Engineering Manager, Sensor Intelligence (Advanced Development)
Boston, MAFull-TimeManagerSoftware Engineering
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team: Manage, mentor, and support Sensor Intelligence Engineers focused on advanced development, providing regular feedback, coaching, and clear growth paths.
- Own Testing prototypes: Oversee the design, implementation, and testing of a next generation of WHOOP’s wearable platform, ensuring they perform reliably on resource-constrained devices.
- Collaborate with Cross-Functional Partners: Work closely with Data Science, WHOOP Labs, Firmware, Hardware and Product to define requirements, integration points, and success metrics for the next generation of hardware.
- Champion Engineering Rigor: Establish and uphold best practices for testing, documentation, and observability for new hardware design.
- Contribute to Technical Strategy: Help define the roadmap and long-term strategy for next WHOOP hardware, including platform capabilities, tooling, and approaches for safely updating models in the field.
- Support Recruiting and Org Building: Partner with recruiting to attract and hire top advanced development talent, and help shape the culture and operating model of the Sensor Intelligence Group.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Proven experience as a technical leader managing multiple teams or a growing engineering organization.
- Experience growing high level individual contributor career growth at the staff level or higher.
- 5+ years of industry experience in signal processing, optical design, mechanical engineering, or a closely related field, including 2+ years in a people management or technical lead role with mentorship responsibilities.
- Hands-on experience developing and optimizing prototypes.
- Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end, collaborating with cross-functional partners and balancing technical tradeoffs against product and business needs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of conveying complex technical topics to diverse audiences and aligning stakeholders around decisions.
- Passion for building high-performing teams, fostering growth, and creating systems that scale to power WHOOP’s mission.
