Product Associate

Raycon, Inc.•New York, NY

1d•$60,000 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Raycon is seeking a Product Associate to manage hardware products end-to-end, from concept through mass production, including daily vendor execution to ensure timely shipping. The role involves owning specifications, schedules, and making critical decisions when cost, performance, and timeline are in conflict. This position is title-flexible, and strong candidates may have backgrounds in Product Management, Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or hardware engineering with program ownership experience. The company is experiencing profitable growth with over 5 million customers and is undergoing international expansion. Raycon is at a crucial stage, scaling from a startup to a globally recognized brand, with an expanding product portfolio, rising customer expectations, and increasing execution complexity. The ideal candidate will bring structure, clarity, and momentum to the product development and launch process at scale.

Requirements

2+ years owning consumer hardware products or programs end-to-end
Direct experience working with contract manufacturers, ideally in China or Asia
Track record of holding schedules - dates don't slip without you knowing first
Comfortable making tradeoffs with incomplete data and defending the call later
Ability to get things done when things are messy, ambiguous, or broken
Clear written communication - specs and vendor emails leave no ambiguity

Nice To Haves

Engineering degree preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Own hardware products through EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production
Manage day-to-day relationships with overseas manufacturers and engineering partners
Drive design and component decisions when tradeoffs need to be called
Translate customer needs into specs, PRDs, and success metrics
Lead cross-functional execution across engineering, ID, firmware, ops, marketing, and CX
Partner with product marketing on positioning, pricing inputs, and launch readiness
Monitor post-launch performance and feed learnings into the next cycle
Managing vendors to remain on track, on budget, and keeping product quality strong
Aligning a DSP build with firmware and locking the freeze date with our ODM
Driving a cost-down review with the factory on a wearable in DVT
Working with marketing on launch sequencing for a Q4 retail drop