Head of Hardware Engineering
About The Position
Tutor Intelligence is hiring a Head of Hardware Engineering to lead the teams that design and build its robots. Mechanical, electrical, firmware and embedded, and manufacturing engineering report to this role. In partnership with the CTO, the Head of Hardware Engineering sets the hardware roadmap, grows the organization, and ensures robots ship working as designed and can be built at the required rate. The role reports to the CTO. The hardware organization is expected to expand in both size and product scope. The person in this role will build the teams needed for that growth, hire their leaders, and keep the organization operating effectively as it scales. Tutor develops and deploys robots for work in factories and warehouses, including robots for moving goods and for dexterous picking and packing.
Requirements
- Experience leading and growing a hardware engineering organization to 50 or more people and shipping a complex electromechanical product in volume through it.
- Experience leading mechanical, electrical, and firmware or embedded engineers, and the ability to hire and assess talent in all three areas.
- Experience owning manufacturing engineering, or working closely enough with it to build that team, including process, test, fixtures, and design for manufacturing.
- Experience developing managers who lead teams under you.
- Experience working closely with a technical founder or CTO.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in robotics, actuators, or motion control.
- Experience leading engineers in more than one country.
- Experience taking a product from first prototype to production at rate.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and overseas suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Lead mechanical, electrical, firmware and embedded, and manufacturing engineering teams.
- Set the hardware roadmap in partnership with the CTO.
- Grow the hardware engineering organization and hire the leaders of its teams.
- Ensure robots ship working as designed and can be built at the required rate.
- Develop the managers leading teams within the organization.
Benefits
- Fully employer-covered health insurance.
- Managed 401(k).
- Unlimited PTO and federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees.
- For hourly employees, 16 or more days of accrued paid time off and 1.5x pay on federal holidays.
- Regular in-office meals and team social events throughout the year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
