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Senior Director, Hardware

Role overview

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 and design tools
  • Experience driving hardware development in both internal JDM/ODM models

Responsibilities

  • Design and Development leadership of global HW engineering team
  • Drive multi-disciplinary functions with a broad view of hardware development
  • Provide visibility to executive leadership on performance, risks, and priorities
  • Advocate and drive career planning, compensation, and employee development across hardware org

About the company

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SonicWall

Cybersecurity

SonicWall has been fighting the cyber-criminal industry for over 30 years defending small, medium-size businesses and enterprises worldwide. Backed by research from the Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Threat Network, our award-winning real-time breach detection and prevention solutions, coupled with the formidable resources of over 10,000 loyal channel partners around the globe, are the backbone securing more than a million business and mobile networks and their emails, applications and data. This combination of products and partners has enabled a real-time cyber defense solution tuned to the specific needs of the more than 500,000 global businesses in more than 215 countries and territories. *U.S. Patents 7,310,815; 7,600,257; 7,738,380; 7,835,361; 7,991,723

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryCybersecurity
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

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 TwitterLinkedInFacebook 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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SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.  

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

At SonicWall, we pride ourselves on recruiting a diverse mix of talented people and providing active security solutions in 100+ countries.

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