top engineering talent while fostering an inclusive, innovationdriven culture.
• Empower team members to contribute ideas, present solutions, and take ownership of their work.
• Promote psychological safety, healthy team dynamics, and high engagement.
• Build and maintain strong collaboration with leaders and managers across programs to ensure seamless execution of multidisciplinary projects.

Program & Project Management

• Support product managers and product owners in defining requirements, estimating effort, and planning new features and products.
• Prioritize engineering activities aligned with business needs and organizational goals.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to track progress, risks, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring clear communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Champion engineering processes, quality standards, and continuous improvement across the development lifecycle.

Technical Leadership

• Lead the hardware engineering function across controllers and displays programs, ensuring technical excellence and scalability.
• Oversee specifications, requirements documentation, architecture decisions and design documentation.
• Coordinate internal and external development resources (card manufacturers, JDM partners, mechanical design, sourcing, industrialization).
• Ensure rigorous internal hardware and firmware testing, including test definition, prioritization, and quality validation.
• Ensure products meet qualification, reliability, and compliance requirements, driving adoption of APQP methodologies.
• Oversee EMC, safety, environmental, and regulatory certifications (UL, CE, FCC, BTL).
• Communicate NPI readiness, risk assessments, and mitigation plans to senior leadership.
• Drive ontime delivery of highquality designs in a fastpaced and evolving environment.

Qualifications   

• Bachelor's degree in electronic engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record in Hardware engineering leadership roles. 5+ years of management experience.
• 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining complex Electronic Devices deployment.

• Strong background in embedded systems, MCU/MPU based designs, displays, and power supply architectures.
• Experience leading engineering teams through the entire Development cycle (Design Review process, EVT/DVT/PVT).
• Strong understanding of EMC compliance, safety standards, and certification requirements.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong people-centric leadership style with a focus on trust, clarity, conflict management, and team well-being.
• Excellent analytical, problemsolving, and decisionmaking skills with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results under dynamic and rapidly shifting priorities.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Understanding of industrial, HVAC, or building automation protocols (BACnet, Modbus) is an asset.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar ALM tools (work management, Git, CI/CD pipelines, test plans).