Manager, Embedded Systems

PAX Labs•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At PAX Labs, the company strives to enhance people’s lives through exceptional cannabis experiences, offering a curated set of pure full flavor pods and award-winning devices that make enjoying cannabis simple and safe. For over a decade, PAX has created next-generation devices, delivering enduring quality and wellness benefits through innovations in design and technology, and remains trusted by millions of consumers nationwide. Their standards ensure the safest vaporization of cannabis on the market. PAX Labs is passionate about increasing well-being and joy through cannabis and is committed to advancing opportunity through supporting social justice, access, and equity in the industry. The company is excited about the tremendous growth of the cannabis industry, inspired daily by its potential to change lives, and fortunate for its leading position. The culture focuses on putting the consumer first, making an impact together, and having fun. The Manager of Embedded Systems (EE/FW) reports directly to the VP of Engineering and will lead the group responsible for the design, engineering, debug, and validation of PAX hardware products. This role is responsible for leading and developing modular embedded system architectures that are highly reusable and scalable across the product portfolio. The manager will immediately oversee a small group of electrical and firmware engineers, requiring a hands-on and highly technical approach, combining engineering expertise with coaching and management skills.

Requirements

5+ years in consumer products and/or other product development
Deep knowledge of electronic hardware and firmware design, including PCB design, schematic capture, and programming languages such as C/C++ and Python
Strong track record of shipping products and managing them through their entire life cycle
Experience working with Asian manufacturing and supply chains
Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and data analytics skills
BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Have seen multiple product cycles from start to finish and shipping consumer hardware at high volume.
Be a creative problem solver and make data-driven decisions.
Have experience working with development partners in a JDM style engagement
Be hyper organized and you won’t hesitate to fix something that’s disorganized or broken.
Have a natural tendency to identify inefficiencies and take action to resolve them.
Effectively lead and influence others, driving decisions cross-functionally across the org that enable your team or deliver on the best technical solution for the company.
Practice servant leadership and realize it’s your first responsibility to unblock the team so they can move forward, while also focusing on coaching and mentoring them along the way.
Have a passion for the cannabis industry and experience working with cannabis-related products is preferred

Responsibilities

Lead the development and design of electronic systems, including hardware and firmware, for cannabis hardware products
Lead and manage a team of electrical engineers and firmware developers in the design, development, and production of our cannabis hardware products.
Manage, grow, and coach direct reports on technical issues and interactions, ensuring a psychologically safe and trusting environment to enable high degrees of collaboration
Oversee the development and maintenance of engineering documentation, including schematics, PCB layouts, and software source code
Drive performance validation of internally and externally developed products. This includes developing internal tools/fixtures needed to validate performance and reliability of products, core technologies, and batteries
Drive best practices, rigorous design execution, to deliver innovative and high performing designs on schedule
Heavy collaboration with cross functional product and engineering teams.
Collaborate on embedded or PC-level software tools to control PCB test fixtures and development tools.
Create/execute verification and validation protocols.
Follow PAX Labs’ design control and documentation procedures