Director of Hardware Engineering - San Francisco Bay Area / West Coast

About ErthTech Talent

ErthTech Talent is a recruitment agency specializing in placing top talent at ClimateTech startups and scaleups. We believe the need for the right people is core to building a successful venture, and failure is not an option in the climate fight. The challenge: recruitment fees are often prohibitive. We are here to change that. Our cost model is transparent and affordable so you can get the best talent on the market, without it costing you an arm and a leg. Reach out if you want a genuine hiring partner – not another mercenary.

About Our Client

ErthTech Talent is working with a company that is at the forefront of the fight against climate change. This company does this while helping home owners save money on their heating bill. Cutting emissions by over 90% and lowering energy costs, this company is making home heating and hot water cleaner, more efficient, and built for scale. As the shift to electrification accelerates, it’s expanding production and innovation to meet demand while delivering comfort, savings, and a real climate impact. Now, it’s looking for mission-driven team members ready to help drive the transition to a low-carbon future.

The Role

• Lead the hardware engineering team in the design, development, and testing 
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on-time and within-budget delivery of hardware products.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams, product management, and manufacturing to bring hardware products from concept to production.
• Systems and process infrastructure assures accuracy and clarity of design, documentation, proactive and managed change control.
• Continually improving quality of outcomes across organization and suppliers.
• Deliver new design revisions on time
• Develop schedules of future release with a 1–2-year time horizon with company buy-in.
• Develop comprehensive product requirements documents covering a wide range of engineering disciplines: electronic controls, HVAC equipment and plumbing products.
• Define and manage certification strategies and tests.
• Ensure that all hardware development processes and products comply with relevant industry standards and regulations.
• Review, resolve or escalate production and field issues within an agreed service level.
• Define supporting processes and service levels.
• Director's detailed knowledge of product and processes plays a substantial role at a daily level in issue resolution, directly through problem-solving and indirectly by ‘triage’ and reassignment of work to correct company team members.
• Provide "send-ready" written and illustrated technical content for proposals, investor communications, and customer-facing documentation.

Qualifications & Skills Required

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in hardware engineering with progressive increases in responsibility including team leadership
• You have designed $1,000+ consumer products with electronics, shipped them to contract manufacturers, and handled UL certifications.
• You have worked with 1,000+ unit runs and scaled production to 10,000–100,000+ units.
• You know how to design for reliability and warranties. You have solid design skills and a track record of building real, working products.
• You have handled manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics, from forecasting to production planning.
• You can take rough ideas and turn them into scalable, working processes.

Nice to Have

• A background in the CleanTech industry.
• Designed products that deal with plumbing, water flow, and fluid dynamics.
• Expertise in at least one design tool—SolidWorks, Altium, Agile/Arena, or something similar.
• Experience working in the HVAC industry is a plus.
• Experience with Building Controls Automation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology that is making a positive impact on the world.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Professional development opportunities.
• 401k, medical and dental insurance, generous vacation, and holidays.

Note

This role requires US-Working Rights - the company is unable to sponsor visa transfers.

Application

If you are interested in this role and believe you are a good fit (i.e., have 10+ years running engineering teams, including working with manufacturing partners) apply today. If you have any problems applying, you can reach out to silas@erthtechtalent.com with your updated resume and reason for interest.