Director of Hardware Product

The Opportunity:

Jetson is becoming the leading hardware company for the all-electric home, and we are looking for a product leader to own it. As Director of Hardware Product, you will lead the vision, roadmap, and delivery of Jetson's entire smart home hardware portfolio — heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, EV chargers, home batteries, smart electrical panels, and the connected appliances that define how homes generate, store, and use energy.

This is a builder's leadership role with two mandates: own the product strategy for everything Jetson brings into a home, and build the team that delivers it. You'll operate at the intersection of hardware, software, supply chain, field operations, and energy markets, with a mandate to make Jetson the most trusted brand in whole-home electrification.

What You Will Do:

• Own the multi-year hardware roadmap across all of Jetson's product lines — heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, EV chargers, batteries, smart panels, and the software platform that orchestrates them. Decide what we bring to market and in what order.
• Set the build vs. buy vs. partner strategy for each category, and develop the business case behind it: market sizing, competitive positioning, unit economics, and margin targets
• Manage, coach, and grow a team of hardware product managers spanning Energy Systems, NPI program management, and technical product, and scale the org as the portfolio expands.
• Set the operating rhythm: how the team prioritizes, writes requirements, runs stage gates, and makes decisions with speed and rigor. Establish and uphold the standard for what a great Jetson hardware product looks like.
• Own the end-to-end NPI process from concept through scaled rollout — requirements, vendor and technology evaluation, prototyping, pilots, certification, and ramp.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Field Teams to ensure every product is installable, serviceable, and supportable at Jetson's quality bar, and clears UL/CSA certification, NEC code, and utility interconnection requirements
• Architect how heat pumps, water heaters, chargers, batteries, and panels work together as one integrated home energy system, designed as a platform rather than a collection of SKUs.
• Define the data model, telemetry, and control interfaces for intelligent energy orchestration, and drive interoperability with industry standards (e.g., Matter, OCPP, IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR).
• Serve as the connective tissue between what Jetson builds and how we sell, install, and service it, partnering across Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, and Field Operations.
• Define pricing, bundling, and rebate strategy across the portfolio, and partner with the Energy Markets team so new hardware enables demand response, VPP, and grid services participation.
• Serve as Jetson's senior expert on the residential energy hardware landscape and our positioning relative to players like Tesla, Enphase, Span, FranklinWH, Daikin, Mitsubishi, and Rheem.

What You Bring:

• 8+ years of product management experience, with a meaningful portion spent bringing physical energy or electrification hardware to market (HVAC, heat pumps, water heating, battery storage, EV charging, or similar).
• 5+ years directly managing and growing product teams. You hire well, develop people, and raise the bar of those around you.
• Proven ability to take products from zero to one and scale a portfolio — you've launched a product line and managed multiple products through their lifecycle at once.
• Deep understanding of the residential energy ecosystem: how heat pumps, water heaters, inverters, batteries, panels, chargers, and grid interconnection actually work in a home.
• Experience evaluating OEM partnerships and technology integrations — assessing technical specs, negotiating requirements, and managing vendor relationships at a senior level.
• Comfort operating across hardware and software, with enough fluency in embedded systems, connectivity protocols, and cloud platforms to set technical direction and make informed tradeoffs.
• Strong product principles and frameworks, disciplined prioritization, and fluency with modern tools, including AI, to make your team faster and sharper.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $215,000 – $240,000 per annum

Benefits:

Dental Care, Vision Care & Life Insurance premiums fully paid by Jetson

Health Insurance premium 85% paid by Jetson

Education Support

Parental Leave Top Up

Equity

401k program

Work Location: Denver preferred (in-person / hybrid). Remote considered for exceptional candidates.