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# Senior Electronics Engineer, Hardware Engineering at Nex

- **Company:** Nex
- **Location:** Hong Kong
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nex/jobs/5417820008

## Job description

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore [Have Fun](https://www.playthatmovesyou.com/p/have-fun) and [Is Motion Gaming Back?](https://www.playthatmovesyou.com/p/is-motion-gaming-back), as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

To protect yourself from recruitment scams, please note that Nex communicates through official company emails ending in @nex.inc. If you receive a suspicious email or message, please do not respond and report it immediately to us.

Location: Hong Kong Type: Full-time Reports to: CTO

## The Role

As Nex’s Senior Electronic Engineer, you will work at the heart of Playground hardware and smart accessories, helping turn ambitious product ideas into reliable products at scale. You will develop and validate PCBAs, turn product intent into precise specifications, lead JDM execution, support products through production, and solve manufacturing and field problems at their root.

You will work hands-on from development and EVT through industrialization, production, and sustaining. Our partners bring development capacity and manufacturing expertise; you will ensure Nex sets the technical direction, makes the critical decisions, and holds every product to a high engineering standard.

The knowledge you gain from today’s products will also shape what comes next. By strengthening our tools, lab practices, standards, and technical judgment, you will help Nex build better consoles, push the boundaries of active play, and bring exceptional experiences to families everywhere.

The Mindset

You are curious, hands-on, and evidence-led. You turn ambiguity into clear requirements, promising ideas into working hardware, and complex failures into verified root causes. You pair bold product ambition with engineering discipline, challenge weak assumptions, and act on first principles and measured results. You build today’s product while making Nex stronger for the next one.

## What You’ll Do

1. Build and Sustain the Hardware

- Develop, bring up, and validate functional PCBAs for current consoles and accessories through EVT, production, and sustaining.
- Support design changes, component transitions, yield improvement, and field issues throughout the product lifecycle.

1. Set the Engineering Standard

- Turn product intent into precise, testable requirements, interfaces, design margins, and acceptance criteria. Codify as design guidelines.
- Hold every detail to an exacting standard for performance, reliability, safety, and compliance across global markets.

1. Lead JDM Execution

- Set technical direction and guide partners through design, validation, industrialization, production, and sustaining.
- Challenge plans, designs, tests, and conclusions; validate key evidence and keep technical authority inside Nex.

1. Make Quality Scale

- Build Nex’s failure-analysis capability and establish the true root cause of manufacturing and field issues.
- Prescribe and verify corrective actions that improve yield, prevent recurrence, and raise quality as volume grows.

1. Shape What’s Next

- Evaluate technologies, platforms, and components that can unlock better consoles and active-play experiences.
- Turn lessons, benchmarks, and working prototypes into stronger decisions for future programs.

Success Looks Like

- Hardware moves confidently from development through production and sustaining.
- Products deliver exceptional performance, reliability, safety, and compliance as volume and global reach grow.
- JDM partners execute efficiently while Nex leads critical decisions and validates the evidence.
- Manufacturing and field issues become verified fixes and lasting improvements.
- Lessons from today’s products sharpen future technology and product choices.
- Every program leaves behind better tools, knowledge, standards, and engineering capability.

Must Have

- Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years developing electronic systems for connected consumer products, including at least one product through mass production and sustaining.
- Strong digital, analog, power, high-speed interface, SI/PI, PCB, and system-architecture fundamentals.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate technologies and components and turn findings into product recommendations.
- Hands-on experience building prototypes and functional PCBAs, bringing up boards, using lab equipment, and debugging cross-layer problems.
- Experience producing detailed engineering requirements and verification criteria.
- Experience leading technical work with JDM/ODM partners and critically evaluating designs, plans, circuit and functional testing, test data, and reports.
- Strong manufacturing and field failure-analysis skills, including verified root cause and corrective action.
- Clear written and spoken English; working Mandarin for supplier and factory collaboration.

