Hardware Engineering Manager

at  Daanaa Resolution

Job Description
Daanaa is a Vancouver-based fabless power electronics and semiconductor company on a mission to revolutionize power electronics in applications operating at and below 1,500 Volts (1.5 kV).
The Company is in early commercialization stages of deep tech power conversion and control technologies, offering innovative solutions to OEMs in multiple industries, including solar energy, electric vehicles, and data centers.
Daanaa’s value is derived from its transformative Power Transaction Unit (PTU) that consolidates power electronic functions — from bi-directional conversion and amplification to management, transfer, diagnostics, and control — onto a single, high-power-density, high-efficiency, low-profile, scalable, reliable, and safe module. At Daanaa, we are building a world of Energy Untethered™.
We are growing here at Daanaa and we’re looking to add a Hardware Engineering Manager to join our team to help oversee the development and growth of our Hardware team. As Hardware Engineering Manager, you’ll be reporting to our Director of Technical Operations. The mission as a Hardware Engineering Manager is to build and lead the hardware design team in developing Daanaa’s products.

What you’ll be doing

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• Hardware Development Execution: Manage the planning and execution of electronic hardware deliverables to meet specification while adhering to the scope, schedule, and budget.
• Hardware Development Methodology: Define, create, and implement hardware development processes and tools to develop Daanaa’s systems in a package. This includes managing internal workflows and vendors that supply our design tools.
• Engineering Team Development: Build, nurture, and enhance the skills, capabilities, and cohesiveness of the hardware engineering team. This includes but not limited to, team building, role clarity, mentorship, and coaching.
• Cross-functional Integration: Combine efforts from different functional teams to create a cohesive and fully functional product. This includes all product components (i.e., hardware, firmware, etc.) and ensuring they work seamlessly together to meet project goals and customer requirements.

You should apply if…

• You have a degree in Electrical Engineering or similar disciplines.
• You understand the intricacies of interactions between the hardware team and other departments, determining the requirements for each relationship, and effectively develop and implement ways to scale these relationships.
• You have 10+ years of experience of PCB layout, analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, thermal analysis, signal integrity and EMC/EMI.
• You appreciate that firmware and hardware create a cohesive system and have in depth understanding of the interaction between firmware and hardware.
• You bring to the table 5+ years of experience in managing a team of hardware engineers. The idea of building, structuring, and developing teams that succeed and grow alongside the company is exciting to you. Being part of leading individually and through empowering others through mentorship and coaching is where you are happiest.
• You have experiencing managing a budget and can adequately predict and project what financial necessities are needed to carry out a specific project.

Compensation and Benefits Package
Daanaa’s compensation package is based on a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance.
The typical salary range for this position is from $140,000 – $180,000 annually. This may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Extended Health and Dental Benefits
• Wellness and Spending Account
• Professional Development Benefit

Why we’re great to work with

• We help each other succeed – we all have a part to play, and we know that our individual success influences company success. Daanaa is just as committed to your career growth as it is to achieve its own company growth. We see these as mutually inclusive.
• Our work environment is filled with high-quality, driven individuals where everyone is a dedicated, engaged, and accountable decision-maker.
• We love what we do and consider Daanaa a strong competitor for the all-around best start-up environment: creative, educational, challenging, and united towards the positive change that our tech can create.
• We’re a diverse bunch! From our skillsets and expertise to the places that we have come from. Our expertise includes innovations in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines, and a collection of business disciplines at varying experience levels. In our team of 20+, we speak more than 10 languages and have lived in more than 40 countries… seems crazy? Ask us!
• Daanaa workdays begin and end by our values: curiosity, trust, hungry, accountability.

Daanaa is for you if

• You value professional and personal growth at all levels of an organization.
• You are looking for internal advancement opportunities as a high-performing individual.
• You are looking to experience working in a fast-growth start-up in Vancouver’s high-tech sector.
• You desire to work alongside a team of passionate, heart-warming, and intelligent team members.
• You have big goals. We aren’t for the faint of heart.

Values
1
Curiosity
We are naturally curious people who believe that the answer to a question should be followed by asking “why?”. Our office is often filled with enthusiastic discussions about the latest books, podcasts, or documentaries we consumed.
2
Hunger
We joyfully choose to be here every day because we are driven with ambition by the difference we make.
3
Accountability
We follow through, are precise about our aim, manage our resources wisely, bravely own our mistakes, and report honestly.
4
Trust
The foundation of our teamwork is trust. With trust, we communicate freely, have compassion for each other, and work and live with everyone’s best interests at heart.
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Daanaa Resolution Inc. is dedicated to helping its employees grow and develop technical and soft skills in an innovative and collaborative environment. Daanaa is an equal opportunity employer with an inclusive culture. We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
careers@daanaa.com

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• Hardware Development Execution: Manage the planning and execution of electronic hardware deliverables to meet specification while adhering to the scope, schedule, and budget.
• Hardware Development Methodology: Define, create, and implement hardware development processes and tools to develop Daanaa’s systems in a package. This includes managing internal workflows and vendors that supply our design tools.
• Engineering Team Development: Build, nurture, and enhance the skills, capabilities, and cohesiveness of the hardware engineering team. This includes but not limited to, team building, role clarity, mentorship, and coaching.
• Cross-functional Integration: Combine efforts from different functional teams to create a cohesive and fully functional product. This includes all product components (i.e., hardware, firmware, etc.) and ensuring they work seamlessly together to meet project goals and customer requirements