VP of Engineering

Position Overview

This role is for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager responsible for growing and developing a high-performance engineering team, overseeing system design and engineering deliverables, and acting as the technical point-of-contact for customers. The successful candidate will work closely with executive leadership to drive growth, lead design reviews, ensure quality and compliance with engineering principles and standards, manage project budgets and schedules, and implement emerging technologies in standard projects and designs. Salary: $186,222 - $190,000 year

Key Responsibilities

• Grow and develop a high-performance engineering team and direct electrical and structural/civil engineers and drafters.
• Regularly meet with the executive leadership team to discuss market growth, emerging technologies, and strategic initiatives.
• Research, identify, and implement new technologies into standard projects and designs.
• Manage overall system design and engineering deliverables for each project.
• Conduct internal design reviews, drive open items to closure, and verify design quality per company standards and customer requirements.
• Control project expenditures within budget limits and develop master as well as component milestone schedules.
• Participate in requirements planning, documentation, conceptual designs, make/buy analyses, and design reviews.
• Review design drawings, including electrical layouts, schematics, cable schedules, and energy models for solar projects.
• Assess design feasibility in collaboration with vendors, engineers, and field technicians, and document technical risks.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience Required: 8 years of work experience as a senior engineering manager or in a closely related occupation.
• Expertise in consumer electronics with experience in shipping and maintaining hundreds of thousands of devices.
• Strong understanding of operating systems concepts, including thread scheduling, context switching, and memory management.
• Experience in designing and optimizing key system characteristics such as usability, performance, scalability, and security.
• Knowledge in software development at all levels, including kernel, middleware, application, and server layers.
• Proficiency in software test methodologies, test planning, test automation, test tooling, and establishing quality standards and metrics.
• Experience with embedded, multi-platform, and distributed software systems that integrate sophisticated algorithms, hardware control, data integration, network communication, and automotive interfaces.