Costa Mesa, CA30+ days ago
You will: • Oversee a 40+ member electrical engineering department, including electrical architecture, PCB design, harness design, firmware development, system integration, and test • Own the design and integration of electrical subsystems for multiple products simultaneously • Drive the transition of electrical designs from prototype to production • Independently lead people management functions for the entire team, including overseeing personnel growth, resource planning, and hiring • Review electrical engineering designs and oversee the definition and implementation of best practices • Partner with mechanical, systems, manufacturing, and supply chain leaders to integrate electrical designs into products and repeatably build them in production • Manage electrical engineering resources across current and emergent needs to maintain on-time delivery and reliable execution of program requirements • Author and drive a compelling vision for our electrical engineering roadmap that helps to guide our products into the next generation of features • Partner with business leaders to triage limited resources against new opportunities, using your business acumen to inform product planning. QUALIFICATIONS: Proven track-record of owning the design and delivery of electrical systems for complex hardware products Demonstrated ability to independently design and integrate electrical components into production scale products Deep technical fluency and passion for engineering details Experience working on both high-power (>100kW) and low power (<20W) ground or automotive systems Past leadership of large, multi-discipline, electrical engineering teams Strong people management and hiring skills Success working in start-up, scale-up, or other high-ambiguity environments Business acumen and the ability to use financial metrics to guide engineering decisions 10+ years overseeing the development of complex electrical systems Bachelors degree or higher in electrical engineering U.S. Security Clearance eligible.