Senior Hardware / Electronics Product Lead

HCL International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL International in London seeks a Senior Hardware / Electronics Product Lead for a stealth hardware venture backed by top investors and preparing for Series A. You will own the complete product lifecycle from initial sketch to mass manufacturing, bridging engineering and delivery with broad business awareness.

You’ll lead a compact London engineering team (~10), own architecture and prototyping, coordinate with manufacturing partners, and push groundbreaking technology into high‑volume

Qualifications

• Have taken hardware products from idea to high-volume production.
• Hands-on expertise across analogue and digital design, PCB bring-up, MCUs, sensors, power management.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing partners, yield optimization, and hardware validation.
• Business-minded with deadlines, supply chains, and design trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, prototyping, supply chain, quality control, and mass manufacturing.
• Lead a London engineering team of ~10 without heavy bureaucracy.
• Drive groundbreaking hardware components to scale and market volumes.

Skills

End-to-End ownership

Hands-on analogue/digital electronics

PCB bring-up & MCUs

DFM/DFT for high-volume production

Education

Elite engineering degree (Oxbridge/Imperial/UCL)

Job description

Senior Hardware / Electronics Product Lead required for a stealth hardware company in London, backed by top investors and preparing for Series A and building groundbreaking physical technology.

The current VP of Engineering is looking for a technical engineer, who can still be hands‑on with electronics engineering, and has the business savvy to own the complete product lifecycle from initial sketch to full factory ramp‑up.

This is not a purely isolated design role. You will bridge the gap between hard engineering and product delivery, taking full ownership off the leadership team’s plate.

Responsibilities:

• Total Product Ownership: You won’t just design circuits in a vacuum; you will own architecture, prototyping, supply chain, quality control, and mass manufacturing for multiple novel consumer products.
• Flat, High‑Impact Structure: Zero line‑management bureaucracy, but genuine project leadership. You’ll guide a tight‑knit London engineering team of ~10 and influence how our entire hardware organization scales.
• Genuinely Groundbreaking Tech: You get to solve hard physical challenges and see your work deployed in significant market volumes.

Requirements:

• End‑to‑End Track Record: You have personally taken complex physical hardware products all the way from idea to prototype to factory floor to high‑volume production.
• Hands‑On Engineering Depth: Fluent across analogue/digital design, PCB bring‑up, microcontrollers, sensor integration, power management, and DFM/DFT.
• Production & Quality Control: Deep understanding of manufacturing partners, yield optimization, hardware validation, and rigorous production environments.
• Commercial & Leadership Mindset: You understand the business side of product engineering - deadlines, supply chains, and design trade‑offs.

Nice‑to‑Haves:

• Degree from an elite engineering university (Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, etc.).
• Exposure to wearables, medical devices, IoT, automotive, or high‑reliability consumer electronics.

If you’re a hands‑on engineer who thinks like a product founder and wants to shape a high‑volume hardware portfolio, let’s talk.