Director, Electrical & Firmware Engineering

The posting, as Bevi wrote it

Bevi is on a mission to transform how beverages are delivered and consumed. Our connected beverage platform eliminates the need for single-use bottles and cans, making it easy, fun, and sustainable to stay hydrated. As the category leader in IoT-enabled beverage technology, we're building a future where Bevi machines are everywhere people live, work, and connect. We've raised over $160M in venture capital, serve thousands of customers across the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, and we've been rapidly growing year over year, saving over 1 billion bottles from waste. In addition to driving hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

Bevi is looking for a Director, Electrical & Firmware Engineering to lead the team that builds the electronics and firmware at the heart of every Bevi machine. From the boards that drive our pumps, valves, sensors and chillers, to the firmware and embedded Linux/Android platform that keep thousands of connected machines running reliably in the field, this team makes the hardware come alive.

You will own and manage the electrical and firmware engineers who design, bring up, and sustain our products, and you'll be the person who makes sure the boards, the code, and the system architecture fit together as one platform across our current fleet and our next generation of machines. This is a technical and people leadership role in equal measure. You'll set the embedded architecture and engineering standards, and you'll build and lead a team that needs both a strong technical leader and a strong people manager.

This role reports to the VP of Engineering and sits on the engineering leadership team. It will operate in close partnership with Mechanical, Software, Systems, Quality, Manufacturing, and our contract manufacturing and design partners. As Bevi's product portfolio grows, there's room for this role to grow with it.

Your Day to Day

Embedded Architecture & Technical Direction

• Own the embedded system architecture across Bevi's products: the multi-board electrical design, the single-board computer and SoM platform, the microcontroller firmware, and the interfaces that tie them together.
• Set the technical roadmap for embedded, including platform consolidation, next-generation compute and control boards, and reuse across product lines so each new machine is not a clean-sheet effort.
• Make the hard tradeoff calls on reliability, cost, component availability, and speed of development, and bring a clear point of view to the engineering leadership team.
• Stay hands-on enough to review schematics, layouts, and firmware architecture, and to dig into a field failure with the team when it matters.

New Product Development & Sustaining

• Lead EE and FW execution on new product programs from concept and prototype through board bring-up, design verification, regulatory certification, and production release.
• Own the health of embedded systems in the field: firmware re

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• Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks, weekly catered lunch, and (of course) unlimited Bevi ... plus composting and terra-cycling, too
• Happy hours, team-building events, bagel breakfasts, Values awards - and more.

A note on AI in our hiring process : We use AI to help synthesize interview notes and surface themes from feedback, keeping our process consistent as we grow. Every application is reviewed by a member of our team, and interviews may be recorded to support note-taking, just let us know if you'd prefer we don't. We'll also ask how you're learning and experimenting with AI in your work. Growing our AI fluency is something every Bevi team member is committed to and invested in.

Our commitment to responsible innovation is reflected in our partnership with the Mass AI Coalition , a collaboration that aligns with our dedication to community-driven progress and the future of technology.

We're passionate about supporting career growth and would love to be part of your professional journey. We also know that talent comes in many forms. We value individual accomplishments, specialized knowledge, and genuine passion over simply checking boxes on a requirements list. Whether you're a seasoned expert or an emerging talent, we're looking for people who are ready to build what's next. If any of our open positions interest you, we'd encourage you to apply! A member of the Bevi Talent team ' recruiting@bevi.co ' will be reaching out about next steps if we would like to move forward.

Accommodations

Bevi is committed to an inclusive hiring process and we aim to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you need any accommodations for the application or throughout the interview process please contact recruiting@bevi.co .