Head of Hardware & Robotics Engineering

End Waste; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Glacier in San Francisco is seeking a Director of Hardware Engineering to lead hardware and robotics development. You will own the hardware roadmap, guide mechanical and electrical teams, and ensure reliable, scalable, and cost-effective systems as we scale.

This is a technical leadership role reporting to the CTO, with focus on architecture, manufacturing readiness, and cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Manufacturing, Field Service, and Software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hardware engineering, including 2+ years leading teams.
• Strong robotics, mechatronics, pneumatics, structural design, and DFM background.
• Experience taking hardware from prototype to production with CM and supply chain.
• Experience building hardware for real-world deployment.
• Good judgment on capacity, timelines, cost, risk, and deployment constraints.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware and robotics strategy and roadmap with Product Management.
• Lead and develop the hardware engineering team, removing blockers.
• Make architectural decisions across complex hardware systems.
• Establish lightweight processes to improve quality and reliability.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Field Service, and Software.
• Ensure machines are manufacturable, deployable, and scalable.
• Balance capacity, timelines, cost, and risk for deployments.
• Step in as IC when deep technical work is needed.

Skills

Hardware leadership

Robotics

Mechatronics

DFM

Contract manufacturing

Production-ready hardware

Job description

Glacier in San Francisco is seeking a Director of Hardware Engineering to lead hardware and robotics development. You will own the hardware roadmap, guide mechanical and electrical teams, and ensure reliable, scalable, and cost-effective systems as we scale.

This is a technical leadership role reporting to the CTO, with focus on architecture, manufacturing readiness, and cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Manufacturing, Field Service, and Software.