Hardware Engineering Management

Individual contributor route

Technical or professional depth, without managing people.

This family has no individual-contributor ladder.

Management route

Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.

1. Supervisor / Team Lead, Hardware EngineeringM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Hardware EngineeringM1
3. Senior Manager, Hardware EngineeringM2
4. Director, Hardware EngineeringM3
5. Senior Director, Hardware EngineeringM4
6. AVP / Head of Hardware EngineeringM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Hardware EngineeringM6
8. Senior Vice President, Hardware EngineeringM7