Fitt Talent Partners is a specialized recruitment firm for top health and wellness companies. We’re filling this role for a client, a smart seating company founded by ex-SpaceX and NASA engineers, building dynamic, sensor-driven medical cushions that prevent pressure injuries and restore mobility for wheelchair users. ROLE OVERVIEW Hiring a Head of Engineering to lead its entire engineering organization. This is the technical leader who turns a team of exceptionally strong individual contributors into a focused, fast-shipping unit — the glue between leadership's vision and the realities of the lab and the production floor. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Lead and hold accountable the entire engineering team — delivery, culture, morale, and accountability are all theirs * Bridge between leadership and the dev team — strategy gets communicated down, technical constraints get communicated up * Partner with the CEO and patent attorneys to actively draft and prosecute patents — this is a hands-on responsibility, not a hand-off * Hire and lead the engineer who will build our cloud connectivity and data platform * Collaborate closely with operations to ensure engineering decisions support our high-mix, short lead time manufacturing model * Ensure Sales & Marketing are kept abreast of timing, trade-offs, and impact of asks * Work with Finance on key programs for financial clarity LEADERSHIP & CULTURE * Proven track record of adapting team culture as a company scales — maintaining morale and ensuring accountability through growth. * Builds teams that understand the customer deeply: engineers who talk to users and build with empathy. * Breaks down silos between engineering and the rest of the business. * Holds people accountable with clarity and respect — action items get closed, commitments get kept. * Holds strong opinions loosely and changes their mind when evidence warrants it. * Knows when to build vs. buy — allergic to reinventing the wheel. * Customer-obsessed: passionate about each customer's experience, prioritizing the real need and iterating against it. QUALIFICATIONS * 10+ years engineering experience with 3–5+ years leading engineering teams at a startup or growth-stage company * Hands-on background in electromechanical systems, embedded firmware, and connected hardware * Experience taking a hardware product and building the cloud connectivity and data platform around it * Proven track record of shipping complex hardware/software products on time and to spec * HIPAA or regulated data environment experience a plus