Hardware Engineering Manager jobs in San Jose, CA

As System Engineering Requirements Manager, you will be supporting a team of System Engineers who are working on defining the system design for VR products. In addition, you will lead the system process on upcoming VR products, help drive the overall process and roadmap, and be a part of the teams designing, building, and validating products for future consumer VR experiences. We want people who work well in teams, can brainstorm big ideas, work in new technology areas, thrive in ambiguity, are able to map tradespaces, can drive a concept into a prototype, and help transition prototypes into high-volume consumer products.

Hardware Systems Engineering Manager Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of System Engineers responsible working on VR products.
• Develop processes to ensure proper documentation at all stages of product development, requirements flow, verification and validation, and interaction between various subsystems
• Work with technical leadership to define and document internal and external interfaces
• Define system level requirements and establish traceability to customer documents
• Engage with technology project leads, and various component SMEs in creating the overall system architecture platform as the starting point for product execution
• Communicate technology and product strategy effectively to both internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure the hardware system metrics, KPIs, standards and tools are addressed appropriately and implemented correctly
• Up to 15% domestic and international travel required
• Champion a healthy and inclusive team culture focusing on quality and engineering craft

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10 years of product experience in electrical, mechanical or optical engineering
• 3 years direct people management experience in systems engineering
• Experience with system process implementation
• Experience with architecture and systems engineering across electrical, firmware, mechanical, audio and/or optical systems
• Experience managing documentation for integrating and delivering one or more of these technologies: displays, optics, silicon, sensors, thermal systems
• BS degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related technical discipline with 7 years of experience, or advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline with 4 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive (autonomous vehicles) or medical devices and consumer electronics
• Experience with image quality algorithms and the co-development of hardware and software
• Experience in managing and documentation of firmware development, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and complex sensing systems

About Meta:

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