Hardware Engineering Manager

Hardware Engineering Team Leader

Purpose of the Role

To manage and lead the Hardware Engineering Team for:

The hardware design and development of electronics hardware in-line with Flusso's product roadmap and to meet the requirements of customer design-in projects.

Provide a hands-on contribution to:

• Specification of Hardware designs and software/firmware interfaces from Systems Requirements
• Hardware design and development
• Debugging hardware/firmware platforms
• Development of in-house test firmware/software

Occasional international travel (Europe, US, and Asia) will be required for working with customers and business partners. Typically trip duration will be a few days to a week.

Responsibilities

Line management and leadership of the Hardware Engineering Group

• Manage a team of hardware design engineers and electronics assembly and test technicians
• Managing priorities and workloads of reports within the context of company requirements
• Regular meetings with reports to ensure communication, performance, and mentoring needs are met and perform annual performance reviews
• Team leadership and contribution to the Management Team
• Responsibility for the CAD tool flow and management and introduction of appropriate hardware processes

Hardware Design

• Ensuring that specifications for design work is sufficient and approved
• Especially interfaces to Mechanical components and Firmware
• Manage hardware design and development including:
• Designs are complete, documented, reviewed, and manufactured to the applicable Flusso and external standards (e.g., safety, EMC)
• In-house sensor test platforms
• Interface adapters (USB-I2C, USB-CAN, etc.)
• Sensor electronics modules (for in-house use, products, and evaluation kits)
• Mechanical fixtures for Electronic Hardware
• PCB and PCBA manufacture at service providers
• Managing and communicating design status
• Contributing to hardware design work and bring-up at the system level and providing firmware support where required
• Contributing to the selection and management of external contract manufacturers and transition of designs to volume manufacturing

Manage the electronics engineering lab

• Lab facility layout, organization, and capability to meet the business's needs
• Equipment maintenance, Health and Safety, and waste management
• Managing component and material stocks

General

• Ensure compliance to Flusso's ISO9001 & 14001 certifications and Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Peer review of reports and documentation