Senior Director – TeraWave Ground Terminals

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. Lead hardware, embedded software, and systems engineering teams developing compact, rugged, high-performance communications terminals.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeBay Area • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $253,878 - $355,429 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Linux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead hardware, embedded software, and systems engineering teams developing compact, rugged, high-performance communications terminals.
Define product architecture across RF, digital, power, thermal, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing domains.
Drive execution from prototype to high-volume production, including design for manufacturability, testability, reliability, and cost.
Partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams to select components, qualify suppliers, and transfer designs to a contract manufacturer.
Establish program plans, technical milestones, risk management, and cross-functional coordination with operations, quality, and product management.
Own system-level integration, bring-up, debugging, and validation strategy for hardware and firmware.
Ensure embedded software supports secure boot, device provisioning, field updates, telemetry, diagnostics, and factory test.
Build and mentor a high-performing team of engineers and technical leads.
Manage external partners, including contract manufacturers, test labs, and specialist consultants.
Create and maintain engineering processes for requirements management, change control, verification, and release readiness.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in hardware and embedded systems development, with at least 8 years leading technical teams.
Proven success bringing complex connected hardware products from prototype to mass production.
Strong background in embedded systems, board design, system integration, and production test.
Experience working with contract manufacturers and driving design transfer to manufacturing.
Familiarity with RF-enabled products, high-speed digital design, power electronics, thermal design, and ruggedized consumer or industrial hardware.
Experience with Linux-based embedded platforms, real-time constraints, boot flows, device provisioning, and firmware update mechanisms.
Strong understanding of reliability engineering, root cause analysis, and failure analysis.
Ability to lead across hardware, firmware, operations, and quality functions in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication and organizational skills, with a track record of delivering on aggressive timelines.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion

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Hard Skills & Tools

hardware developmentembedded systems developmentboard designsystem integrationproduction testRF-enabled productshigh-speed digital designpower electronicsthermal designLinux-based embedded platforms

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsrisk managementcross-functional coordinationmentoringproblem-solvingteam managementstakeholder managementtime management