硬件高级总监
Senior Director, Hardware
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职位简介
高级总监，硬件/架构职位需要一位充满活力的研发专业人士，负责领导多学科的硬件系统开发研究、设计与执行，包括服务器/防火墙、安全设备、交换机和接入点。范围包括管理跨地区团队，并与主要的 JDM/ODM 合作伙伴（主要位于亚洲）推动开发。
作为硬件与运营领导团队的一员，您将与软件、产品、财务和运营团队密切合作，确保硬件战略与业务重点保持一致。该职位需要一位能够在战略和操作层面同时发挥作用的领导者，注重执行、问责和成果。
您将负责
- 全球硬件工程团队的设计与开发领导
- 与软件和产品负责人紧密合作，定义硬件架构，包括芯片选型以及符合目标 COGs 的系统电源/散热/机械决策
- 从全局视角推动多学科功能，涵盖硬件开发的所有方面——板级与系统设计、电源、SI、ECAD、机械/散热、验证、合规性
- 具有评估制造、可靠性、质量等方面设计权衡的经验
- 熟悉高速网络接口（25Gbps+）、PCIe gen3+、DDR4+、CPU（x86 或 ARM）子系统、WiFi、蜂窝技术
- 向高管领导层提供性能、风险和优先级的可见性
- 在硬件部门内倡导并推动职业规划、薪酬和员工发展。制定招聘和资源计划（人员编制和预算）
任职要求
- 电子工程或计算机工程学士学位，15 年以上相关经验
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SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
About the Role
The Senior Director, Hardware/Architecture role requires a dynamic R&D professional to lead the research, design, & execution of multi-disciplinary development of hardware systems, including servers/firewalls, security appliances, switches, & access points. Scope includes management of cross-geo teams & driving development with JDM/ODM partners, primarily in Asia.
As a member of the hardware & operations leadership team, you will work closely with Software, Product, Finance, & Operations to align hardware strategy with business priorities. This role requires a leader who can operate at both a strategic and operational level, with a clear focus on execution, accountability, and results.
What You’ll Do
- Design and Development leadership of global HW engineering team
- Hands-on engagement with Software & Product leads for hardware architecture definition, including silicon selection & system power/thermal/mech decisions in line with target COGs
- Drive multi-disciplinary functions with a broad view of hardware development across all facets – board & system design, Power, SI, ECAD, Mech/Thermal, Validation, Compliance
- Experience evaluating trade-offs in design for manufacturing, reliability, quality
- Working knowledge in high-speed network interfaces (25Gbps+), PCIe gen3+, DDR4+, CPU (x86 or ARM) subsystems, WiFi, Cellular technologies
- Provide visibility to executive leadership on performance, risks, and priorities
- Advocate and drive career planning, compensation, and employee development across hardware org. Drive hiring and resourcing plans (headcount & budget)
Qualifications
- BS degree in EE or CE, with 15+ years of technical experience
- Minimum 10+ years of technical & people leadership experience
- Relevant experience in design of hardware products, with expertise in architecture, design tools & ecosystems such as PCB design, power management, logic design
- Experience supporting new product introductions and influencing cross-functional decisions
- Experience driving hardware development in both internal & JDM/ODM models
- Ability to operate effectively at the executive level, internally and externally with JDM & supply chain execs
- Experience building and leading high-performing teams
- Strong strategic communication, with solid operations & financial acumen
Preferred
- Experience with servers, network security, firewall, and/or edge networking products
- Deep understanding of platform software requirements & ability to drive architectural decisions for well-integrated systems/solutions
- Ability to drive decisions across hardware functions including Mech/Thermal, SI, ECAD, Diagnostics, Validation, Compliance
- Familiarity with global JDM/ODM ecosystems, especially in Asia
- Trusted partnership with Software, Marketing & Supply Chain leadership for successful GTM & product lifecycle for high volume product families
Why This Role
This is a critical leadership role with direct impact on hardware product strategy & roadmap definition, revenue, cost structure, and customer delivery. You will shape how the company develops and delivers products at scale while partnering closely with executive leadership to drive business outcomes.
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