Director / Senior Director, Hardware Product Engineering
Location: Hong Kong
Department: Platform
Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.
Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back?, as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.
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Location: Hong Kong
Type: Full Time
The Role
As Director / Senior Director of Hardware Product Engineering, you will own the end‑to‑end success of our core living‑room hardware product, shaping the hardware that enables a new category of active play experiences for families and kids. You will partner closely with Product Design from early concept through product development, as well as Manufacturing and Sourcing, to deliver high‑quality, safe, and innovative consumer electronics at scale. As part of a fast‑growing, category‑defining company, you will lead a hardware product engineering organization and guide the product’s technical evolution through rigorous engineering.
The Mindset
A systems‑level, first‑principles engineering leader who perseveres to the highest standards; relentlessly curious and willing to challenge assumptions to define new categories; customer‑obsessed, rigorous, and decisive; executes with discipline, using data and experimentation to deliver uncompromising, high‑quality consumer products at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Product, Technology & Customer Impact
- Serve as the single accountable owner of the core living‑room hardware product
- Partner deeply with Product Design during early concept and product development to translate customer needs and design intent into feasible, scalable hardware solutions
- Drive hardware innovation and R&D
- Lead architecture, platform, and key technology decisions
Product Delivery, Quality, Safety & Compliance
- Own the product across its full lifecycle, from concept through long‑term use in consumer homes
- Deliver the product to commitments on scope, timing, performance, reliability, and manufacturability
- Drive regulatory compliance and localization to support international expansion
- Lead field issue investigation, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions to continuously improve quality and safety
Organization & Cross‑Functional Leadership
- Build and lead a high‑performing Hardware Product Engineering organization capable of scaling products rapidly to global markets
- Partner closely with Software, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Commercial teams to enable high‑volume production and global market access
- Develop technical leaders and operating mechanisms that support consistent, high‑quality execution
- Delivering results through ODM/JDM models while building strategic in-house capabilities
Must Have
- Significant experience delivering consumer electronics, preferably living‑room or home entertainment devices
- Strong background in embedded systems and hardware‑software integration
- Track record delivering reliable, high‑quality consumer devices at scale
- Experience leading engineering or product engineering teams in high‑growth environments
- Strong collaboration experience with product design, manufacturing, and sourcing
- Proven experience managing ODM/JDM partnerships
- Excellent spoken English and Mandarin
Nice to Have
- Experience with TV‑connected, gaming, or home entertainment hardware platforms
- Experience with Android‑based consumer devices
- Experience with camera systems
- Experience building products for kids or families
We Offer
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at nex.inc/who-we-are.
We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!
Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.
We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
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