Hardware Engineering Manager
About The Position
At Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Hardware Engineering Managers sit at the intersection of technical leadership, people management, and product delivery. This role is ideal for a seasoned hardware professional who has grown from deep technical expertise into a leader capable of guiding teams, aligning stakeholders, and delivering complex hardware programs at scale. HPE is a global technology leader built on innovation, trust, and engineering excellence. We empower our managers with meaningful ownership—of teams, execution, quality, and outcomes—while working alongside some of the industry’s strongest technical talent. As a Hardware Engineering Manager, you will lead teams developing complex, high‑performance networking hardware, ensuring technical excellence while driving predictable execution from concept through mass production.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline
- People‑centric leader with a passion for mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers at all career stages
- Proven ability to build, grow, and sustain high‑performing, collaborative teams, including across global or multi‑site environments
- Demonstrated success in creating clear development plans, providing actionable feedback, and strengthening technical depth and leadership capability within teams
- Strong execution mindset, with experience prioritizing work, aligning resources, and managing risk to deliver consistent results
- Solid blend of technical depth and business judgment, enabling effective decision‑making and trade‑off discussions
- Trusted technical leader who influences design direction, engineering standards, and team practices beyond a single project
- Practical understanding of high‑speed hardware design, including signal integrity, power integrity, and system‑level performance
Nice To Haves
- Strong cross‑organizational influence and stakeholder partnership skills
- Confident, autonomous decision‑maker with a balanced people‑and‑delivery mindset
- Clear, persuasive communicator capable of influencing at all levels
- Passion for coaching, talent development, and long‑term team growth
Responsibilities
- Provide technical and execution leadership for hardware R&D programs, working in close partnership with domain experts and cross‑functional stakeholders
- Translate business and product strategy into clear hardware development goals, execution plans, and deliverables across the full product lifecycle
- Plan and manage resources, priorities, and timelines from product conception through mass production, ensuring alignment with program commitments
- Identify technical, schedule, cost, and resource risks early; establish and execute mitigation and contingency plans to minimize impact
- Develop, manage, and track project budgets and schedules; forecast milestones and completion dates, and proactively address threats to on‑time and on‑budget delivery
- Lead execution across organizational boundaries, collaborating effectively with system architecture, firmware, supply chain, and program management teams to ensure total project success
- Ensure design quality through structured design reviews, margin analysis, validation planning, and hands‑on technical oversight
- Build, lead, and develop high‑performing hardware engineering teams through effective performance management, coaching, and talent development
- Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning for the team
- Communicate clearly and regularly with engineering and business leadership by presenting project status, risks, trade‑offs, and progress updates through reviews and management presentations
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing
- Personal & Professional Development
- Unconditional Inclusion
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
