Full-Time
Director of Hardware Product
Jetson
11-50 employees
Electrifies homes with zero-carbon heat pumps
Compensation Overview
$215k - $240k/yr
Centennial, CO, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid role; on-site in Centennial, Colorado, USA; remote considered for exceptional candidates.
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- 8+ years of product management experience, with a meaningful portion spent bringing physical energy or electrification hardware to market (HVAC, heat pumps, water heating, battery storage, EV charging, or similar)
- 5+ years directly managing and growing product teams. You hire well, develop people, and raise the bar of those around you.
- Proven ability to take products from zero to one and scale a portfolio — you've launched a product line and managed multiple products through their lifecycle at once.
- Deep understanding of the residential energy ecosystem: how heat pumps, water heaters, inverters, batteries, panels, chargers, and grid interconnection actually work in a home.
- Experience evaluating OEM partnerships and technology integrations — assessing technical specs, negotiating requirements, and managing vendor relationships at a senior level.
- Comfort operating across hardware and software, with enough fluency in embedded systems, connectivity protocols, and cloud platforms to set technical direction and make informed tradeoffs.
- Strong product principles and frameworks, disciplined prioritization, and fluency with modern tools, including AI, to make your team faster and sharper.
- Own the multi-year hardware roadmap across all of Jetson's product lines — heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, EV chargers, batteries, smart panels, and the software platform that orchestrates them. Decide what we bring to market and in what order.
- Set the build vs. buy vs. partner strategy for each category, and develop the business case behind it: market sizing, competitive positioning, unit economics, and margin targets
- Manage, coach, and grow a team of hardware product managers spanning Energy Systems, NPI program management, and technical product, and scale the org as the portfolio expands.
- Set the operating rhythm: how the team prioritizes, writes requirements, runs stage gates, and makes decisions with speed and rigor. Establish and uphold the standard for what a great Jetson hardware product looks like.
- Own the end-to-end NPI process from concept through scaled rollout — requirements, vendor and technology evaluation, prototyping, pilots, certification, and ramp.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Field Teams to ensure every product is installable, serviceable, and supportable at Jetson's quality bar, and clears UL/CSA certification, NEC code, and utility interconnection requirements
- Architect how heat pumps, water heaters, chargers, batteries, and panels work together as one integrated home energy system, designed as a platform rather than a collection of SKUs.
- Define the data model, telemetry, and control interfaces for intelligent energy orchestration, and drive interoperability with industry standards (e.g., Matter, OCPP, IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR).
- Serve as the connective tissue between what Jetson builds and how we sell, install, and service it, partnering across Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, and Field Operations.
- Define pricing, bundling, and rebate strategy across the portfolio, and partner with the Energy Markets team so new hardware enables demand response, VPP, and grid services participation.
- Serve as Jetson's senior expert on the residential energy hardware landscape and our positioning relative to players like Tesla, Enphase, Span, FranklinWH, Daikin, Mitsubishi, and Rheem.
Jetson provides zero-carbon heating and cooling solutions for homes by upgrading residential systems to electric heat pumps. In markets like Vancouver, BC and Denver, CO, Jetson targets homeowners with low-cost upgrade programs that replace fossil-fuel heating and cooling with electrified, energy-efficient heat pumps. The company employs HVAC technicians, electricians, and plumbers to assess, install, and support these retrofits, making the transition to clean energy more affordable and manageable for households. Unlike competitors who may focus on pricier or slower retrofits, Jetson emphasizes reducing upfront costs and complexity to accelerate adoption, with a strategy that combines skilled trades work and scalable upgrade packages. Its long-term goal is to electrify 100 million homes across North America, significantly lowering residential carbon emissions.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$50M
Headquarters
North Vancouver, Canada
Founded
2024
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Jetson raised $50 million from Eclipse, 8VC, Activate, Garage, and Active Impact.
- Jetson launched California operations on June 2, 2026 across Sacramento and San Jose.
- Jetson claims $4 million monthly revenue and hundreds of California jobs ahead.
What critics are saying
- Reddit reviews on May 19, 2026 describe two-week outages and thermostat failures.
- Jetson’s California rollout relies on utility rebates from SMUD, Burbank, and San Jose.
- If service quality slips, Jetson’s direct-install brand collapses before national expansion.
What makes Jetson unique
- Jetson Home sells direct to homeowners and installs with in-house crews.
- Jetson Air uses existing ductwork, software monitoring, and air-quality sensing.
- Stephen Lake’s North alumni team pairs hardware, software, and service execution.
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Jetson bringing home electrification service to California. June 11, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The home electrification company Jetson Home is launching operations across California, including in Sacramento, Burbank, San Jose, and the Inland Empire area. The move is intended to help consumers overcome barriers to the state's goal of having six million heat pumps installed by 2030, a Jetson press release said. Homeowners are facing rising energy costs, and despite strong policy momentum and expanding incentive programs, heat pump adoption remains slow due to high upfront costs, installation complexity, and limited contractor availability, the press release said. Looking for a reprint of this article? From high-res PDFs to custom plaques, order your copy today! SPONSORED BY Hi there. I'm Ask ACHR NEWS. You can ask me anything about HVACR trends, news, and insights. Go ahead, type something below, and let's get started! JOIN TODAY To unlock your recommendations. Already have an account? Sign In
Jetson, a home electrification company, today announced $50M in Series A funding to accelerate the adoption of all-electric heat pump systems in the United S...
