Head of Hardware Product Development & Roadmap

Gunwerks

Cody (WY)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

31 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) with company match
Relocation assistance
Paid time off 25 days

Job summary

Gunwerks is seeking a Director of Product Development to own the entire product roadmap and lead engineering and product management teams in Cody, Wyoming. This on-site, full-time role requires a hands-on leader capable of delivering rapid prototypes and launches for a complete long-range shooting system.

You will work closely with manufacturing, marketing, and sales to ensure products meet customer needs and business goals. Relentless focus on speed, cost, and quality is essential.

Qualifications

  • Evidence of exceptional ability. Show us what you built, shipped, or improved.
  • You are hands-on and will own CAD release and engineering calls from day one.
  • 10+ years of hardware product development with at least 5 years leading teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Gunwerks product roadmap end-to-end with major platform launches and drops.
  • Define what we build by fielding customer input and market knowledge.
  • Own the business case, price, forecast, margin, and decisions to keep/update/retire products.
  • Lead a small elite team across design engineers, rapid prototyping, test, PMs, and a PM. Hire and raise the bar.
  • Drive hardware-rich development: build, test, and iterate quickly.
  • Attack cost and complexity; design to cost.

Skills

Roadmap ownership
Hands-on engineering
Hardware product development
Team leadership
Customer field research

Education

Engineering degree preferred

Tools

CAD

Job description

Gunwerks is seeking a Director of Product Development to own the entire product roadmap and lead engineering and product management teams in Cody, Wyoming. This on-site, full-time role requires a hands-on leader capable of delivering rapid prototypes and launches for a complete long-range shooting system.

You will work closely with manufacturing, marketing, and sales to ensure products meet customer needs and business goals. Relentless focus on speed, cost, and quality is essential.

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