## Nice to Have

- Experience with SoCs, cameras, sensors, audio, HDMI/USB, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, or smart accessories.
- Familiarity with Android/AOSP or embedded Linux and hardware/software co-debugging.
- Experience with EMC, safety, reliability, regulatory certification, and high-volume manufacturing.
- Python or similar scripting experience for lab automation and data analysis.

## We Offer

- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at [nex.inc/who-we-are](https://www.nex.inc/who-we-are).

We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!

Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.

We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

## About Nex

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nex creates immersive active-play games and experiences, powered by AI and motion-tracking technology, that transform living rooms into interactive playgrounds.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: David Lee (Co-founder & CEO), Reggie Chan (Co-founder), Tony Sung (Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Gaming (entertainment), consumer electronics, health & fitness technology
- **Target customers**: B2C families, kids, and adults; also partners with major sports and entertainment brands for co-created experiences
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Help humanity reconnect with the joy of movement" by making physical activity fun, social, and accessible through play.

## Products & Services
- **[Nex Playground]**: A dedicated console launched December 2023 that uses AI and computer vision to turn a living room into an active play space. Players move their bodies to control games – no controllers required. Includes original sports/fitness titles, educational games, and collaborations with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop.
- **[Active Arcade]**: A mobile app (launched earlier) that uses the phone’s camera to track full-body motion, enabling active games on devices users already own.
- **[Nex Motion Development Kit (MDK)]**: A SDK/API enabling third-party developers to create motion-powered games and experiences for the Nex platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$42.0M** raised across 5 rounds (Seed, two Series A, two Series B – latest Series B of $25M in September 2021).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by "world-class investors across sports, entertainment and gaming" (names not disclosed in available sources). Strong strategic partnerships with **Nike** (co-developing digital experiences), **NBA** (HomeCourt partnership), **Hasbro**, and **Sesame Workshop**.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **54.8% YoY** to 124 employees (LinkedIn, July 2026). Actively hiring across 50+ open positions (Greenhouse). Recognized as #1 Most Innovative Company (Fast Company), TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and winner of Apple Design Award (for HomeCourt/Active Arcade).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary motion-tracking technology**: Combines AI, mobile and vision tech to deliver controller-free, full-body gameplay that works in any living room using standard cameras.
- **Strategic brand partnerships**: Exclusive collaborations with Nike, NBA, Hasbro, and Sesame Workshop provide credible content and distribution channels that competitors lack.
- **Award-winning design and innovation**: Multiple industry recognitions validate product quality and user experience (Apple Design Award, Fast Company, TIME).
- **Safety and privacy**: Nex Playground is kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, a strong differentiator for family-focused products.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Nex Playground ecosystem**: Expanding game library, developer tools (MDK), and international availability.
- **Deepening brand collaborations**: Leveraging partnerships with sports leagues and entertainment IP to drive content and market reach.
- **Global talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring in engineering, design, operations, and marketing across offices in San Jose, Hong Kong, and remote roles – with a focus on building "small, empowered teams" (cells).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes small, empowered teams ("cells") that own products end-to-end. Values diversity, inclusion, and giving employees freedom to work in ways that suit them ("It's ok to work different"). Mission-driven – "Be Fearless", "Have Fun", "Stay Curious".
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Global, local, and remote – offers flexibility. Some roles are fully remote (USA/Canada, PST hours preferred), some hybrid in San Jose or Hong Kong, and some on-site. The company has hubs in San Jose, Hong Kong, Canada, UK, and other countries.
- **Notable Perks / Engineering Culture**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge computer vision, AI, embedded systems, and gaming tech. Teams are small and cross-functional, giving engineers direct impact. The company invests in people (dedicated recruiting, career growth). Reviews on LinkedIn show a rating of 3.0/5 (2 reviews) – limited data, but culture emphasis appears strong.

## Sources
1. [nex.inc – Company overview](https://www.nex.inc/)
2. [nex.inc – Who We Are](https://www.nex.inc/who-we-are)
3. [nex.inc – Careers page](https://www.nex.inc/careers)
4. [LinkedIn – Nex Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexinc)
5. [Greenhouse – Jobs at Nex](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nex)

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