VICE PRESIDENT, HARDWARE ENGINEERING SmartSkin Technologies | Fredericton, New Brunswick The engineering team behind sensor technology running inside the world's largest pharmaceutical and beverage plants is ready for its first dedicated leader. SmartSkin Technologies builds sensor-enabled container replicas, digital container twins, that travel through high-speed filling and packaging lines exactly as a real vial, bottle, or can would, measuring the pressure, shock, tilt, and rotation the product experiences at every step. Paired with Quantifeel analytics software, that data shows manufacturers precisely where their lines damage product, and how to fix it.

Fifteen of the world's twenty largest pharmaceutical companies use SmartSkin technology. Six of the seven largest global beverage manufacturers run it on their lines. SmartSkin's hardware and R&D; team spans mechanical design, electronics, embedded systems, materials science, and custom tooling.

Day-to-day direction currently sits with the Chief Product Officer, who also carries software, operations, and product strategy. The function has never had a dedicated leader with the authority to set priorities, resolve competing demands, connect R&D; with production,



and advocate for the team at the executive table. A transparent framework for balancing customer commitments, production issues, platform development, and technical improvement.

Coaching and developing a long-tenured team while preserving the trust and technical ownership already present. Partnership with the CPO on technical direction and roadmap execution. You combine operating discipline with technical credibility and a low-ego approach to change.

You bring genuine depth in at least one hardware discipline, mechanical, electrical, embedded systems, sensors, or instrumentation, and enough breadth to hold the trade-offs across the rest. You have built structure inside an active delivery environment, earned authority with an established technical team, and connected engineering choices to commercial consequences. If you have built order into a robust technical team without breaking what made it strong, we want to hear from you.

Meaningful on-the-ground presence is required, and relocation support is available for the right candidate.

Compensation range $150k - $200k plus a 20% bonus. #

📌 Vice President Hardware Engineering (Fredericton)
🏢 Hawthorne Recruitment
📍 Fredericton