Director of Hardware Engineering

This position will be primarily on-site.

Responsibilities :

• Help plan, coordinate, and supervise efforts from other team members. This position will have 30 DIRECT Reports in R&D
• Meet with CMs, FAEs, sales reps to maintain strong relationships with distributors and manufacturers.
• Review international standards (IEC, ISO, IPC, etc.) for product specification compliance.
• Source and evaluate state-of-the-art electronic components.
• Prepare design, manufacturing, and test documents / procedures.
• Help in the bring-up of PCBAs, create test plans, generate test reports, perform Root Cause Analysis, and lead new design iterations.
• Oversee and guide designs from other team members to ensure future manufacturability (DFM, DFA, DFT).
• Interface and work in conjunction with CMs to bring the products to market and troubleshoot production issues.
• Guide and mentor other members of the team.
• Work closely with a variety of people / teams with different disciplines (mechanical, data science, software, industrial design, textile) for system integration.

Qualifications :

• Must have a startup company background. Must have experience supervising 20+ employees
• BSc, MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related fields.
• 10+ years of industry experience in high-volume electronic hardware manufacturing.
• Very good communication skills, being able to work efficiently in a multi-disciplinary team, as well as taking responsibility for a project and delivering it in a timely manner.
• Experienced in analog / mixed-signal electronics circuitry including biomedical instrumentation.
• Experience in ultra-low-power electronics.
• Experience with high-density, miniaturized PCBs (e.g. 8+ layers, 0201 packages and smaller, 0.4mm WLCSP, and so on).
• Knowledge of embedded software development concepts (baremetal, RTOS, interfacing prototcols, optimizations for power consumption).
• Knowledge of ISO 13485 and / or IEC 62304, 60601, etc.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, leadership, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to contribute and work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

Bonus :

• Hands-on experience with designing, assembling, prototyping, integration, testing, and troubleshooting of analog / digital circuits and embedded software is an asset.
• Experience in sensitive biosignal recording, instrumentation and signal processing techniques (ECG, EEG, EMG, GSR, etc) is a plus.
• Having worked with Bluetooth Low Energy / WiFi / IoT microcontrolled boards is an asset.
• RF and electromagnetism design experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with simulation software such as Tina, LTSpice, and PCB design software such as Altium, Eagle.
• Proficiency in operating electronics test equipment such as digital multimeters, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, and typical laboratory instruments.
24 days ago