Hardware Director Engineering

Basic Qualifications:

• Proven experience in leading and managing teams.
• BS/MS in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• 18+ years of relevant experience in hardware systems, including client/desktop processors, server processors, mobile processors, video, multimedia, and accelerators, with a focus on system-level design and implementation across the product development lifecycle.
• Expertise in hardware system design solutions, with the ability to define and implement long-term hardware component strategies.
• Experience defining and driving team efforts for ID, mechanical design, PCB design interfaces, module subsystem design, and electrical solutions for personal systems (e.g., laptops, notebooks, detachable devices, tablets, PoS kiosks).
• Proficient in hardware debugging and optimization for PnP; experienced in collaborating across teams to triage and debug system issues across various functional modules.
• Own the HW compliance Product certification plan, execution internally and certification with the external certified agency
• Experience enabling new product designs with contract manufacturing partners, including resolving hardware design issues identified in production lines.
• Responsible for hardware development from inception through prototyping, enabling pilot lots, and mass manufacturing with contract manufacturing partners.
• Familiarity with products based on open-source development and software development for Linux/Android OS under open standards like OpenCL/OpenVX.
• Ability to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, or development toolchain) to identify risks, facilitate discussions, evaluate system trade-offs, and assess impacts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of high-volume consumer products (handheld devices, mobile, laptops, desktops), including hardware design, development, support for large-volume manufacturing, and deployment.
• Experience with high-speed hardware interfaces, including CSI, UART, I2C, PCIe, USB, DDR, and HDMI.
• In-depth experience with hardware design and core SoC selection, driving hardware solutions.
• Familiarity with handheld devices and operations at scale.
• Experience managing programs through the entire product lifecycle.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.