Jetson raises $50-million USD Series A to heat more homes efficiently. Vancouver-based home electrification startup Jetson has raised $50 million USD ($69 million CAD) in Series A financing as it looks to sell more energy-saving electric heat pumps across North America. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Eclipse Capital, which backed Canadian-founded chipmaker Tenstorrent, led the round, which Jetson announced today. US investors 8VC and Activate Capital also participated, alongside returning backers Kitchener-Waterloo-based Garage Capital and Vancouver climate tech fund Active Impact. According to The Globe & Mail, Jetson is now bringing in more than $4 million CAD in monthly revenue after officially launching its "smart" heat pump in September. Jetson's flagship product, Jetson Air, is pitched as a replacement for polluting gas furnaces and a way to reduce home electricity costs. The pump connects with a home's existing ductwork to regulate home temperature, and gives customers real-time performance alerts and indoor air quality sensing through a mobile app. The company claims the pumps can operate quietly and reliably in temperatures as low as -30° C. Jetson was founded by Lake, Matthew Bailey, Aaron Grant, and other leaders behind the smart glasses startup North (acquired by Google in 2020). Its leadership team worked for Google out of Kitchener, Ont., for years before reconnecting to start Jetson in 2024. The company was featured in BetaKit's Most Ambitious issue in 2025 for its goal of making "a big dent in climate change" by transitioning homes to electric heating. Jetson has customers in Massachusetts, Colorado, New York, and British Columbia. "This funding will help us quickly bring this experience to more homeowners across the US and Canada," co-founder and CEO Stephen Lake said in a press release today. Energy used for heating accounts for 16 percent of all energy used in Canada, and 13 percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. In the US, nearly 20 percent of overall energy consumption came from the residential sector in 2024.
Canadian-led Quilt brings its smart heat pumps north. California-based Quilt, co-founded by Canadian CEO Paul Lambert, is coming full circle by launching its heat pumps in Canada. The startup says there is "enthusiastic demand" for heat pumps from Canadian homeowners and contractors. Quilt's pumps are now available in Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, and British Columbia, marking its first international expansion. While Quilt had already made its way into 14 US states since its launch last year, the startup said there is "enthusiastic demand" for heat pumps from Canadian homeowners and contractors as the technology gains ground in markets across the country. Instead of generating heat with a gas furnace, electric heat pumps move existing heat from a warmer source to a cooler source. This cools or warms a home in the desired direction while using less energy. Energy used for heating accounts for 16 percent of all energy used in Canada, and 13 percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. Quilt claims its heat pumps, designed by former Google, Apple, and Nest engineers, are built to perform in temperatures as low as - 25°C. Quilt touts aesthetically customizable indoor heat pumps ("like built-in cabinetry," according to a fact sheet) that can control temperature room-by-room through an app. "Growing up in Alberta, talk of both energy and extreme weather was ever-present - and these formative experiences helped shape the creation of Quilt," Lambert said in a statement. Quilt "made sure it works in extreme cold - and extreme heat - so it can stand up to real Canadian conditions both today and in the years to come." Quilt has raised over $40 million USD to date, with backing from Google's Gradient Ventures, Kitchener-Waterloo's Garage Capital, and real estate television personality Drew Scott, better known as one of the "Property Brothers." Drew and his brother Jonathan have invested in Canadian tech before, taking a stake in Toronto-based Properly before it was acquired by Pine. Quilt isn't the only startup that sees demand for heat pumps. Vancouver-based startup Jetson, founded by the team behind smart glasses startup North, also launched its own "smart" heat pump in September. The software-enabled unit also features remote monitoring, real-time performance alerts, over-the-air updates, and indoor air quality sensing.
Jetson's Stephen Lake named to TIME100 Climate for clean-tech leadership. Canadian entrepreneur Stephen Lake has been named to the TIME100 Climate, a global list recognizing influential leaders driving business action on climate change. As governments have retreated from climate-focused legislation in 2025, TIME notes that business leaders are increasingly stepping up to fill the void. Around the world, innovators, executives, and researchers are accelerating the transition to a low-carbon future - and Lake is among them. Lake is the co-founder and CEO of Jetson, a Vancouver-based startup making home electrification more affordable and accessible. The company has developed technology that cuts the cost of heat pump installation roughly in half by streamlining assessments and eliminating unnecessary markups. In September, Jetson launched its Jetson Air system - billed as the industry's first fully integrated smart home heat pump platform. "The biggest thing governments could do is stop spending billions on subsidies and incentives that prop up fossil fuels at a low cost, and instead start investing that money in clean energy initiatives, such as residential electric heating and cooling," Lake told TIME. "If the easiest and most affordable choice for a family or business is also the climate-smart one, people will naturally make that switch." This marks Lake's second major recognition from TIME this year. Earlier in October, Jetson Air was named one of the Best Inventions of 2025 for tackling one of the biggest barriers to heat pump adoption - high installation costs - by leveraging remote project assessments and completing installs in a single day. Lake, previously known as the co-founder of North, the Canadian smart-glasses startup acquired by Google, is once again putting Canadian innovation on the global stage - this time in the fight against climate change.