Director, Firmware Architecture & Delivery

The role

This senior leader is accountable for technical direction, architecture, and delivery of firmware across the global product portfolio. They will define hardware abstraction standards and oversee the US firmware development organization, including internal and external teams.

What you will do

• Own firmware architecture, interface definitions, and hardware abstraction standards globally.
• Establish architectural standards for RTOS, connectivity frameworks, device intelligence, and edge processing.
• Drive technical decisions on microcontroller, processor, wireless, and display technologies.
• Maximize reuse of internal code, vendor SDKs, and reference designs.
• Define and maintain engineering standards for internal developers and third-party suppliers.
• Own technical requirements in supplier agreements for pre-production reproducibility.
• Establish design review and gating checkpoints for partner deliverables.
• Own delivery commitments for internally developed firmware including schedule, quality, and scope.
• Lead the US embedded firmware organization and build technical bench strength.
• Own the embedded test automation framework, CI pipeline, and static analysis tooling.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 12+ years of embedded software and firmware engineering experience
• 5+ years leading engineering organizations, including direct people leadership of senior engineers and managers
• Experience owning technical standards and delivery accountability
• Experience defining architecture executed by ODM/JDM partners and enforcing standards against outsourced development
• Track record establishing CI/CD, static analysis, and automated test infrastructure for embedded programs
• Experience developing firmware for consumer electronics, home appliances, robotics, IoT devices, or related high-volume industries
• Embedded firmware architecture, HAL/API design, and platform reuse
• Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
• OTA software update architecture
• Build systems and toolchains (gcc, CMake, headless builds), Git-based source control, static analysis
• Test automation frameworks and hardware-in-the-loop validation

Nice to have

• Master's degree

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• employee stock purchase program
• life insurance
• AD&D
• short-term disability insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• generous paid time off

About the company

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of lifestyle solutions. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, the company has more than 4,100 associates.