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Hardware Product Lifecycle Manager
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VAST Data
This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence.
VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference.
Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills and experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.
Role Overview The Senior Hardware Lifecycle Manager is responsible for driving the end-to-end lifecycle of hardware products—from early concept and feasibility, through development and launch, and across sustaining, transitions, and end-of-life planning.
This leader ensures the company has the right hardware portfolio at the right time, balancing technical feasibility, supply chain readiness, cost, quality, customer requirements, and long-term reliability.
You will own the lifecycle strategy across multiple product lines, orchestrating engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, finance, and go-to-market teams to ensure seamless product evolution and predictable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Develop multi-year HW roadmap and lifecycle strategy aligned with business requirements and needs
Own transitions from one generation to the next (EOL planning, last-time-buy, replacement readiness)
Track component obsolescence risks and drive mitigation plans
Provide strategic recommendations on product continuation, refresh, or retirement
Partner with hardware engineering to define requirements, specifications, and success metrics for new products
Ensure manufacturability, test strategy, qualification, and reliability meet product goals
Drive alignment across engineering, operations, quality, sustaining, supply chain, and customer teams
Own: readiness, quality, cost, technical maturity, risks, issues, and actions
Facilitate decision-making at exec reviews with clear status, dependencies, and trade-offs
Evaluate lifecycle cost: COGS, margin, cost-downs, amortization, tooling refresh needs
Communicate lifecycle plans, product transitions, and risk mitigation strategies to customers and partners
Support strategic suppliers with roadmap alignment and long-term planning
Required Qualifications
8–12+ years in hardware-related fields: electrical/mechanical engineering, systems engineering, HW operations, or technical program management
Deep understanding of product lifecycle phases, HW manufacturing (PCBA, mechanical, system build), validation, qualification, and reliability
Familiarity with BOM management, ECO processes, HW test and quality metrics
Proven success leading complex cross-functional hardware programs across multiple product generations
Strong risk management, structured problem-solving, and root-cause analysis experience
Ability to orchestrate many teams in a high-pressure environment with shifting priorities
Experience with HW roadmap planning, EOL management, supply chain interfaces, and cost modeling
Ability to influence senior leaders and drive decisions across stakeholders
Skilled at presenting technical and business trade-offs in executive forums
Highly organized, structured, and detail-oriented
Clear communicator with strong narrative and data-driven storytelling skills
Ability to build trust across engineering, operations, GTM, and customer teams
Leadership presence; strong ownership mentality
Preferred Experience
Experience with server, storage, networking hardware, or complex electromechanical systems
Background in vendor management or partner hardware ecosystems (ODM/JDM/EMS)
Experience with component/part obsolescence management
Familiarity with regulatory, safety, and compliance for hardware products
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Hardware Product Lifecycle Manager
role at
VAST Data
This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence.
VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference.
Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills and experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.
Role Overview The Senior Hardware Lifecycle Manager is responsible for driving the end-to-end lifecycle of hardware products—from early concept and feasibility, through development and launch, and across sustaining, transitions, and end-of-life planning.
This leader ensures the company has the right hardware portfolio at the right time, balancing technical feasibility, supply chain readiness, cost, quality, customer requirements, and long-term reliability.
You will own the lifecycle strategy across multiple product lines, orchestrating engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, finance, and go-to-market teams to ensure seamless product evolution and predictable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Develop multi-year HW roadmap and lifecycle strategy aligned with business requirements and needs
Own transitions from one generation to the next (EOL planning, last-time-buy, replacement readiness)
Track component obsolescence risks and drive mitigation plans
Provide strategic recommendations on product continuation, refresh, or retirement
Partner with hardware engineering to define requirements, specifications, and success metrics for new products
Ensure manufacturability, test strategy, qualification, and reliability meet product goals
Drive alignment across engineering, operations, quality, sustaining, supply chain, and customer teams
Own: readiness, quality, cost, technical maturity, risks, issues, and actions
Facilitate decision-making at exec reviews with clear status, dependencies, and trade-offs
Evaluate lifecycle cost: COGS, margin, cost-downs, amortization, tooling refresh needs
Communicate lifecycle plans, product transitions, and risk mitigation strategies to customers and partners
Support strategic suppliers with roadmap alignment and long-term planning
Required Qualifications
8–12+ years in hardware-related fields: electrical/mechanical engineering, systems engineering, HW operations, or technical program management
Deep understanding of product lifecycle phases, HW manufacturing (PCBA, mechanical, system build), validation, qualification, and reliability
Familiarity with BOM management, ECO processes, HW test and quality metrics
Proven success leading complex cross-functional hardware programs across multiple product generations
Strong risk management, structured problem-solving, and root-cause analysis experience
Ability to orchestrate many teams in a high-pressure environment with shifting priorities
Experience with HW roadmap planning, EOL management, supply chain interfaces, and cost modeling
Ability to influence senior leaders and drive decisions across stakeholders
Skilled at presenting technical and business trade-offs in executive forums
Highly organized, structured, and detail-oriented
Clear communicator with strong narrative and data-driven storytelling skills
Ability to build trust across engineering, operations, GTM, and customer teams
Leadership presence; strong ownership mentality
Preferred Experience
Experience with server, storage, networking hardware, or complex electromechanical systems
Background in vendor management or partner hardware ecosystems (ODM/JDM/EMS)
Experience with component/part obsolescence management
Familiarity with regulatory, safety, and compliance for hardware products
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