Director of Hardware Engineering

LAI Games is an arcade experience company that connects people with games. Our vision is to reinvent the arcade industry by creating an arcade experience ecosystem that consists of physical arcade games, consumer and location-based VR games and experiences, and other exciting arcade-based titles. Our team members have the opportunity to contribute across a broad range of unique and innovative projects that connect, engage, and delight players across physical and virtual worlds.

As Director of Hardware Engineering at LAI Games, you help realize our arcade experience ecosystem by driving technical decision-making, development, and deployment of all our physical games and services.

Responsible for the planning and delivery of all mechanical and electrical engineering activities within the organization, you demonstrate exemplary leadership skills as you build, guide, and grow dynamic and passionate teams who love to engineer solutions to new problems, driven to create the world’s most innovative arcade games, consumer VR titles, and other games and services. Your team achieves its ambitions thanks to your technical experience, leadership, and ability to make informed decisions. You take pride and share a passion for the games and experiences your team develops together.

Responsible for supporting your teams and improving their technical and interpersonal skills, you have their well-being at heart, and you actively participate in their development within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

- Be a strategic leader, proactive in driving change within Hardware Engineering teams and across the company, shaping them with our company’s business objectives in mind
- Collaborate with the Head of Product and team leaders to develop and meet organizational goals while supplying expertise and guidance on technology and engineering capabilities
- Demonstrate exemplary positive leadership and act as spokesperson for the studio’s values, and lead the team through management and mentorship, via both technical and non-technical leadership
- Help establish and maintain the product engineering standards for the company, defining tools and practices leading by example
- Interpret product vision and business objectives into development processes, goals, and tasks, and provide clear direction to our Hardware Engineering teams
- Develop and implement standards that drive technical excellence, including technical resources, documentation, testing, training, analytics, service standards, and system design
- Drive productive, sustainable growth of our Hardware Engineering teams, with a focus on attracting and nurturing top talent, actively identifying, recruiting, and developing successful managers, ensuring domain knowledge is shared, and building redundancy in key roles
- Develop and own the hardware strategy and roadmap, ensuring we meet our business goals including product delivery, innovation, and technical excellence

Required Skills and Experience:

- Minimum of at least 10 years in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 3+ years in a comparable leadership position
- Experience in building and leading technical and non-technical staff driving their success
- Technical expertise in product design, engineering, and manufacturing
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both oral and written, and a strong sense of tact in all interactions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

What do we offer:

- Performance bonus scheme
- Annual personal technology fund of $1,000 to buy games, toys, and tech
- Annual Timezone Powercard so you can enjoy all the latest arcade games
- Training and education programs
- Private medical, dental, and life insurance coverage
- Flexible working hours
- Monthly self-directed personal development days
- Finish work early every Friday afternoon for social drinks and games
- Work in a dynamic, creative arcade/workspace
- Team events - being a part of the out-of-home entertainment industry, we like to have frequent team events and enjoy what the industry has to offer

LAI Games is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunities for professional growth.