Head of Hardware

Key Responsibilities

• Own the hardware strategy, roadmap, and execution required to take new versions of Abi from prototype through reliable, scalable manufacturing
• Lead day-to-day performance across mechanical, electrical, systems, reliability, quality, manufacturing engineering, and external hardware partners to deliver robust, manufacturable products
• Make key technical and program trade-offs across performance, cost, schedule, reliability, and manufacturability that determine product success
• Manage the operating cadence, decision-making quality, and cross-functional alignment needed for hardware, software, AI, design, safety, supply chain, and manufacturing to move in lockstep
• Own and evolve the external partner strategy, including how Andromeda works with design and manufacturing partners (CM/ODM/JDM) during design, validation, ramp, and production
• Manage and lead a strong multidisciplinary hardware team by setting clear expectations, coaching engineers and leads, and setting the team's operating rhythm, technical quality bar, and execution discipline
• Drive tight cross-functional collaboration across hardware, software, AI, design, safety, reliability, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and commercial teams
• Ensure strong prototyping, validation, test fixture development, and issue resolution processes across the hardware lifecycle
• Represent the hardware organisation with executives and other stakeholders, bringing clear judgment and crisp communication to key product and business decisions

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in robotics or other complex electromechanical products, such as drones, automotive, or similar motion-based systems
• Experience leading a hardware program from early architecture through prototype, validation, and scale manufacturing in a startup or other fast-moving environment
• Experience working with and managing JDM, ODM, and CM partners through design, ramp, and production
• Experience working with supply chain to select key suppliers and components with strong judgment across cost, reliability, lead time, and manufacturability
• Experience diagnosing and resolving field reliability, quality, and performance issues in shipped hardware systems
• Strong leadership capability, including setting direction, building high-performing teams, driving accountability, and developing other leaders
• Strong technical judgment in complex mechatronic systems, with the ability to guide architecture, make pragmatic trade-offs, and operate effectively under ambiguity
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, including comfort representing the hardware function with executives, partners, and cross-functional teams
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field

Skills & Experience

• Experience in humanoid robotics, consumer robotics, defence tech, or startup automotive environments is a plus
• Experience with complex mechatronic systems that combine mechanical, electrical, embedded, and systems-level integration is a plus

Bonus Points

• Experience in humanoid robotics, consumer robotics, defence tech, or startup automotive environments
• Experience with complex mechatronic systems that combine mechanical, electrical, embedded, and systems-level integration

Benefits

The expected base salary range for this role is $225,000 - $315,000. Actual compensation will be determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.