Director of Hardware Engineering

Veo; København; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Veo in Copenhagen seeks a senior hardware engineering leader to drive Veo's global hardware initiatives. You will own the hardware roadmap, manage timelines and budget, and build a world-class team across optics, video, electronics, and firmware.

Collaborate with Product, AI, and Manufacturing to deliver high-quality hardware at scale. You will shape engineering standards, lead cross-functional programs, and ensure agile processes align with hardware realities, maintaining focus on cost,

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading hardware engineering teams for consumer electronics, including managing other managers or leads.
• Broad fluency across optics, video processing, signal processing, battery management, mechanics, electronics/EE, and DFM/DFA for high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong program management: planning, budgeting, risk management, and cross-functional coordination on complex hardware programs.
• Experience taking products from prototype through mass production, working with contract manufacturers and/or in-house assembly lines.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the Hardware team (optics, video, signal processing, battery management, mechanics, electronics/EE, industrial design).
• Set technical direction and contribute to the product vision for Veo's Capture Portfolio, from concept through mass production.
• Lead projects end-to-end: planning, task management, and follow-up to ensure commitments are met.
• Own program management for hardware initiatives: scoping, timelines, critical path, and status reporting.
• Run the team's agile ways of working: stand-ups, sprint planning, retros, backlog refinement.
• Own DFM/DFA and manufacturing readiness; partner with assembly lines and suppliers to hit cost, quality, and time-to-market targets.
• Build and own Capex/Opex budgets for your team and programs.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal on vendor contracts and performance governance.
• Be an active member of Builders' senior engineering leadership; shape standards, rhythms, and culture.

Skills

Hardware leadership

Optics

Video processing

Signal processing

Battery management

Mechanics

Electronics/EE

DFM/DFA

Mass production

Program management

Budgeting

Cross-functional

Agile

Contract manufacturers

Firmware familiarity

Leadership

Team scaling

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

None

Job description

Veo is a global leader in AI-based sports camera technology. Our innovative, fully automatic camera solution enables sports teams to record matches and training sessions without a camera operator. We’re democratizing the world of sports by granting video analysis for teams on all levels—a privilege that used to be only for the few. More than 40,000 clubs in 90+ countries record their games every week.

But what truly sets us apart? Our people. We’re a diverse group of innovative thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who believe in delivering an incredible product—and having fun while doing it.

The Opportunity

Hardware is genuinely the heart of Veo and very broad; Optics, Video processing, signal processing, battery management, mechanics, electronics, industrial design and firmware all have to come together into a product that works reliably on pitches and in gyms around the world, at scale, in 90+ countries.

We're looking for a senior engineering leader to lead our Hardware efforts end-to-end. This is as much a program management and people leadership role as a technical one. You'll set the roadmap together with the Executive team, run the timeline and budget, and build the team, while partnering closely with Product, AI, Video, Finance, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to ship new hardware on time and at quality.

You'll need a good general understanding of mechanics, design, electronics, and firmware to do this job well — plus real fluency in DFM/DFA for large-scale production and assembly line setups, and a good grip on agile ways of working.

How Hardware fits into Builders

Builders is Veo's product-building organisation, bringing together Engineering, Product, Design, AI, Firmware, Video, Platform and Hardware. Hardware is a core engineering discipline at Veo and our cameras are the foundation of the customer experience.

What You'll Do

• Own and lead the Hardware team (optics, video processing, signal processing, battery management, mechanics, electronics/EE, industrial design), hiring, coaching, and developing the engineers in the group.
• Set technical direction and contribute to the product vision for Veo's Capture Portfolio, from concept through mass production. Partner cross-functionally with Product, AI, Video to align priorities and make the right trade-offs.
• Lead projects end-to-end: planning, task management, and follow-up, so commitments made to the business are commitments you can keep.
• Own program management for hardware initiatives: scoping, realistic timelines with sensible buffers, critical path and dependency management, and honest, running status reporting.
• Run the team's agile ways of working — stand-ups, sprint planning, retros, backlog refinement — adapted to what a hardware team actually needs.
• Own DFM/DFA and manufacturing readiness; partner with our internal assembly line, contract manufacturers, and suppliers to hit cost, quality, and time-to-market targets.
• Build and own Capex/Opex budgets for your team and your programs.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal for vendor contract management for key hardware components, including supplier selection inputs, commercial terms, lead times, quality commitments, change control, risk mitigation, and ongoing performance governance.
• Be an active member of Builders' senior engineering leadership, helping shape engineering standards, operating rhythms, technical trade-offs, and leadership culture across Veo.
• Together with Product represent Hardware in Builders-wide prioritisation, planning, and roadmap conversations, ensuring hardware constraints, opportunities, and risks are understood early.
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence — quality, reliability, testing, and documentation — across the hardware development lifecycle.
• Take real ownership: there's a lot of responsibility here, and a lot of freedom to run it the way you see fit.

What You Could Bring

• Significant experience leading hardware engineering teams for consumer electronics, including experience managing other managers or leads as a team scales, or a master's degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Broad technical fluency across optics, video processing, signal processing, battery management, mechanics, electronics/EE, and DFM/DFA for high-volume manufacturing, plus enough firmware understanding to make good trade-off calls with that team.
• A strong program management track record: planning, budgeting, risk management, and cross-functional coordination on complex, multi-disciplinary hardware programs.
• Experience taking products from prototype through mass production, working with contract manufacturers and/or in-house assembly lines.
• A leadership style that builds trust, ownership, and high standards, and that's comfortable with ambiguity.
• Strong systems thinking across hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, and customer experience.

Bonus experience

• Direct firmware background, or experience managing firmware teams alongside hardware.
• Having scaled a hardware team through significant headcount and product-line growth.
• Hardware + software business models, or multi-product environments.

Our Copenhagen office mirrors our innovative technology – with an indoor ball court, rooftop terrace, and well-equipped gym. We have created a facility that supports connecting disciplines across the business, facilitates creative thinking, and gives the space to engage with colleagues, our global partners, and the entire Veo community.

Values we hold at Veo:

Dare - We take initiative, stay curious, and challenge the status quo in our work.

Own it - We drive impact by identifying opportunities, taking responsibility, and confidently executing.

Level up - We embrace growth, continuously learning and shaping our skills.

Play as a team - We collaborate across a diverse organization, leveraging shared insights for stronger outcomes.

Customer Centric - We deliver value by having close partnerships and a deep understanding of our customers (internally and externally)

We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, even if your experience doesn’t completely match every qualification listed. What matters most is your creativity, potential, and ability to contribute meaningfully.