Senior Hardware Engineering Manager, Project Lead (Teradyne, North Reading, MA)

About Teradyne

We are the global test and automation specialists, powering next-generation technologies through sophisticated solutions. Behind every electronic device you use, Teradynes test technology ensures your device works right the first time, every time! Our portfolio of automation solutions helps manufacturers to develop and deliver products quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Together, Teradyne companies deliver manufacturing automation across industries and applications around the world!

We attract, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce, comprised of people with diverse backgrounds and a shared drive for excellence. We strive to foster a positive and inclusive work environment that helps employees, and communities, thrive.

Our purpose

At TERADYNE, experience meets innovation, driving excellence in every connection. We are fueled by creativity and diversity of thought in our workforce. Our employees are empowered to innovate and learn something new every day. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees, respecting their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe our differences make us a better team-one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers superior business results.

Opportunity overview

Teradynes Compute Test Division (CTD) develops semiconductor test instrumentation, platforms and integrated test-cell solutions for advanced compute devices. We are seeking a Senior Hardware Engineering Manager who manages our DC / power instrumentation hardware team and, in the same role, serves as Technical Project Leader for its most complex programs. The role is based in North Reading, MA, and spans concept through production release and lifecycle transition.

You will be accountable for the overall product and engineering success of these programs: competitiveness, time to market, development cost, cost of goods, quality, reliability and customer readiness. You will lead the hardware engineers who design the product directly. You will lead the wider team (software, FPGA, systems, mechanical, calibration, verification, manufacturing and operations) through influence rather than reporting authority.

In this highly visible role you will co-lead each program with a Program Manager in CTDs "two-in-the-box" model. You own product and technical success; the Program Manager owns planning, schedule, budget, scope and governance. Success requires the curiosity and systems perspective to work beyond your own specialty, see the entire system, align diverse teams and make timely trade-offs.

Key responsibilities

Product and business leadership

• Own the overall success of assigned DC / power instrumentation programs, including competitiveness, time to market, development cost, cost of goods, quality, reliability and customer readiness.
• Define and drive the product vision, roadmap and strategy, aligned with business goals, customer use cases and the products contribution to the broader CTD portfolio.
• Act as the primary product advocate with Product Management and field teams, translating market and customer needs into clear engineering objectives and product requirements.
• Balance performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, serviceability, reuse, scalability and schedule when making product decisions.

Technical and team leadership

• Lead the hardware engineering team as its manager: hire, coach and develop engineers and product team members, and direct them so they can achieve product goals. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Establish and communicate the overall technical vision, product architecture, integration strategy and development approach.
• Lead major technical trade studies and decisions across hardware, software, FPGA, mechanical, thermal, calibration, signal delivery, automation and manufacturing.
• Ensure subsystem requirements are defined, allocated, traced, integrated, verified and validated at the system level.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point and drive timely resolution of complex, cross-disciplinary issues.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership during critical prototype, integration, verification and production-readiness phases.

Program execution

• Co-lead the core team with the Program Manager and maintain joint accountability for an executable, high-confidence plan across multiple concurrent projects.
• Drive technical execution across all contributing functional groups, keeping the focus on the overall product rather than any single discipline.
• Lead technical design reviews, integration reviews, readiness reviews, phase-gate assessments and recovery planning.
• Make or drive timely decisions on priorities, scope, technical direction, dependencies and resource deployment, and direct engineering resources to where they are needed.
• Ensure execution conforms to applicable development, quality, safety, regulatory and lifecycle processes.
• Champion best practices in product development, from requirements definition and design reviews to verification, validation and release.

Risk, opportunity and change management

• Identify technical, integration, supplier, resource, quality and execution risks early, and make sure they are tackled up front and actively retired rather than at the end.
• Define mitigation, contingency, learning and verification plans before risks affect critical commitments, and ensure they get executed.
• Identify opportunities to improve schedule, cost, product quality, reuse, team effectiveness or competitive differentiation.
• Partner with the Program Manager on disciplined scope and change control, and communicate impacts to stakeholders.

Cross-functional and stakeholder leadership

• Build alignment across Engineering, Product Management, NPI, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Applications, Service and business leadership.
• Beyond your own team, lead through credibility, influence, collaboration and sound judgment rather than formal reporting authority.
• Consult with functional leaders on staffing, technical capability, resource alignment and development priorities.
• Keep sponsors and senior leadership informed of status, risks, decisions, trade-offs and support required, and communicate progress, priorities and vision to stakeholders at all levels.
• Participate in customer, supplier and partner discussions on requirements, capabilities, roadmaps and issue resolution.
• Oversee technical engagement with vendors and contractors to ensure quality and timely delivery of components and solutions.

All About You:

• BSEE required.

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in hardware design and development, with a focus on board-level (PCB) products.

• 5+ years of people management, overseeing experienced engineers and/or managers across two or more disciplines, with ownership of hiring, performance reviews and department budget.

• 5+ years in product leadership roles for complex hardware products.

• Proven track record of delivering complex hardware products from concept to manufacturing, with end-to-end ownership.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing multiple concurrent projects.

• Demonstrated ability to engage with customers and translate market needs into product requirements.

• Experience overseeing vendors and contractors.