Director of Technology

Integrated Biometrics is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to lead hardware product and technology development for compact, low-power, FBI-certified fingerprint sensors. This role will guide product architecture, stage-gate development, technical support, manufacturing improvement, and root-cause investigations across hardware, firmware, software integration, and device engineering, with a strong focus on cohesive product systems and customer solutions that span hardware and software.

The ideal candidate has deep hardware engineering experience, proven product-development leadership, and the ability to take complex hardware products from concept through release, as well as the systems perspective to align embedded, application, and SDK-level software with the hardware roadmap., * Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field. \n

• 10-15 years of hands-on engineering experience, including prior team leadership. \n

• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams (software, firmware, hardware), with demonstrated ability to align hardware and software delivery schedules. \n

• Strong hardware background, including SoCs, ARM processors, PCBs, FPGAs, CPLDs, and embedded systems. \n

• Demonstrated DFM/DFT discipline in volume production, (e.g. tooling, test fixture development, pilot builds, and hand-off). \n

• Experience with communication protocols such as USB, Parallel, MIPI, and SPI. \n

• Proficiency with Linux, Windows, Android, and iOS environments. \n

• Experience with PCB design tools such as OrCAD, PADS, or Eagle. \n

• Expert-level C/C++ skills and some Verilog HDL knowledge. \n

• Skilled with lab test equipment, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers. \n

• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and cross-cultural collaboration skills, including demonstrated success leading or partnering with engineering and manufacturing teams in Asia. \n

• Willingness to flex working hours as needed to maintain regular overlap with colleagues in South Korea; IB’s flex-time policy supports this., * MS or PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering. \n

• Experience with quality systems, imaging or biometric sensors, electro-optic devices, or other precision sensing hardware. \n

• Experience taking products through third-party certification or regulated qualification programs (e.g., FBI/NIST biometric certification, ISO 9001, FCC/CE), or selling into government and public-sector markets. \n

• Comfort leveraging modern development tooling, including AI-assisted coding, CI/CD pipelines, and static analysis, to improve team productivity and code quality. \n

• Experience delivering SDKs, APIs, or device-integrated applications alongside hardware platforms. \n

• Prior experience living or working in South Korea, or familiarity with Korean language and business customs.

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• Lead the hardware product development team and direct the associated software engineering execution, coordinating with complementary teams in Asia. \n

• Translate customer and market requirements into integrated product solutions, ensuring hardware, firmware, and application software deliver a consistent customer experience. \n

• Manage stage-gate product development, including checklists, reviews, and stakeholder alignment. \n

• Drive product architecture, redesign, prototyping, benchmarking, and performance improvements. \n

• Own design for manufacturing and design for test (DFM/DFT) implementation during product development, releasing designs that are manufacturable and testable, and supporting the quality, manufacturing, and cost-reduction owners downstream. \n

• Lead root-cause analysis and technical investigations involving fingerprint sensor technology. \n

• Identify, test, and qualify new electronic and hardware components. \n

• Manage technical support for existing hardware products and contribute to new technology proposals. \n

• Build and sustain a close working partnership with our engineering and manufacturing organization in South Korea. \n

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