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.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of hardware engineering experience
- 5+ years in senior management roles managing managers and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Experience in a fast-paced hardware or consumer electronics technology company
- Deep background in board-level electrical design
- Experience with mechanical architecture
- Experience with embedded firmware and software systems
- Experience with prototyping techniques
- Hands-on experience bringing 1M+ units of physical hardware to market
- Experience with EVT, DVT, and PVT stages
- Experience working with domestic and overseas manufacturing partners
- Track record of recruiting, mentoring, and retaining engineering talent across multiple disciplines
- Exceptional communication skills for explaining technical tradeoffs to nontechnical stakeholders and executives
- Experience scaling a hardware organization through high-growth product launches or expanding product portfolios
- 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 an equivalent field
What We Do
Powercast Corporation is the one-stop-shop for wireless power with the capability to transfer power from Microwatts to 600 Watts. Since our founding in 2003, Powercast has led the industry in RF wireless power innovations that meet FCC and other global standards. With our partnership with Powermat, Powercast has added inductive/resonant solutions to our product offering and technology portfolio. Powercast’s technologies eliminate or reduce the need for wires and batteries, curtailing waste in our landfills. Our collaborative approach and expertise in all wireless aspects, from concept and design through prototyping and mass production, has resulted in dozens of applications, extensive commercial success in both industrial and consumer applications, and over 20 million units shipped. With more than 100 customers and partner companies globally, Powercast leads the wireless power market with its broad technology offering covered by over 200 patents worldwide.
