• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 5-10 hardware engineers, providing regular feedback, coaching, and career growth support. • Recruit, hire, and retain top engineering talent while fostering an inclusive, innovation‑driven culture. • Empower team members to contribute ideas, present solutions, and take ownership of their work. • Promote psychological safety, healthy team dynamics, and high engagement. • Build and maintain strong collaboration with leaders and managers across programs to ensure seamless execution of multi‑disciplinary projects. • Support product managers and product owners in defining requirements, estimating effort, and planning new features and products. • Prioritize engineering activities aligned with business needs and organizational goals. • Collaborate with Project Managers to track progress, risks, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring clear communication with internal and external stakeholders. • Champion engineering processes, quality standards, and continuous improvement across the development lifecycle. • Lead the hardware engineering function across controllers and displays programs, ensuring technical excellence and scalability. • Oversee specifications, requirements documentation, architecture decisions and design documentation. • Coordinate internal and external development resources (card manufacturers, JDM partners, mechanical design, sourcing, industrialization). • Ensure rigorous internal hardware and firmware testing, including test definition, prioritization, and quality validation. • Ensure products meet qualification, reliability, and compliance requirements, driving adoption of APQP methodologies. • Oversee EMC, safety, environmental, and regulatory certifications (UL, CE, FCC, BTL). • Communicate NPI readiness, risk assessments, and mitigation plans to senior leadership. • Drive on‑time delivery of high‑quality designs in a fast‑paced and evolving environment.