About the role

We are a growing consumer electronics SME delivering wearables, smart home devices, and networking products. We are looking for a hands-on and resourceful Hardware Development Project Manager to guide products from concept to mass production in a lean environment, without relying on a large PMO structure. The right person will be comfortable with schedules, cost models, technical details, supplier discussions, and senior stakeholder updates. They should be a strong active listener who can take complex technical input and turn it into clear actions, decisions, and practical business updates. This role suits someone with calm confidence: able to make decisions, challenge assumptions, and hold people accountable, while remaining self-aware, collaborative, and respectful of technical expertise.

Key responsibilities

Own end-to-end hardware development schedules across multiple product lines, from concept through EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP

Drive stage-gate discipline with clear actions, owners, due dates, decision logs, and current master trackers accessible to the full team

Make timely, data-grounded decisions based on available information, while being willing to revisit decisions when new information justifies a change

Coordinate mechanical, PCB, firmware, mobile app, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality workstreams across geographies and time zones

Design and manage a practical communication cadence covering weekly cross-functional meetings, milestone reviews, supplier calls, leadership updates, and structured asynchronous follow-ups

Run purposeful meetings with clear agendas, preparation expectations, time control, focused discussion, explicit decisions, owners, deadlines, and concise notes issued within 24 hours

Translate technical complexity into plain language for non-technical founders and senior stakeholders, including concise PowerPoint updates showing key risks, decisions, and recommendations

Actively listen in cross-functional discussions, identify misalignment early, ensure the right voices are heard, and distil engineering, supply chain, factory, and leadership inputs into clear next steps

Own the SharePoint project environment, including schedules, BOMs, ECO logs, risk registers, certification trackers, decision records, naming conventions, and version control

Build and maintain cost models covering BOM, tooling, NRE, landed cost per unit, tooling amortisation, assembly, freight, duties, and warranty reserves

About you

5-7 years of hardware development project management experience in consumer electronics

Hands-on experience with at least two of the following: wearables, smart home/IoT devices, or networking/router products

Solid understanding of hardware development for wireless connected devices, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LTE/5G, and systems-level connectivity stacks such as Wi-Fi 6/6E/7, Bluetooth LE, Thread, and Matter

Familiarity with wearable-specific constraints, including miniaturisation, battery life, FSR/touch input, biometric sensors, IP ratings, and product reliability expectations

Working knowledge of RF certification processes, including FCC, CE, SRRC, and related schedule impacts

Comfortable reviewing PCB layouts, mechanical drawings, and BOMs, and able to ask the right technical and commercial questions

Experience managing firmware and mobile app integration dependencies, with an understanding of DFM/DFA and SMT manufacturing principles

Proficient in Excel and able to build cost trackers, schedule dashboards, BOM roll-ups, data models, landed cost models, and financial-risk summaries from scratch

Proven ability to manage geographically dispersed teams and external partners across multiple time zones, with strong asynchronous communication and decision-log discipline

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field

Benefits

Travel to Asia, including Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia, approximately 15-25% annually

Flexible working hours in exchange for time-zone accommodation