To achieve success, you will: Lead hardware product design and development, including: Owning the hardware engineering roadmap and system architecture for CropVoice's optical, electrical, embedded, mechanical, and data-acquisition systems; Leading development from concept and rapid prototyping through design verification, validation, production, and field deployment; Overseeing design of hardware that meets product and field requirements and operates reliably through heat, cold, moisture, dust, vibration, variable power conditions, long operating hours, and limited opportunities for maintenance; Overseeing equipment operation to ensure the efficiency and reliability of CropVoice hardware and troubleshoot when needed; and. Translate between highly technical disciplines and business objectives, working closely with software and data engineering, plant science and biotechnology, agronomy, product, commercial, and field operations teams so that hardware development remains tightly connected to customer value and commercial priorities.