Electronic Engineer (Hardware) — moment Camera Device

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
June 7, 2025

Employment information

About Cookpad

Cookpad is a global food-tech company on a mission to “Make everyday cooking fun.” Leveraging the world’s largest recipe platform, we connect outstanding ingredients, passionate makers, and home cooks through enriched food experiences.

About moment

moment is Cookpad’s multimodal AI personal cooking-coach service that helps users quickly grasp the essence of cooking and elevate their skills with exceptional efficiency. A compact kitchen camera sends video and sensor data to the cloud, where computer vision and contextual reasoning combine to deliver personalized cooking guidance. The product is in the Product–Market Fit (PMF) phase, with rapid hypothesis testing and resource efficiency as top priorities.

Role Summary

You will own the architecture, prototyping, mass production, procurement, and inventory of the moment camera device—balancing aggressive cost targets with a best-in-class user experience. Initial EMS/OEM partners will be selected in the United States, requiring close collaboration with overseas factories.

Key Responsibilities

Area & Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

Design cost-optimised schematics for imaging, compute, power, and wireless subsystems; drive DFMA and value engineering.

Prototype → Production

Lead EVT → DVT → PVT builds on compressed schedules; create factory test jigs and flashing stations; achieve ≥ 95 % first-pass yield.

EMS / OEM Management

Select and contract EMS/OEM partners (US focus); negotiate NRE, unit costs, and SLAs; oversee factory audits and ramp-up risks.

Firmware Integration

Coordinate with software teams on firmware requirements, hardware interfaces, and bootloader strategies; oversee firmware update capabilities for in-field devices.

Supply-Chain Control

Own BOM, purchasing, inventory KPIs, and EOL strategy; optimise cash flow and inventory health.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work with UX, AI, and software teams to ensure hardware specifications align with user-experience goals. Regulatory Compliance Manage product certifications (FCC, CE, etc.) through independent test labs.

Quality & Reliability

Design and execute reliability test plans. Establish QA processes that identify potential field failures before mass production

Qualifications

8 + years of consumer/IoT hardware development, including 3 + years on camera or vision products
End-to-end experience from concept to mass production of 10 k + units
Expertise in high-speed digital, analogue, power, and RF design; proficiency with ECAD tools (Altium, Cadence, etc.)
Proven record of cost negotiation and quality management with EMS/OEM partners
Business-level English for technical discussions and contract negotiations
Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering
Experience with embedded systems development
Project Management Skills (given the responsibility for leading and coordinating).
Regulatory Compliance experience
Experience designing comprehensive test protocols

Preferred Qualifications

Crowdfunding-driven launches (Kickstarter, Makuake) with lean hypothesis testing
Success shipping hit products under early-stage start-up budgets
Knowledge of ISP tuning, camera firmware, or thermal design
Working Japanese or Mandarin for factory communication

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About Cookpad

Cookpad is a tech company working to make everyday cooking fun, based on the belief that cooking is the key to a happier and healthier life for individuals, communities, and the planet.

The company recognizes that the choices people make shape the world around them. When people cook, those choices impact not only themselves and the people they cook for, but also the growers and producers they buy from—and the wider environment as a whole.