Associate Director of Electrical Engineering

Join WHOOP, a leading performance optimization company, as the Associate Director of Electrical Engineering. In this role, you will lead a team of electrical engineers in bringing new hardware from development to production and continuously improving existing products. You will be responsible for ensuring strong technical execution, driving cross-functional alignment, and building a high-performing team. This position offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Lead and develop the Electrical Engineering team responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI) and Continuous Improvement (CI) across a WHOOP product line.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical engineering execution across the full product lifecycle, from early concept and requirements definition through design, validation, manufacturing ramp, sustaining, and continuous improvement.
• Set technical direction and drive engineering excellence across electrical architecture, circuit design, component selection, design reviews, validation, and failure analysis.
• Deep knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit design, PCBAs, power architecture, component selection, design validation, and failure analysis

Requirements

• Proven ability to develop engineers, establish clear technical direction, and create effective engineering processes in fast-moving environments
• Preferred: experience with consumer electronics, wearables, or similarly integrated and space-constrained hardware products
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and experience partnering with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and external manufacturing partners
• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions
• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience developing complex hardware products, with 4+ years experience leading engineers or technical teams
• Experience bringing high-volume hardware products through NPI, manufacturing ramp, and sustaining engineering

Pay

USD 190,000 - 230,000