Director, Product Development

Job Description

Director, Product Development (Hardware)

This position is responsible for defining the architecture and leading the execution of future PlayStation hardware products. In this highly visible and cross-functional role, you will be a key bridge between multiple engineering organizations inside and outside of Sony Interactive Entertainment. You will also build and lead a small but extremely effective, team of hardware engineers to do the same.

The successful applicant is:
• A strong engineer with a computer architecture background, a deep understanding of both hardware and software, and the ability to weigh tradeoffs between different specialized system areas.
• A self-motivator with initiative and a track record of driving multiple products from concept definition to customer ship and sustaining development.
• An excellent communicator, presenter, persuader, and negotiator.
• Comfortable working through ambiguity.
• Quick to understand, promote, and own the productization of new technologies.
• Used to working with remote and international engineering teams.
• A strong troubleshooter and hands-on fixer.
• Not necessarily always right, but always committed to make things right.
• A gamer at heart despite being an engineer in mind.

Responsibilities:
• Own architecture definition of new products.
• Perform system scoping, resourcing, performance, and customer experience analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their constraints and goals.
• Analyze, recommend, and explain sound strategic decisions when faced with uncertainty and/or disagreements.
• Build and evaluate product concepts to explore architecture paths as needed.
• Present proposals, status, and decisions to executive level leaders.
• Build and lead a small team whose members are capable of all of the above.

Experience/Education:
• 15+ years of relevant experience in gaming and/or consumer software and hardware products.
• Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent fields.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g41nmy-3-148-102-90-42 in your application.