Product Manager Hardware Developmnt

Job Summary

We are seeking a Product Manager, Hardware Development for a direct hire opportunity in Los Angeles, CA. This is a highly technical, hands-on product management role focused on electromechanical hardware products from concept through mass production.

This opportunity is ideal for a product leader with a strong engineering background who enjoys solving complex hardware development challenges, partnering with global manufacturing teams, and driving high-quality products to market. You will work closely with engineering, firmware, manufacturing, regulatory, quality, industrial design, UX, marketing, and sales teams to deliver products that meet performance, reliability, compliance, and user needs.

The work environment is collaborative, fast-paced, and highly cross-functional, with strong visibility to leadership and meaningful ownership over product outcomes. This role offers the chance to make a measurable impact, build strong partnerships across technical and business teams, and contribute to a culture focused on quality, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

- Own hardware product execution from concept through mass production, including roadmap delivery, schedules, milestones, and risk management.
- Serve as the single accountable product owner for assigned hardware platforms, ensuring technical, schedule, quality, and business objectives are met.
- Partner with mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing, regulatory, quality, industrial design, UX, marketing, and sales teams to define requirements and drive product decisions.
- Lead EVT, DVT, and PVT planning and execution, including validation strategies, test plans, production readiness, and issue resolution.
- Collaborate with China-based manufacturing partners on DFM, tooling, ramp-up, quality control, yield improvement, and manufacturability.
- Use field data, telemetry, service feedback, and failure analysis to improve reliability, performance, backward compatibility, and lifecycle planning.

Compensation and Benefits

- Direct hire opportunity.
- Salary range: $120,000 to $140,000 per year.
- Location: Los Angeles, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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Additional Skills

Own hardware product execution from concept through mass production, including roadmap delivery, schedules, milestones, and risk management

Serve as the single product owner for assigned hardware platforms, accountable for technical, schedule, and quality outcomes

Partner with Mechanical, Electrical, and Firmware Engineering to define requirements, resolve design tradeoffs, and drive technical decisions

Lead EVT/DVT/PVT planning and execution, including test strategies, validation plans, and production readiness

Collaborate with China-based manufacturing partners on DFM, tooling, production ramp, quality control, and yield improvements

Work closely with Device Software Product Specialist to align firmware behavior, power management, connectivity, and system performance

Partner with Industrial Design and UX to deliver intuitive, clinically appropriate products while respecting engineering constraints

Interface with Regulatory and Quality to support risk assessments, testing requirements, and compliance activities

Use field data, telemetry, service feedback, and failure analysis to drive continuous reliability and design improvements

Identify and resolve cross-functional technical blockers across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and supply chain

Communicate clear product status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership; escalate early with options and recommendations

Manage hardware product lifecycle, including backward compatibility, hardware transitions, and end-of-life planning

Support product launches in partnership with Marketing and Sales, including positioning, packaging, pricing inputs, and adoption support