Head of Hardware — Lead Robotics from Prototype to Scale

Andromeda-Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Andromeda Robotics seeks a Head of Hardware to lead the hardware organization and own the strategy, execution, and operating cadence to move Abi from prototype through reliable, scalable manufacturing.

You will oversee mechanical, electrical, systems, reliability, quality, manufacturing engineering, and external hardware partners, making trade-offs across performance, cost, schedule, and manufacturability to ensure product success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in robotics or complex electromechanical products.
• Experience leading a hardware program from architecture through prototype, validation, and scale manufacturing.
• Experience working with JDM, ODM, and CM partners through design, ramp, and production.
• Experience working with supply chain to select key suppliers and components with strong judgment across cost, reliability, lead time, and manufacturability.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving field reliability, quality, and performance issues in shipped hardware systems.
• Strong leadership capability, including setting direction, building high-performing teams, driving accountability, and developing other leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own the hardware strategy, roadmap, and execution required to take Abi versions from prototype through reliable, scalable manufacturing.
• Lead day-to-day performance across mechanical, electrical, systems, reliability, quality, manufacturing engineering, and external hardware partners to deliver robust, manufacturable products.
• Make key technical and program trade-offs across performance, cost, schedule, reliability, and manufacturability that determine product success.
• Manage the operating cadence, decision-making quality, and cross-functional alignment needed for hardware, software, AI, design, safety, supply chain, and manufacturing to move in lockstep.
• Own and evolve the external partner strategy, including how Andromeda works with design and manufacturing partners (CM/ODM/JDM) during design, validation, ramp, and production.
• Build and lead a strong multidisciplinary hardware team by setting clear expectations, coaching engineers and leads, and setting the team’s operating rhythm, technical quality bar, and execution discipline.
• Drive tight cross-functional collaboration across hardware, software, AI, design, safety, reliability, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and commercial teams.
• Ensure strong prototyping, validation, test fixture development, and issue resolution processes across the hardware lifecycle.
• Represent the hardware organisation with executives and other stakeholders, bringing clear judgment and crisp communication to key product and business decisions.

Job description

Andromeda Robotics seeks a Head of Hardware to lead the hardware organization and own the strategy, execution, and operating cadence to move Abi from prototype through reliable, scalable manufacturing.

You will oversee mechanical, electrical, systems, reliability, quality, manufacturing engineering, and external hardware partners, making trade-offs across performance, cost, schedule, and manufacturability to ensure product success.