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Hardware Product Manager
About Frontline Wildfire Defense
At Frontline Wildfire Defense, our mission is to protect homes, families, and communities from wildfire disasters. Our innovative wildfire defense system allows homeowners to track wildfires, receive critical alerts, and actively safeguard their properties using a remotely operated fire protection system. With multiple layers of redundancy, our system hydrates homes and surrounding areas to prevent ignition from flying embers—the #1 cause of structure loss during wildfires.
We are a fast-growing team that has already achieved significant milestones in protecting homes across Northern and Southern California. Our team includes experienced engineers, product designers, and industry experts, and we are looking for a Hardware Product Manager to help drive our efforts.
About This Opportunity
As the Hardware Product Manager, you will optimize our controller and water distribution systems for performance and reliability, communicating requirements through detailed professional drawings. You will work directly with operations and channel partners, owning technical support and collateral needed to facilitate successful system installations. Hydration is central to our protection philosophy, and the mechanical systems that communicate with our cloud architecture and distribute water from source to sprinkler heads with appropriate pressure and flow are critical to our product success.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive product development for new products in our protection systems portfolio, including hydraulic systems, electronic controllers, sensors, cameras, and communication peripherals.
- Research, test, and validate improved components and design concepts.
- Own the mechanical reliability and performance quality for the entire Frontline Defense System and continually seek out ways to improve it.
- Develop and own system design and installation guides, training collateral, and mechanical training support for direct teams and channel sales and installation partners. Maintain and update documentation on company-facing and external-facing sites.
- Troubleshoot and solve problems related to incorporating systems into projects.
- Develop and provide technical support and presentations to stakeholders such as fire departments, water districts, and other regulatory agencies.
- Manage the product roadmap and incorporate/design new products with Frontline’s strategic objectives in mind, working closely with company operations and leadership in prioritizing product development.
- Contribute to the intellectual property strategy of the company.
- Manage all costs and supply chain for Frontline-manufactured parts, working directly with supply vendors in ordering, product quality monitoring, manufacturing enhancements, and supply chain logistics.
- Manage inventory of Frontline-manufactured components and work with operations and administration to stay ahead of demand.
- Own architecture and logistics of bundling Frontline-manufactured components with commonly sourced piping and foam components for efficiency in direct and channel applications.
- Develop and validate design and installation tools to assist the sales and operations teams.
- Create detailed documentation and drawings with CAD (SolidWorks preferred).
Qualifications
Must-Have:
- 5-7 years of experience in mechanical design or a similar engineering role, preferably with some leadership experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
- Ability to read and edit construction blueprints.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with great attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
- You are organized, passionate about making a big impact in a company with a big mission, and resourceful enough to work well in a flexible, scrappy environment.
- Vehicle and valid driver’s license required for local travel.
- Must have reliable internet access at home.
- Willingness to take on a variety of tasks needed in a startup environment.
Nice-to-Have
- Experience in consumer electronics design is preferred, with a bonus for hydraulic/fluids experience.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $100,000–$160,000 based on experience
- Company-provided cell phone and laptop computer
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
- 401(k) Plan
- Flexible time off policy time off policy 10 paid holidays per year
- Flexible work environment in the Santa Rosa area
- Join a passionate, mission-driven team making a real difference!
- And much more!
Join Our Mission!
If you're excited about building technology that protects homes and families from wildfire disasters, we want to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a fast-growing team with purpose and innovation at its core.
Diversity and inclusion are essential values at Frontline. We know we'll do our best and most impactful work when we feel represented, and we belong. We encourage talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Salary : $100,000 - $160,000
