Hardware Manager

CENTURION SEARCH (www.centurion-search.fr) is recruiting for one of its partners, a leading industrial player recognized for its cutting-edge technologies and high quality standards, its Hardware Development Manager.

You will join the R&D department to lead and structure all hardware developments, from design to industrialization, by managing a multidisciplinary team (mechanical & electronic).

Your main responsibilities will be:

Technical Steering & Organization

• Plan, organize, and prioritize mechanical and electronic development activities.
• Structure the hardware team to effectively meet the needs of internal projects and customer requests.
• Lead design reviews and validate technical directions.
• Develop, update, and enforce business procedures within your scope.

Project Management (QCD)

• Guarantee compliance with development costs, deadlines, and deliverable quality.
• Manage several projects simultaneously while ensuring proper technical coordination.
• Ensure the management of the hardware R&D budget.

Design, Technical Documentation & Compliance

• Supervise the drafting and validation of specifications.
• Be responsible for definition files, manufacturing files, and Bills of Materials (BOM).
• Lead the creation of prototypes and verify their compliance with requirements, including certification steps (such as CE marking or equivalent).

Industrialization & Partner Relations

• Support the industrialization of hardware products and the creation of associated documentation.
• Ensure the transfer of manufacturing files to subcontractors, both in France and internationally.
• Actively participate in production startup and serve as a technical interface for internal teams.
• Manage and monitor external services: suppliers, design offices, specialized service providers.

To successfully carry out your missions, you will interact with all internal departments (R&D, production, purchasing, quality, management…) as well as with your suppliers, subcontractors, technical partners, and occasionally your customers.

With an engineering background in electronics, embedded systems, or industrial computing, ideally graduated from a specialized school such as ENSEA, ENSEEIHT, ISEN, or ESIEE Paris, you have approximately 10 years of experience in electronic product development within a demanding industrial environment.

You possess solid expertise in electronics and embedded systems, as well as proven practice of the complete product development cycle, from requirement expression to production (design, prototyping, validation, industrialization…).

Experience in team management is highly appreciated. If not, your natural leadership, your ability to unite people, and your aptitude to motivate teams will be essential assets for success in this role.

Proficiency in English is required.