Senior Hardware Engineering Manager

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

The Senior Hardware Engineering Manager leads AJA's hardware engineering team in the development of innovative products from concept through production. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure engineering teams deliver high-quality products on schedule.

Working closely with Product Management, Project Management, Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Purchasing, the Senior Hardware Engineering Manager translates product requirements into executable engineering plans, manages team priorities, and removes barriers to successful execution.

The Senior Hardware Engineering Manager remains actively engaged with the engineering team by participating in architecture discussions, design reviews, and key technical decisions while providing day-to-day leadership and mentoring.

Requirements:

Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop AJA's hardware engineering team.
• Recruit, onboard, and retain talented engineers through coaching, career development, and regular performance feedback.
• Establish team goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with departmental and company objectives.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and technically strong engineering culture.
• Manage hardware development projects from concept through production and sustaining engineering.
• Coordinate engineering activities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Identify technical and schedule risks early and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality, schedule, performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost objectives.
• Work with engineering leadership to prioritize resources and balance workloads across projects.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and guidance for complex engineering challenges.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design reviews, technical tradeoff discussions, and critical engineering decisions.
• Support technical leads while empowering engineers to take ownership of design implementation.
• Promote engineering best practices, including design verification, validation, and Design for Manufacturability/Assembly/Test/Reliability (DFx).
• Ensure engineering documentation, design methodologies, and development processes are consistently followed.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management to translate product requirements into engineering plans and schedules.
• Collaborate with Project Management to coordinate project execution and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Quality Assurance to ensure successful product introduction and ongoing product support.
• Communicate engineering progress, technical risks, and resource needs to engineering leadership and other stakeholders.

Operational Leadership

• Support continuous improvement of engineering processes to improve quality, efficiency, and predictability.
• Track engineering metrics and project status to support informed decision-making.
• Assist with supplier evaluations, component selection, manufacturing support, and customer technical discussions as needed.
• Support departmental planning, budgeting, and capital equipment needs.
• Leads by example with sound technical judgment and integrity.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops engineers to achieve individual and team success.
• Makes thoughtful decisions while balancing technical, schedule, and business priorities.
• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Builds strong working relationships across Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Purchasing.
• Remains technically engaged while empowering engineers to own technical solutions.

• Willingness to adapt to changing business needs and deadlines that may extend work hours.
• Willingness to adhere to company policies and support management decisions and goals in a positive and professional manner.

Education and Experience:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• M.S. in Engineering or a master’s degree in engineering management or business administration preferred.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible hardware engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience leading or managing hardware engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of hardware design, verification, manufacturing, and product lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex electronic products from concept through production.
• Experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing technical teams.
• Strong project planning, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of hardware regulatory compliance requirements, including EMC, safety, and environmental standards.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

This is a full-time position with competitive pay and benefits. The base salary for this position is $175,702-$241,590. This range reflects base salary only, and does not include additional compensation or benefits. Individual base pay is determined by various factors such as relevant experience, education, training and skills, and the scope and responsibilities of the position.