Hardware Engineering Program Manager, Proto

Company Description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Job Description

Proto is accelerating the world's transition to an open economy with products that increase access and independence for everyone. We're building Bitkey, a simple and safe self-custody bitcoin wallet that will put customers in control, as well as hardware and software that will help decentralize bitcoin mining and enable new and innovative use cases for bitcoin mining. We're developing these products in the open - you can read more about them at bitkey.build and mining.build. Within Proto, our Bitcoin Products team delivers the product and go-to-market strategy, software, firmware, and custom silicon needed to make Bitkey and our ambitious mining initiatives a reality. Come build the future of money with us!

We are looking for a full time Hardware Engineering Program Manager to join our growing team. This individual will have the opportunity to utilize strong program management experience to take ownership of NPI engineering activities, driving our BTC hardware products from concept, through development and ultimately into production. They will partner with a variety of cross functional team members as necessary to ensure a high quality, robust design.

You will:

• Manage development and delivery of our mining hardware across all hardware engineering functions and phases from architecture definition through launch (includes managing builds with our partners)

• Anticipate challenges to the cost, schedule, and quality of our product - and lead the project team to formulate and implement appropriate solutions (includes managing testing for reliability, regulatory and manufacturing)

• Rely on your breadth and depth of experience to evaluate and take principled risks to achieve better system-level outcomes. Lead the team to determine appropriate risk mitigations

• Communicate development schedule, status, risks and options to senior hardware organization and company leadership

• Drive critical program decision-making in areas of significant ambiguity. Identify and manage trade-offs across teams

• Own hardware readiness at every point of the program including engineering changes or improvements in the sustaining phase(s) of the product

Qualifications

You have:

• 7+ years of experience developing and shipping complex hardware products

• Experience in all phases of new hardware design and development from architecture definition through shipping at volume, and for extremely complex or new product areas

• Experience establishing operations at contract manufacturers from scratch in partnership with Factory Operations and Business Operations teams

• Experience managing all facets of NPI engineering and transition to production readiness with deep understanding of the inter-dependencies between all disciplines.

• Experience working with Product Managers, Packaging and Marketing teams with ability to understand their requirements alongside product technical requirements.

• Experience integrating complex software and security work-streams into a hardware program

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $148,700 - USD $223,100
Zone B: USD $141,300 - USD $211,900
Zone C: USD $133,800 - USD $200,800
Zone D: USD $126,400 - USD $189,600

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retireme