Hardware Team Lead
Your Future Ecosystem Located between Rotterdam and The Hague, in the heart of the world’s leading greenhouse region, lies Westland, home to Priva’s modern campus in De Lier. This innovative region has been the foundation of our family-owned company since the 1950s. What started as a hardware business has grown into a global leader in horticulture and building automation. Today, Priva develops advanced hardware, software, and digital services for climate control, energy efficiency, and water optimization. Our solutions support horticulture, indoor and city farming, as well as offices, hotels, hospitals, and retail environments worldwide. Our next ambition? Becoming a leading digital service provider with “Climate as a Service” solutions that help customers operate more sustainably. With over 600 colleagues, 16 international offices, and more than 400 installation partners, we deliver smart, sustainable solutions in over 100 countries.
How You Add Value Are you passionate about leading a hardware team and creating the structure needed for high-quality product development? As a Hardware Team Lead, you play a key role in coordinating the day-to-day activities of the hardware team and ensuring priorities, processes, and ways of working are clear, effective, and aligned with business goals. You help the team deliver reliable hardware solutions by bringing focus, planning, and consistency to the development process. Working closely with product management, project managers, systems engineering, software, quality, and external development partners, you ensure the team is organized, supported, and able to perform at its best. This role combines team coordination, delivery focus, process improvement, and some project management support. You create the conditions for strong execution while continuously improving how the team works together and with others.
Your Responsibilities Be the primary interface and first point of contact for internal teams and external partners into the Hardware team
Define, coordinate and manage the internal and external communication paths and processes
In collaboration with the project managers, coordinate the activities, priorities, and workload of the hardware team across development and maintenance projects
Translate business and project objectives into clear team plans, aligned priorities, and realistic execution timelines
Implement and maintain an effective risk management process
Build a structured and traceable approach to requirements, verification, documentation, and change management
Define clear interfaces and collaboration models within the organization and with our external partners
Help the team identify and remove blockers, manage dependencies, and escalate risks when needed
Monitor progress, quality, and delivery performance, and ensure actions are followed up
Contribute to resource planning and capacity management
Coach team members in effective collaboration, ownership, and disciplined execution
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, practical problem-solving, and reliable delivery
What You Bring Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Mechatronics, or a related technical field
At least 7 years of experience in hardware development, electronics engineering, or embedded product development
Experience in coordinating engineering teams or leading multidisciplinary hardware development activities
Strong understanding of hardware development lifecycles, from concept and requirements through validation, release, and maintenance
Experience with project coordination, planning, prioritization, and risk management in a technical environment
Proven ability to implement or improve development processes, governance, and ways of working
Experience working with external development partners
Strong organizational skills and a structured, pragmatic approach to execution
Clear communication skills and the ability to align stakeholders around priorities and decisions
A quality-driven mindset with attention to long-term maintainability, reliability, and team effectiveness
What You Get In Numbers Competitive salary and benefits package
Flexible working hours and 30 vacation days, with the option to buy more
8% holiday allowance
Travel allowance of €0.23/km (max. 150 km per day)
For Your Well-Being and Growth Solid pension plan and participation scheme
Personal development budget and training opportunities
Healthy cafeteria
Free on-site gym with CrossFit, Pilates, Spinning, table tennis, and table football
Our Culture and Values At Priva, our mission is to create environments where people can work, grow, and thrive. We deliver sustainable solutions for horticulture and building automation that reduce resource consumption and contribute to global sustainability goals. Our culture is built on four core values: Sustainable, Innovative, Make it Happen, and Human. Colleagues describe Priva as open, ambitious, innovative, friendly, and down-to-earth. We offer a flat, informal, and fast-paced environment where you are encouraged to take ownership and grow. We believe diversity drives success. We welcome people from all backgrounds and perspectives and create a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to be their authentic self.