Director of Hardware Products, Dandy
Fully digital dental lab
Job no longer available
Fully digital dental lab
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To become the best digital dental lab for every dentist.
Role
Who you are
- You are technically well-versed in electrical and mechanical engineering and are as comfortable walking the manufacturing floor and speaking with vendors as you are presenting a long-term product roadmap
- You have a proven track record of taking complex electrical products from design through to a successful market launch
- A Track Record of Success: You must have successfully built and launched at least one complex, consumer-facing or B2B electrical hardware product at scale
- Full-Stack Technical Breadth: Deep, hands-on understanding of the hardware lifecycle, including electrical engineering, mechanical design, and firmware integration
- Operational Command: Extensive experience managing vendors and contract manufacturers to bring high-fidelity products to market
- Entrepreneurial Grit: A "drive and hustle" mentality. You are excited to roll up your sleeves to solve edge-case technical failures while simultaneously leading high-level strategy
- Obsessive User Focus: A background in Hardware Product Management or Hardware Engineering with a fanatical devotion to UX and workflow optimization
What the job involves
- Dandy’s current physical footprint—the Vision scanner and the Dandy Cart—is the cornerstone of our business success and provides dental offices with a seamless, end-to-end digital experience
- We are hiring a hardware leader with a deep technical expertise and product sense to architect the physical experience that defines our brand
- You will have a relentless focus on the end-user experience
- Define the Hardware Standard: Take full end-to-end ownership of the design, launch, and evolution of Dandy’s physical products. You will turn our current hardware into an industry-leading, seamless digital experience
- Unlock New Markets: Identify and capture whitespace opportunities. You will lead the charge on developing next-generation products
- Architect the Supply Chain: Lead critical "build vs. buy" strategies. You will move Dandy away from off-the-shelf components toward high-quality, custom hardware, ensuring our products are proprietary, defensible, and superior in the market
- Drive Technical Excellence: Be the final word on quality and iteration. You will dive deep into the weeds to resolve complex hardware bottlenecks—from battery thermal management to mechanical design flaws—ensuring 100% reliability for our doctors
Our take
Dentistry has long relied on outdated practices. Dandy was created to modernize and simplify dental operations by integrating technology into every aspect of the dental practice. Its goal is to streamline workflows, making dental practices more efficient and easier to manage.
While other startups have tried to bring technology to the dental field, Dandy distinguishes itself by understanding the industry's complexity and respecting the way dentists operate. Rather than overwhelming practitioners with a complete overhaul, Dandy introduces new features gradually, such as digitizing dental labs for procedures like crowns and implants.
Dandy aims to provide a complete "business-in-a-box" solution that allows dentists to focus on patient care while the platform handles administrative and operational tasks. While this vision has the potential to bring immense value to a field in need of innovation, the challenge lies in overcoming dentistry's resistance to change. Patience and persistence will be key as Dandy reshapes how dental professionals run their practices.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2019
$4.4m
SEED
Total funding: $4.4m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans: Your health is our top priority. We offer a range of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans so you can choose what works best for you. Some plans include employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and we offer options that cover 100% of employee-only premiums.
- Flexibility, built-in: At Dandy, we flex-first, which means trusting you to own your day and deliver, working where and how you want. We believe that by embracing flexibility, we empower everyone to balance work and life in the way that works best for them. Some roles need to be on-site due to the nature of the work.
- Investing in your wellbeing: Your wellbeing is more than just physical health—that’s why our benefits are designed to support you in all aspects of life. From mental health resources included in our healthcare plans to perks like pet insurance, a gym stipend, and access to discount platforms like Perkspot, we offer a range of programs to help you feel your best—inside and outside of work.
- Shared Success: We believe in shared success—when the business wins, our employees do too. Through performance-based bonuses and equity opportunities, our team shares in the impact we create together.
Company HQ
New York, NY
Leadership
Toni Oloko
(Co-Founder)Previously worked in Special Projects at goPuff. Before that founded PracticeGigs which they went on to sell.
Daniel Hanover
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Product Manager at Yelp and as a Software Engineer at Facebook. Studied Management and Technology at Wharton.
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