Senior Manager, Hardware Integration (Kitchener (ON), Canada)

Sonova
Kitchener
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 112,000 - 140,000 annuallyFunction: Hospitality & Food ServiceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Organizational skills","Communication","Decision-making"]

Lead Sonova’s Kitchener Hardware Integration team within Research & Development to take hearing-instrument hardware programs from concept through stable volume production. Oversee integration and verification of electronics, electroacoustic systems, RF, PCB designs, and transducers, partnering with systems architects across global sites. Drive regulatory-facing R&D activities, technical prototyping, standards compliance, resource planning, team development, and occasional travel for project needs.

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Senior Manager, Hardware Integration (Kitchener (ON), Canada)

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Job Summary

Lead Sonova’s Kitchener Hardware Integration team within Research & Development to take hearing-instrument hardware programs from concept through stable volume production. Oversee integration and verification of electronics, electroacoustic systems, RF, PCB designs, and transducers, partnering with systems architects across global sites. Drive regulatory-facing R&D activities, technical prototyping, standards compliance, resource planning, team development, and occasional travel for project needs.
Location: Kitchener
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hospitality & Food Service
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead, mentor, and develop the Kitchener Hardware Integration team, covering people-leadership and process-owner responsibilities.
  • •Oversee new and sustaining hardware-development programs from concept and prototyping through verification, regulatory approval, and stable volume production.
  • •Manage development, integration, and verification of in-the-ear hardware systems including electroacoustic systems, PCB designs, RF technologies, and transducers.
  • •Partner with systems architects on future technical concepts and lead technical design and prototyping of electroacoustic and RF systems.
  • •Serve as the local R&D contact for regulatory matters, ensure evaluation against international standards and medical-device regulatory requirements, and support intellectual-property activities and field trials.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 112,000 - 140,000 annually
Perks:Hybrid WorkWellness StipendMassage TherapyPension

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Electroacoustics, or a closely related engineering field.
  • •At least 5 years of experience managing and mentoring a hardware development and verification team.
  • •Strong understanding of electronics, electrical engineering, electroacoustic systems, RF engineering, PCB design, transducers, and hardware verification.
  • •Solid understanding of the medical-device regulatory landscape, international standards, and product-development documentation requirements.
  • •Demonstrated project-management skills, including resource planning, prioritization, risk management, and delivery of complex technical programs.
Experience:Medical-device R&DHardware developmentHardware verification
Education:Bachelor's in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Electroacoustics
Skills:LeadershipMentoringOrganizational skillsCommunicationDecision-making
Tech Stack:ElectronicsElectroacoustic systemsRF engineeringPCB designTransducers

Company Brief

Sonova
Designs, manufactures, and distributes hearing care solutions including hearing aids, cochlear implant accessories, and wireless communication devices, serving audiologists and consumers worldwide through clinics, retail networks, and distribution partners.
Industry: Medical Devices
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Stäfa, Switzerland
Founded: 1947
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