Director of Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Powercast is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead, scale, and inspire our engineering team. In this role, you will bridge technical vision and business strategy. You will manage cross-functional engineering teams spanning electrical, mechanical, embedded systems, and firmware engineering—taking complex hardware products and semiconductor chips from initial architecture and prototyping through to high-volume design for manufacturing and commercial production.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Leadership & People Management: Manage, mentor, and grow project managers and team leads across EE, ME, Firmware, and Test. Build an inclusive, high-performing culture centered on design robustness, quality, safety, and structured operational execution.
• Product Strategy & Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with product management, industrial design, operations, and supply chain to align product roadmaps with business goals. Balance aesthetic, performance, cost (BOM), and manufacturability requirements.
• Technical Architecture & System Design: Oversee high-level system architecture, component selection, and design for excellence (DFX/DFM/DFA). Ensure products comply with global regulatory standards (FCC, CE, UL, RoHS) and meet strict reliability targets.
• Process & Operational Excellence: Implement hardware development cycles (gates, design reviews, testing, and V&V protocols) to increase release predictability and product quality.
• Resource & Budget Management: Allocate lab equipment, prototyping resources, and capital expenditures.

Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of hardware engineering experience, with 5+ years in senior management roles (managing managers and multidisciplinary teams) in a fast-paced hardware or consumer electronics tech company.
• Technical Depth: Deep background in board-level electrical design, mechanical architecture, embedded firmware/software systems, and prototyping techniques.
• Manufacturing Savvy: Hands-on experience bringing high volume (1M+) physical hardware to market through EVT, DVT, and PVT stages, including working directly with domestic and overseas manufacturing partners.
• People First: Proven track record of recruiting, mentoring, and retaining top engineering talent across multiple disciplines.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex hardware engineering tradeoffs (e.g., cost vs. performance vs. schedule) to non-technical stakeholders and executive teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience scaling a hardware organization through high-growth product launches or expanding product portfolios.
• Deep knowledge of supply chain risk management, custom tooling, and vendor qualification processes.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent field.