# Product managing an integrated hardware product at Square

DevFeed: [Product managing an integrated hardware product at Square](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/product-managing-an-integrated-hardware-product-at-square-15808.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/product-managing-an-integrated-hardware-product-at-square>)

Author: Koun Han

Published: 2017-02-20T20:59:16Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [product-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-design.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

A Square hardware product manager describes moving from software product management to integrated hardware, using the company's contactless and chip reader as context. The article discusses the broader scope of hardware work, coordination across engineering and design teams, manufacturing dependencies, and the costs and delays associated with changing direction after key milestones.

## Source excerpt

The PM perspective: Pivoting from software to hardware