Director Senior Director, Hardware Product Engineering
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Job Summary
Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.
Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.
Location: Hong Kong
Type: Full Time
The Role
As Director / Senior Director of Hardware Product Engineering you willown the endtoend success of our corelivingroom hardware product shaping the hardware thatenables a new category of active play experiences for families and kids. You will partner closely withProduct Design from early concept through product development as well as Manufacturing and Sourcing to deliverhighquality safe and innovative consumer electronicsat scale. As part of a fastgrowingcategorydefiningcompany you will lead a hardware product engineering organization and guide the products technical evolution through rigorous engineering.
The Mindset
Asystemslevel firstprinciples engineering leaderwho perseveres to thehighest standards; relentlessly curious and willing to challenge assumptions to define new categories;customerobsessed rigorous and decisive; executes with discipline using data and experimentation to deliveruncompromising highquality consumer products at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Product Technology & Customer Impact
- Serve as thesingle accountable ownerof the core livingroom hardware product
- Partner deeply with Product Design duringearly concept and product developmentto translate customer needs and design intent intofeasible scalable hardware solutions
- Drivehardware innovation and R&D
- Lead architecture platform and key technology decisions
Product Delivery Quality Safety & Compliance
- Own the product across its full lifecycle from concept through longterm use in consumer homes
- Deliver the product to commitments on scope timing performance reliability and manufacturability
- Drive regulatory compliance and localization to support international expansion
- Leadfield issue investigation rootcause analysis and corrective actions to continuously improve quality and safety
Organization & CrossFunctional Leadership
- Build and lead a highperforming Hardware Product Engineering organization capable of scaling products rapidly to global markets
- Partner closely with Software Manufacturing Sourcing and Commercial teams to enable highvolume production and global market access
- Develop technical leaders and operating mechanisms that support consistent highquality execution
- Delivering results through ODM/JDM models while building strategic in-house capabilities
Must Have
- Significant experience delivering consumer electronics preferably livingroom or home entertainment devices
- Strong background in embedded systems and hardwaresoftware integration
- Track record delivering reliable highquality consumer devices at scale
- Experience leading engineering or product engineering teams in highgrowth environments
- Strong collaboration experience with product design manufacturing and sourcing
- Proven experience managing ODM/JDM partnerships
- Excellent spoken English and Mandarin
Nice to Have
- Experience withTVconnected gaming or home entertainment hardware platforms
- Experience withAndroidbased consumer devices
- Experience withcamera systems
- Experience buildingproducts for kids or families
We Offer
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Go
- Lean
- Management Experience
- React
- Node.js
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Software Development
- Team Management
- GraphQL
- Leadership Experience
About Company
Nex is a motion entertainment company that is transforming sedentary activity into active play. We create new experiences that naturally get you moving.
