Head of Hardware — Lead Scalable Robotics

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

Job summary

Andromeda is seeking a Head of Hardware in San Francisco to lead the hardware organisation, overseeing mechanical, electrical, systems, reliability, and manufacturing engineering. You will drive architecture decisions, build a high-performing team, and ensure robust hardware production from prototype to scalable manufacturing.

The role requires 7+ years in robotics or complex electromechanical products, experience managing JDM/ODM/CM partners, and strong leadership with cross-functional

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in robotics or complex electromechanical products.
• Experience leading a hardware program from early architecture through prototype, validation, and scale manufacturing in a startup or fast-moving environment.
• Experience working with and managing 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.
• Strong technical judgment in complex mechatronic systems, with the ability to guide architecture, make pragmatic trade-offs, and operate effectively under ambiguity.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, including comfort representing the hardware function with executives, partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Own hardware strategy, roadmap, and execution required to take new versions of Abi 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.

Skills

Robotics leadership

Hardware program mgmt

Partner management

Supply chain planning

Field reliability

Cross-functional leadership

Architecture judgement

Stakeholder management

Mechatronics knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD tools

Test equipment

Job description

Andromeda is seeking a Head of Hardware in San Francisco to lead the hardware organisation, overseeing mechanical, electrical, systems, reliability, and manufacturing engineering. You will drive architecture decisions, build a high-performing team, and ensure robust hardware production from prototype to scalable manufacturing.

The role requires 7+ years in robotics or complex electromechanical products, experience managing JDM/ODM/CM partners, and strong leadership with cross-functional