Senior Hardware Engineering Manager

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Senior Hardware Engineering Manager – Grass Valley

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.

Engineering Execution

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.

Desirable Skills & Experience:
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.

Email resumes to: [email protected]

Life at AJA

A career at AJA Video Systems will be unlike any other you’re exploring. You’ll be challenged and inspired with creative design opportunities working in a beautiful Sierra Foothills location on a campus designed to facilitate learning, teamwork and innovation with products that are changing the broadcast and media landscape. Our location in Grass Valley is a paradise for people who enjoy the outdoors – hiking, fishing, white water rafting and kayaking, skiing, or camping.

We look for people interested in turning ideas into real products. Our products facilitate video and movie productions. We want people who are creative, out-of-the-box thinkers and who are tenacious problem-solvers.

The nearby Yuba is considered one of the most beautiful rivers in California. We are located an hour from Lake Tahoe, an hour from Sacramento, and about two hours from the Bay Area. Grass Valley also hosts multiple music festivals and is home for numerous artists, writers and musicians. Nevada City, our sister city, was recently voted one of the top ten small towns in the U.S. We have excellent schools including numerous charter schools that appeal to specific talents and interests of our community’s families.

Our Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and have a full range of benefits which include multiple health plan options, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 125 Flexible Spending Accounts, and matching 401(k) plan.