Head of Product Development Electronics

Client Background & Position Overview

Our client is a global technology leader developing high-performance electronic systems for demanding professional applications. The company designs complex hardware platforms combining advanced electronics, embedded software, and long-life product requirements, with strong constraints on reliability, manufacturability, and industrialization.

To support the development of next-generation platforms, the organization is seeking a Hardware Electronics Team Leader. Reporting to senior R&D management, this role is responsible for leading a team of hardware engineers while driving the design, validation, and industrialization of complex electronic boards. The position combines hands-on technical expertise in PCB design and FPGA-based architectures with team leadership and supplier interface responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a hardware electronics team of 7–8 engineers
• Act as technical authority for electronic board design, including complex multilayer PCBs
• Drive schematic design, PCB architecture, layout reviews, and design-for-manufacturing activities
• Provide technical leadership on FPGA-based systems, including device selection, integration, and system-level constraints
• Define, deploy, and enforce hardware design rules, best practices, and documentation standards
• Plan, prioritize, and monitor team activities, workload, and technical deliverables
• Coordinate prototype builds, board bring-up, debugging, and hardware validation
• Work closely with embedded software, FPGA/firmware, system, mechanical, and validation teams to ensure overall system coherence
• Lead technical interactions with external suppliers (components, FPGA vendors, PCB manufacturers, EMS)
• Participate in supplier selection, technical qualification, and long-term supplier relationship management
• Anticipate and mitigate technical and supply-chain risks (components, FPGA availability, obsolescence, PCB technologies)
• Support industrialization, transfer to manufacturing, and lifecycle management of electronic products
• Mentor, coach, and evaluate team members; contribute to skills development and performance management

Requirements

• Strong experience in hardware electronics design within complex electronic systems
• Proven expertise in multilayer PCB design, including high-speed digital interfaces, power integrity, and EMC constraints
• Solid experience working with FPGA-based architectures (interfaces, constraints, system integration; HDL knowledge is a plus)
• Hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools (Altium, Cadence, or equivalent)
• Proven experience managing or leading a hardware team of similar size (7–8 people)
• Strong experience interfacing with FPGA vendors, electronic component suppliers, PCB manufacturers, and EMS partners
• Ability to technically challenge supplier proposals and manufacturing constraints
• Strong understanding of the full hardware development lifecycle, from concept through industrialization
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills
• Strong communication and leadership skills in a cross-functional, international environment
• Master's degree in electronics engineering or a related field
• Fluent English

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a sizable and technically strong hardware electronics team while remaining closely involved in the design of advanced PCB and FPGA-based platforms. You will have a direct impact on technical architecture, supplier strategy, and long-term product robustness in a high-performance professional environment.

For candidates looking to combine deep technical expertise, people leadership at scale, and strategic influence on complex hardware platforms, this position offers both challenge and