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Staff Hardware Engineering Program Manager

Boston, MA💼 Full-time💰 $175,000–$175,000🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the development of new WHOOP hardware products by managing cross-functional engineering teams and driving projects from prototype to launch.

Role type

Staff Hardware Engineering Program Manager (player-coach)

Builds

Novel WHOOP hardware devices

Domain

Consumer electronics / Wearable health technology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Hardware product development lifecycle management, cross-functional team leadership, project scheduling and risk management, vendor coordination, international travel, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

Previous management experience, experience with electrical development workflows, experience with design-of-experiments (DOEs)

Technologies

Hardware component development, Firmware, Sensors, Manufacturing processes

Responsibilities

Align multi-disciplinary engineering teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Sensors, Manufacturing) to deliver new products; Manage the engineering project management team; Coordinate critical milestones with Product, Industrial Design, and UX; Drive development builds from Prototype through DVT with internal and external vendors; Drive prioritization and planning of test activities; Communicate project updates and drive key decisions at the executive level

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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