Senior Hardware Engineering Leader

AJA Video Systems; Grass Valley (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

AJA Video Systems in Grass Valley, CA, seeks a Senior Hardware Engineering Manager to lead the hardware engineering team from concept to production, balancing technical leadership with people management.

You will partner with Product Management, Manufacturing, QA, and Purchasing to translate requirements into plans, manage priorities, and remove roadblocks.

The role requires mentoring engineers, delivering robust designs, and ensuring quality, schedule, manufacturability, and cost objectives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressively responsible hardware engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience leading hardware engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of hardware design, verification, manufacturing, and product lifecycle management.
• Experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop AJA's hardware engineering team.
• Recruit, onboard, and retain engineers through coaching and career development.
• Establish team goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with company objectives.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable and technically strong culture.
• Manage hardware development from concept through production and sustaining engineering.
• Coordinate engineering activities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Identify risks early and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality, schedule, performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost objectives.
• Prioritize resources and balance workloads across projects.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design reviews, and critical engineering decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Hardware design

Project planning

Cross-functional collaboration

EMC/regulatory

Communication

Manufacturing knowledge

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering

M.S. in Engineering Management or related (preferred)

Job description

AJA Video Systems in Grass Valley, CA, seeks a Senior Hardware Engineering Manager to lead the hardware engineering team from concept to production, balancing technical leadership with people management.

You will partner with Product Management, Manufacturing, QA, and Purchasing to translate requirements into plans, manage priorities, and remove roadblocks.

The role requires mentoring engineers, delivering robust designs, and ensuring quality, schedule, manufacturability, and cost objectives.