Hardware Development Team Composition - Managing Roles & Responsibilities

While the previous article focus on Engineering roles , this piece gives an overview of common managing roles and responsibilities in hardware development teams. Usually the key roles - Product Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Technical Program Manager - are organized among the founders team in early stages and might even be taken by a single person. The below overview will help to identify required tasks and at a later stage discuss team growth and the changing role of the founder. For established companies, the roles and responsibilities are almost the same but depending on the companies setup might become more focused on sub-responsibilities e.g. implementing a dedicated Warranty Manager or Sub-System Project Manager. Photo by Eden Constantino on Unsplash Product Manager Product Manager act at the intersection between customer, company management and hardware development. They play a crucial role and are one of the best communicators in your team - unbiased, able ...