Director of Engineering Hardware

Randstad USA; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 325,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

prescription

dental

vision

AD&D

life insurance offerings

short-term disability

401K plan (all benefits are based on a

eligibility)

Job summary

Randstad USA is seeking a Director of Engineering Hardware in the Reading, MA area to lead a high-growth capital equipment team responsible for next-gen test instruments.

You will manage a multidisciplinary hardware, software, and product leadership group, driving on-time delivery from concept to production while scaling the organization from 60-70 to 100-200 engineers.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of product development experience with significant leadership responsibility.
• Proven success leading engineering managers and multidisciplinary hardware organizations.
• Comfortable leading an organization of 60-70 employees with growth to 100-200.
• Demonstrated track record delivering complex electronic products from concept through production.
• Strong understanding of instrumentation, electronics, embedded systems, verification, and product development processes.
• Experience managing resource plans, organizational growth, and technical execution across multiple concurrent programs.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with operational execution.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, including coaching teams.
• Preferred experience with semiconductor test equipment or instrumentation development.
• Preferred experience in a tier-one corporation known for world-class hardware products and best-practice design methodologies.
• Preferred experience with high-speed digital, mixed-signal, precision measurement, power delivery, signal delivery, and complex hardware/software systems.
• Preferred experience building and scaling engineering teams through rapid growth and applying AI and automation to engineering productivity.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Roadmapping: Define the hardware strategy-including ASICs, ASSPs, and key technology partnerships-and maintain multi-year product and technology roadmaps aligned with business goals.
• Organizational Leadership & Talent Development: Lead, scale, and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering organization (managers, architects, and project leads) across multiple locations while fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and discipline.
• Execution & Portfolio Delivery: Ensure predictable, on-time delivery of complex hardware products from concept through production release, actively managing technical, schedule, quality, and resource risks.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Systems, Software, FPGA, Operations, NPI, and Supply Chain teams to align resources and optimize design, simulation, verification, calibration, and release practices.
• Operational Excellence & Innovation: Drive productivity improvements across the engineering organization using AI, automation, design reuse, data-driven decisions, and disciplined root-cause analysis.
• Stakeholder & Partner Engagement: Collaborate with executive leadership, key customers, suppliers, and technology partners to support business growth and customer success.

Skills

hardware engineering

software development

leadership

calibration

instrumentation

multidisciplinary

product development

semiconductor

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Summary

Seeking a Director of Engineering Hardware for a high growth capital equipment development and manufacturing client in the Reading, MA area.

The Director of Engineering would be responsible for driving delivery of next-gen capital test instruments by leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across hardware, signal delivery, software, and product leadership.

Full W-2 benefits including stock options and bonus offered!

location: North Reading, Massachusetts

job type: Permanent

salary: $325,000 - 380,000 per year

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Roadmapping: Define the hardware strategy-including ASICs, ASSPs, and key technology partnerships-and maintain multi-year product and technology roadmaps aligned with business goals.
• Organizational Leadership & Talent Development: Lead, scale, and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering organization (managers, architects, and project leads) across multiple locations while fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and discipline.
• Execution & Portfolio Delivery: Ensure predictable, on-time delivery of complex hardware products from concept through production release, actively managing technical, schedule, quality, and resource risks.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Systems, Software, FPGA, Operations, NPI, and Supply Chain teams to align resources and optimize design, simulation, verification, calibration, and release practices.
• Operational Excellence & Innovation: Drive productivity improvements across the engineering organization using AI, automation, design reuse, data-driven decisions, and disciplined root-cause analysis.
• Stakeholder & Partner Engagement: Collaborate with executive leadership, key customers, suppliers, and technology partners to support business growth and customer success.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of product development experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Proven success leading engineering managers and multidisciplinary hardware organizations.
• Must be comfortable leading an organization of 60-70 employees with growth potential to 100-200
• Demonstrated track record delivering complex electronic products from concept through production.
• Strong understanding of instrumentation, electronics, embedded systems, verification, and product development processes.
• Experience managing resource plans, organizational growth, and technical execution across multiple concurrent programs.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with operational execution.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, including the ability to coach and guide teams.
• Preferred experience with semiconductor test equipment or instrumentation development.
• Preferred experience in a tier-one corporation known for world-class hardware products and best-practice design methodologies in a rapid product-development environment.
• Preferred experience with high-speed digital, mixed-signal, precision measurement, power delivery, signal delivery, and complex hardware/software systems.
• Preferred experience building and scaling engineering teams through rapid growth and applying AI and automation to engineering productivity.

Skills

• hardware engineering
• software development
• leadership
• calibration
• instrumentation
• multidisciplinary
• product development
• semiconductor

Benefits

• medical
• prescription
• dental
• vision
• AD&D
• life insurance offerings
• short-term disability
• 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility)

Equal Opportunity Employer

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This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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