Senior Hardware Engineering Project Manager
WHOOP
Other Engineering, Operations
Boston, MA, USA
Posted on Sep 3, 2025
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WHOOP is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineering Project Manager to lead complex engineering projects that drive the development of the next generation of WHOOP devices. This role will be instrumental in delivering innovative hardware consumer products from concept to market, ensuring technical excellence and seamless collaboration across teams.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead and align multi-disciplinary hardware engineering teams, including Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, and Compliance Engineering, to deliver new WHOOP hardware products to market
- Manage full lifecycle New Product Introduction (NPI) projects from kickoff through manufacturing ramp, ensuring adherence to performance, schedule, and cost goals
- Build and maintain detailed project schedules across hardware design elements such as PCBAs, plastics, batteries, haptics, wireless components, and engineering test fixtures
- Coordinate closely with cross-functional departments including Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Data Science, Signal Processing, Industrial Design, and Product Management to define objectives, align on priorities, and resolve blockers
- Lead the execution of NPI Builds from Prototype through DVT with internal and external partners, including on-site attendance at manufacturers as needed
- Support Hardware Tech Leads in prioritizing and planning testing activities, from focused design-of-experiments (DOEs) to large-scale beta tests
- Own and evolve the risk and issue management framework, ensuring effective mitigation strategies and transparent reporting to stakeholders
- Guides team members at all levels through tactical pivots and strategic shifts—creates clarity, aligns DRIs, and keeps teams calm and focused under pressure
- Identify gaps within the WHOOP New Hardware Product Development Engineering Process and own initiatives to enable execution of projects in an organized, methodical, and predictable manner
- Communicate project updates and drive key decisions at the executive level
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or a closely related engineering field (required); advanced degree a plus
- 7+ years of project/program management experience leading complex hardware development programs
- Successfully launched at least one hardware product with cross-functional dependencies, integrating mechanical and electrical subsystems
- Demonstrated track record aligning engineering, manufacturing, and global external partners
- Proven ability to plan and manage sourcing timelines and component development workflows—from vendor selection and DFM/DFX through samples, qualification, and ramp
- Builds order from ambiguity: plans, tracks, and delivers across parallel workstreams; keeps risks and decisions visible
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to travel internationally to support engineering builds (up to 15%)
WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility.
This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.