
Director, Hardware Engineering
1w1 week agoSamsara
San Francisco, US · Full-time · $168,640 – $263,000
About this role
Samsara (NYSE: IOT) pioneers the Connected Operations™ Cloud, harnessing IoT data to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability in physical operations powering over 40% of global GDP. Our Connected Equipment business, generating over $100M in ARR, covers assets from unpowered equipment to generators and trailers. We're seeking a Director of Hardware Engineering to lead a team bringing impactful new products to life.
In this role, lead and grow an excellent hardware design team passionate about shipping terrific products. Act entrepreneurially by identifying meaningful problems, influencing business cases, and executing solutions. Own product decisions by figuring out the right builds, creating detailed hardware specifications, and navigating tradeoffs in performance, quality, time to market, and cost.
Join a high-caliber team that wins together, celebrates together, and supports each other in a hyper growth environment. Work on exciting solutions like Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, and Equipment Monitoring as part of a recently public company. Surround yourself with top talent encouraging your best efforts.
Impact industries like agriculture, construction, transportation, and manufacturing by helping digitally transform operations at scale. Architect your own career with rapid development and opportunities to experiment and master your craft. Be energized by digitizing large sectors of the global economy with creative, ambitious ideas.
Recent awards include Glassdoor's Highest-Rated Tech Companies for Culture and Values 2023, Great Place To Work Certified™ 2023, Best Place to Work by Built In 2023, Financial Times The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2023, and Deloitte Fast 500 Companies.
Requirements
- Passion for impacting industries that run the world like construction, transportation, and manufacturing
- Entrepreneurial mindset to identify problems and drive business cases
- Ownership mentality to figure out products, specs, and shipping strategies
- Experience leading hardware engineering teams in product development
- Expertise in hardware design for IoT and connected devices
- Ability to balance tradeoffs in performance, cost, and time to market
- Thrives in hyper growth environments with high-caliber teams
- Energized by ambitious ideas for digitizing physical operations
Responsibilities
- Develop and grow an excellent hardware design team with a passion for shipping terrific products
- Identify meaningful problems to solve and influence business cases for new products
- Execute on solutions by determining the right products and build methods
- Create detailed hardware specifications for connected equipment
- Navigate tradeoffs between performance, quality, time to market, and cost
- Ship hardware products that improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability of assets
- Oversee hardware development from concept to production for IoT-enabled equipment
- Collaborate with product and software teams to align hardware with customer needs
Benefits
- Autonomy and support to make an impact in a recently public company
- Rapid career development and opportunities to experiment in hyper growth
- High-caliber team that wins, celebrates, and supports together
- Glassdoor's Highest-Rated Tech Companies for Culture and Values 2023
- Great Place To Work Certified™ 2023
- Best Place to Work by Built In 2023
- Financial Times The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2023
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