Senior Director, Hardware

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Taiwan.

📋 Description

• Oversee the research, design, and implementation of multidisciplinary hardware systems, encompassing servers/firewalls, security appliances, switches, and access points.

• Manage teams across different regions and facilitate development with JDM/ODM partners, primarily located in Asia.

• Collaborate with Software, Product, Finance, and Operations to ensure hardware strategy aligns with business goals.

• Lead the design and development initiatives of the global hardware engineering team.

• Work closely with Software and Product leads on hardware architecture, focusing on silicon selection and system power, thermal, and mechanical considerations in line with target COGs.

• Propel multidisciplinary hardware development, including board and system design, Power, SI, ECAD, Mech/Thermal, Validation, and Compliance.

• Assess design-for-manufacturing, reliability, and quality trade-offs.

• Provide executive leadership with insights into performance, risks, and priorities.

• Direct career planning, compensation, employee development, hiring, and resource planning within the hardware organization.

• Influence hardware product strategy and roadmap definition, revenue, cost structure, and customer delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) or Computer Engineering (CE), with over 15 years of technical experience.

• At least 10 years of leadership experience in technical and people management.

• Relevant experience in the design of hardware products, demonstrating expertise in architecture, design tools, and ecosystems such as PCB design, power management, and logic design.

• Proven track record in supporting new product launches and influencing cross-functional decision-making.

• Experience in driving hardware development through both internal and JDM/ODM models.

• Ability to engage effectively at the executive level, both internally and with JDM & supply chain executives.

• Experience in building and leading high-performing teams.

• Strong strategic communication skills, coupled with solid operations and financial acumen.

• Preferred experience with servers, network security, firewalls, and/or edge networking products.

• Preferred deep understanding of platform software requirements and the ability to drive architectural decisions for well-integrated systems/solutions.

• Preferred ability to influence decisions across hardware functions including Mech/Thermal, SI, ECAD, Diagnostics, Validation, and Compliance.

• Familiarity with global JDM/ODM ecosystems, particularly in Asia, is preferred.

• Trusted collaboration with Software, Marketing, and Supply Chain leadership to ensure successful go-to-market strategies and product lifecycles for high-volume product families is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Diverse work environment.

• Active security solutions implemented in over 100 countries.