Qu POS
Hardware Engineering Manager
Remote (United States)
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 34 days ago
DevOpsComputer VisionComplianceLogisticsProcurementHardware DesignLeadershipCollaboration
About the role
- At Qu you'll find a fun, dynamic, and diverse culture that celebrates team and individual success.
- Our people are down to earth, trail blazin' folks who value innovation.
- As the central hardware leader, you will have holistic accountability over the full hardware lifecycle, overarching hardware strategy, and procurement operations.
Responsibilities
- Engineering Leadership: Serve as the primary leader for the hardware engineering function, coordinating efforts across R&D, legacy hardware operations, strategy, and cross-functional partners to ensure seamless alignment and execution.
- Legacy & Core Systems: Ensure the stabilization, support readiness, and ongoing lifecycle management of deployed KDS (Kitchen Display Systems), POS terminals, and peripheral devices.
- You will guide platform modularity, reuse strategies, and make/buy/partner decisions.
- R&D and Edge Computing: Drive next-generation edge compute and AI-enabled hardware platforms (e.g., Qube & Edge AI).
- Ensure the successful delivery of prototype builds, performance benchmarks, and release readiness criteria.
- QA validation, test strategies, and the creation of field support playbooks/diagnostics.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with dedicated domain owners across R&D/IoT, Legacy & Core Hardware, and Hardware Strategy to achieve collective goals.
- Consult and align closely with Hardware QA and Hardware Security teams to maintain platform integrity and safety.
- While mostly virtual, we collaborate closely to produce leading-edge software solutions much needed in the restaurant industry.
- In this role, you will lead a cross-functional hardware engineering group responsible for defining, building, operating, and evolving Qu's hardware platforms-ranging from cutting-edge IoT innovations to core legacy systems.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading hardware engineering, hardware product management, or hardware operations teams.
- Deep expertise in end-to-end hardware lifecycle management, from sourcing, testing and R&D, to mass scaling, RMAs, and end-of-life.
- Familiarity with Edge Compute, IoT devices, POS systems, and AI-enabled hardware architectures.
Skills
- Align hardware engineering initiatives with broader Product, Software Engineering, DevOps, and Finance leadership.
Benefits
- Oversee the lifecycle for E2I, Computer Vision (CV), and smart cameras from initial sourcing to end-of-life.
- Own the long-term hardware vision, platform decisions, multi-year roadmaps, and investment prioritization.
Company info
- What we're looking for: Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading hardware engineering, hardware product management, or hardware operations teams.
- We are seeking an experienced and visionary technical leader to join our team as a Hardware Engineering Manager.
This listing is sourced directly from Qu POS's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.