Hardware Engineering Manager

About Bytebeam
Bytebeam builds the hardware and software stacks that power the next generation of smart connected vehicles. From device telemetry and remote diagnostics to OTA updates, alerts, and fleet-scale device management, Bytebeam helps teams ship connected products faster and operate them reliably in the field.
At Bytebeam, you will work close to both the device and the cloud. The hardware team does not stop at schematics or board bring-up. We care about what happens in the vehicle, in production, and after deployment.
Role Overview
We are hiring a Telematics Hardware Engineering Manager to lead development of automotive telematics hardware from concept to field readiness.
This is a player-coach role. You will be expected to get involved across architecture, design reviews, bring-up, validation, manufacturing, field issues, and sometimes firmware-level debugging when needed. You will work closely with firmware, cloud, manufacturing, validation, and business teams to ship robust products that survive the real world.
This role needs an overall problem solver. We are looking for someone who can connect the dots across hardware, firmware, reliability, compliance, manufacturing, and field behavior, and push issues to closure instead of treating them as someone else's boundary.
What You'll Do (Ownership Areas)1) Product and Architecture Ownership
Own end-to-end hardware architecture for automotive telematics devices.
Translate system requirements into board-level architecture, interface choices, and validation strategy.
Drive design decisions across cellular/LTE, GNSS, Bluetooth, CAN/OBD, automotive electronics, sensor, storage, and debug subsystems.
Review schematics, PCB layouts, power architecture, RF decisions, and component choices with a high bar for reliability and manufacturability.
2) Team Leadership and Execution
Build, manage, and mentor the hardware engineering team.
Hire well and raise the quality bar across the team.
Set milestones, execution plans, and review mechanisms for development, bring-up, validation, and release.
Run design reviews, failure reviews, and release-readiness reviews with crisp ownership and follow-through.
Work cross-functionally with firmware, cloud, validation, operations, and product teams to keep hardware execution aligned with product goals.
3) Development, Bring-up, and Debug
Guide new board development from PoC to production hardware.
Support board bring-up, power-on validation, interface testing, and system-level debugging.
Drive root-cause analysis across analog, digital, power, RF, and communication issues.
Partner with firmware teams on hardware-software integration across UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB, Ethernet, and related interfaces.
4) Compliance, Reliability, and Field Readiness
Own validation planning for functional correctness, compliance, environmental reliability, and real-world abuse cases.
Drive readiness for automotive and telematics-relevant requirements across EMI/EMC, ESD, vibration, ingress, thermal stress, reliability, and field-life expectations.
Bring rigor around automotive development process and standards including functional safety, ISO 26262, ASPICE, DFMEA, and DVP&R where applicable.
Work with external labs and certification partners when needed.
Ensure products are ready not just for the lab, but for long-term field deployment and warranty life.
5) Manufacturing and Supplier Ownership
Own execution with vendors, EMS partners, and component suppliers across design reviews, DFM, DFT, DFA, alternate components, and cost-risk tradeoffs.
Drive antenna tuning, RF review, component lifecycle planning, and manufacturability improvements.
Partner with operations and supply-chain teams on ramp readiness, yield issues, field returns, and corrective actions.
Take products through the transition from development to scale, with a clear eye on quality, cost, reliability, and field performance.
6) Product Feedback Loop
Close the loop between field issues, telemetry insights, validation learnings, and the next hardware revision.
Help the team build better observability into devices so failures are diagnosable remotely, not just on the bench.
Bring rigor to documentation, revision control, decision logs, and engineering communication.
Deliverables You'll Own
Hardware architecture and design-review sign-off for new telematics products
Schematic / layout review closure and release recommendations
DVP&R, validation plans, reliability plans, and release readiness inputs
Vendor review notes, component-risk assessments, and manufacturing readiness inputs
Failure-analysis summaries, RCA closure, and design-improvement roadmaps
Team planning, hiring inputs, and execution reporting
Must-Have Skills
10+ years of hands-on experience in embedded hardware development for automotive telematics products
Strong experience with automotive development process and taking products from development to scale in the market
Exceptional expertise in hardware design, schematic review, PCB design review, board bring-up, and system debugging
Strong understanding of cellular/LTE, GNSS, CAN/OBD, automotive electronics, EMI/EMC, and RF debug
Experience with communication interfaces such as CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, USB, Ethernet, and related debug workflows
Strong grounding in functional safety, reliability engineering, and automotive compliance
Must-have experience working with vendors, EMS partners, manufacturing teams, and cross-functional engineering teams
Proven ability to hire well, mentor engineers, and lead teams with a high execution bar
Strong people skills and the ability to drive alignment across teams while staying hands-on
Ability to drive root-cause analysis and solve problems at an overall system level, not just inside one subsystem
Good-to-Have (Strong Plus)
Experience with AIS-140 or similar telematics compliance and certification workflows
Familiarity with LTE Cat 1 / Cat 4 class products, GNSS performance validation, eSIM, and vehicle diagnostics workflows
Exposure to OBD, UDS, RS-485, BLE peripherals, backup battery systems, and low-power state design
Experience with Altium Designer, LTspice or similar simulation tools
Experience with manufacturing test strategy, ESS, HALT, environmental validation, and field-failure analysis
Familiarity with device-cloud workflows such as OTA, remote logs, diagnostics, and telemetry-driven issue triage
Hands-on firmware debugging or firmware ownership experience in embedded products
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who can lead from the front. You should be comfortable reviewing architecture in the morning, debugging a board in the afternoon, and aligning vendors or internal teams by evening. You should care about products surviving weak networks, installation variance, and long field life, not just passing bring-up.
This role will fit someone who enjoys building real hardware, leading strong engineers, and shipping automotive telematics devices that are deeply integrated with modern device-cloud systems.
Application Note
Instead of sending only your resume, send us one example of a connected device or telematics product you helped ship. Tell us what you owned, what went wrong, how you debugged it, and what you would do differently in the next revision.
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