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DriveNets · 2 days ago
Director of Network Hardware Engineering
Middletown, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Identify, initiate, drive, and lead network hardware engineering design and optimization tasks – they are not given to you.
Develop detailed technical hardware design specifications of the white boxes that underpin DriveNets’ ecosystem. The designs will maximize system performance while minimizing cost.
Work with external and internal engineering and product partners collaboratively and transparently, ensuring our mutual customers benefit from the best possible engineering collaboration.
Interact with external design and manufacturing firms at both the detailed engineering level and as a collaborative business partner and negotiator.
Collaborate with internal product and commercial teams to improve the hardware global supply chain initiatives.
Own and maintain the schedule of deliverables, produce industry-leading documentation, conduct comprehensive product testing, supplier validation, and produce detailed designs for performance, testability, and manufacturability.
Source material and develop test infrastructure to validate design concepts.
Leverage substantial industry knowledge and relationships to drive new functionality into DriveNets’ supplier’s products and work with sales and product teams to guide them as they plan to integrate and test new features in advance of delivery by DriveNets.
Communicate effectively across the organizational hierarchy, ensuring technical and business concepts are well-understood by both technical staff and company leadership.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on cost targets and the cost reduction roadmap, for both direct and indirect costs.
Leverage strategic partners to ensure DriveNets access to next-generation technology at tier 1 pricing levels.
Ensure automatic system test coverage of the different design elements is sufficient to ensure zero field failures.
Work with product management, engineering, etc to develop forecasts, quality, lead times, value engineering, etc.
Some travel as needed.
Qualification
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Required
Be kind.
Ability to identify and handle high-priority technical and business situations as they surface and develop appropriate action plans.
At least five years of experience in network hardware design with a detailed knowledge of white boxes and their associated components.
Solid understanding of optics, pluggable optics etc.
Experience leading complex technical programs from initiation through to client delivery and support.
Clear communication skills across disciplines including engineering, product line management, operations, finance, marketing, and sales.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences (including C-level). This includes providing training to small and large audiences.
Highly skilled at effective multitasking of job duties and projects.
Ability to drive designs with full test automation for advanced hardware troubleshooting that supports rapid qualifications, regression testing and DriveNets validations for next generation upgrades.
Expertise in test methodologies, documentation and use of test equipment.
Knowledge and experience with compliance and regulatory requirements and how they impact hardware design.
Sharp troubleshooting skills, problem solving and analytical skills.
Ability to balance and prioritize technical/business situations and develop appropriate action plans.
Preferred
BSEE or equivalent degree; MSEE is desirable.
7+ years of professional experience in the management of advanced technical projects.
Business proficiency or better in English.
Company
DriveNets
DriveNets is a networking company that provides software-based routing solutions.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (4)
2022 (4)
2021 (3)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$587MKey Investors
D2 InvestmentsD1 Capital Partners
2022-08-17Series C· $262M
2021-01-27Series B· $208M
2019-07-08Series A· $7M
Leadership Team
Ido Susan
Co-Founder & CEO
Mike Lilo
CFO
Recent News
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2024-04-08
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