Director of Hardware

Hardware Engineering Leadership

• Lead the hardware engineering team (mechanical electrical systems reliability test).
• Develop the long-term hardware roadmap in collaboration with Product and executive leadership.
• Guide architecture decisions for next-generation AM platforms and subsystems.
• Instill engineering rigor through documentation design reviews version control and validation practices.

Design & Development of AM Hardware Systems

• Oversee the design and development of electromechanical machine systems including:
• Print engines gantry/motion systems
• Thermal systems (heaters sensors environmental controls)
• Electronics PCBs cables/harnesses
• Power distribution and safety systems
• Optics modules (if applicable for laser-based processes)
• Mechanical/structural components
• Ensure hardware designs meet performance safety manufacturability and reliability targets.

Productization & Lifecycle Management

• Drive hardware from prototype through validation regulatory compliance and mass production.
• Collaborate closely with Manufacturing to ensure designs are scalable cost-efficient and well-documented (DfM DfA DfR).
• Own ECO processes product lifecycle management and release to production.

Reliability Testing & Quality

• Implement robust reliability testing HALT/HASS environmental/thermal testing and long-duration validation.
• Ensure hardware meets relevant safety and compliance standards (UL CE FCC etc.).
• Build a data-driven reliability engineering function to improve uptime and field performance.
• Collaborate with Field Service for field issue resolution and design improvements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Software Materials Science Firmware and Manufacturing teams to ensure seamless integration across the full AM ecosystem.
• Partner with Supply Chain on component selection vendor qualification and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with Program Management for schedule deliverables and milestones.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering or a related technical field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in hardware or electromechanical product development including leadership of engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex hardware products from concept through production and sustaining support.
• Strong knowledge of hardware design systems integration manufacturing processes and design-for-manufacturing principles.
• Experience collaborating across Product Software Operations Manufacturing Supply Chain and Quality functions.
• Strong organizational project leadership and communication skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with industrial equipment capital equipment precision systems or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with embedded systems controls sensors or other integrated hardware-software systems.
• Experience working with suppliers contract manufacturers and external development partners.
• Knowledge of quality systems root cause analysis reliability methods and continuous improvement practices.