This person will lead hardware products across the full lifecycle, from product requirements and engineering development through validation, industrialization, mass production, launch, and continuous improvement. The role sits at the center of our hardware organization and works across external engineering partners, firmware and software teams, manufacturers, suppliers, quality, operations, and fragrance development. This is not a traditional project-management role.
We are looking for someone with strong technical judgment and deep execution experience who can challenge engineering assumptions, identify risks, drive decisions, and hold engineering partners and manufacturers accountable. You are not expected to personally design every mechanical, electrical, or software system.
You are expected to understand the systems well enough to lead the people who do and to take ownership of the final outcome.
What You Will Own
Lead the development of company’s diffuser hardware portfolio from engineering through mass production and post-launch improvement
Own the complete NPI lifecycle, including EVT, DVT, PVT, production qualification, ramp, and launch
Maintain the master development timeline, critical path, technical dependencies, and launch readiness across multiple programs
Provide technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing, and fragrance-delivery systems
Lead and coordinate internal teams, external engineering specialists, contract manufacturers, OEM/ODM partners, and critical suppliers
Drive DFM/DFA, tooling validation, pilot builds, production readiness, yield improvement, and defect reduction
Lead manufacturing transfers between factories and manufacturing partners
Own root-cause analysis and corrective-action processes for technical, quality, and manufacturing issues
Ensure hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and production-test requirements remain aligned
Oversee engineering change control, BOM revisions, specifications, approved components, and production configurations
Partner with Operations and Finance on BOM targets, sourcing, cost-down initiatives, and supplier strategy
Drive regulatory certification, reliability validation, and production-quality requirements
Monitor early field performance and lead continuous product improvement after launch
Fragrance - Hardware System Development company's product performance depends on the interaction between fragrance formulation and hardware.
This role will work closely with engineering and fragrance-development teams to optimize the relationship between:
Fragrance formulation
Diffuser core
Pump
Airflow
Atomization
Cartridge or bottle architecture
Materials
Firmware and operating parameters
You will help define validation methods and drive resolution of issues related to scent performance, atomization, leakage, clogging, residue buildup, materials compatibility, and long-term reliability.
Manufacturing & Supplier Leadership This role will work directly with manufacturing partners and suppliers across Asia. Responsibilities include:
Managing OEM/ODM and contract-manufacturing partners
Leading DFM/DFA and manufacturing-readiness reviews
Overseeing tooling, first-article approval, pilot builds, and production qualification
Driving supplier accountability around quality, timing, cost, and corrective actions
Leading factory and supplier escalations when required
Supporting manufacturing transitions between China, Malaysia, and other future production locations
Ensuring production processes, documentation, quality standards, and product performance remain consistent across manufacturing sites
Technical Leadership The successful candidate must be technically strong enough to challenge experienced mechanical, electrical, firmware, and manufacturing engineers. You should be comfortable asking:
What evidence supports this conclusion?
What is the actual root cause?
What changed?
How was the proposed solution validated?
What risks remain?
Who owns the next action?
When will it be closed?
You do not need to be the deepest specialist in every discipline. You do need the judgment to know when the technical work is strong, when it is incomplete, and when additional expertise is required.
Required Experience
10+ years of experience in hardware product development, consumer electronics, NPI, manufacturing, or related disciplines
Proven experience bringing multiple physical consumer products from development through mass production
Strong experience with EVT, DVT, PVT, industrialization, and production ramp
Extensive experience working directly with Asian OEM/ODM manufacturers and suppliers
Strong understanding of mechanical systems, electrical systems, firmware integration, manufacturing, and product validation
Experience with injection molding, tooling validation, PCBA manufacturing, assembly processes, and production testing
Experience leading multidisciplinary internal and external engineering teams
Strong understanding of reliability engineering, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and product-quality systems
Experience managing multiple complex hardware programs simultaneously
Demonstrated ability to challenge engineers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners constructively and effectively
Preferred Experience
Connected or IoT-enabled consumer products
Premium home electronics or appliance categories
Pumps, fluidics, atomization, aerosol systems, or dispensing technologies
Cartridge-based delivery systems
Motors and airflow systems
Factory transfers between manufacturing partners or countries
Global regulatory certification
Hardware/software integrated products
What We’re Looking For We are looking for someone who takes ownership. Someone who can move comfortably between a product-development meeting, engineering review, factory floor, supplier negotiation, quality investigation, and executive program review. You should be highly execution-oriented, technically credible, detail-driven, and comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels. You should know when to trust specialists and when to challenge them. Most importantly, you should be someone who does not simply identify problems, you drive them to resolution.
What Success Looks Like Success in this role means company consistently develops hardware products that:
Perform as intended
Deliver a strong fragrance experience
Are engineered intelligently
Can be manufactured reliably at scale
Meet quality and reliability expectations
Achieve cost targets
Launch with speed and discipline
Improve continuously after launch
This role will play a central part in building companycompany’s long-term hardware product-development capability
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