This person will lead hardware products across the full lifecycle, from product requirements and engineering development through validation, industrialization, mass production, launch, and continuous improvement. The role sits at the center of our hardware organization and works across external engineering partners, firmware and software teams, manufacturers, suppliers, quality, operations, and fragrance development. This is not a traditional project-management role. We are looking for someone with strong technical judgment and deep execution experience who can challenge engineering assumptions, identify risks, drive decisions, and hold engineering partners and manufacturers accountable. You are not expected to personally design every mechanical, electrical, or software system. Lead the development of company’s diffuser hardware portfolio from engineering through mass production and post-launch improvement Maintain the master development timeline, critical path, technical dependencies, and launch readiness across multiple programs Provide technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing, and fragrance-delivery systems Lead and coordinate internal teams, external engineering specialists, contract manufacturers, OEM/ODM partners, and critical suppliers Own root-cause analysis and corrective-action processes for technical, quality, and manufacturing issues Ensure hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and production-test requirements remain aligned Oversee engineering change control, BOM revisions, specifications, approved components, and production configurations Drive regulatory certification, reliability validation, and production-quality requirements Monitor early field performance and lead continuous product improvement after launch Fragrance
- Hardware System Development company's product performance depends on the interaction between fragrance formulation and hardware.



This role will work closely with engineering and fragrance-development teams to optimize the relationship between: Materials You will help define validation methods and drive resolution of issues related to scent performance, atomization, leakage, clogging, residue buildup, materials compatibility, and long-term reliability. Managing OEM/ODM and contract-manufacturing partners Driving supplier accountability around quality, timing, cost, and corrective actions Ensuring production processes, documentation, quality standards, and product performance remain consistent across manufacturing sites Technical Leadership The successful candidate must be technically strong enough to challenge experienced mechanical, electrical, firmware, and manufacturing engineers. What risks remain? You do need the judgment to know when the technical work is solid, when it is incomplete, and when additional expertise is required. 10+ years of experience in hardware product development, consumer electronics, NPI, manufacturing, or related disciplines ~ Proven experience bringing multiple physical consumer products from development through mass production ~ Solid understanding of mechanical systems, electrical systems, firmware integration, manufacturing, and product validation ~ Experience with injection molding, tooling validation, PCBA manufacturing, assembly processes, and production testing ~ Strong understanding of reliability engineering, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and product-quality systems ~ Global regulatory certification Hardware/software integrated products Someone who can move comfortably between a product-development meeting, engineering review, factory floor, supplier negotiation, quality investigation, and executive program review. Meet quality and reliability expectations This role will play a central part in building companycompany’s long-term hardware product-development capability #

📌 Head of Product Development- Glass Hardware (Vancouver)
🏢 Quikr
📍 Vancouver