COO — Hardware Production & Energy Platform

Starflow; Stavanger; On-site; NOK 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Starflow is building a seamless platform uniting solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers and the grid. This COO role starts from scratch and scales across the Nordics and Europe, shaping the operations that support customers from order to support.

You will lead end-to-end operations, collaborate with product, engineering and commercial teams, and actively build the team as we grow. The role demands hands-on execution and strategic leadership in a rapidly evolving energy-tech environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience taking physical hardware products into production.
• Strong understanding of sourcing, supply chains and manufacturing.
• Experience developing operations in a changing environment.
• Sound financial judgement and understanding of unit economics.
• Experience with energy technology, power electronics, batteries, solar, EV charging or connected hardware is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take our platform from prototype to series production with a contract manufacturer, including the handover from engineering.
• Build Starflow’s Operations function end to end: the team, the technical solutions and the external partners we rely on, so customers and installers experience one Starflow from order to support.
• Source and qualify suppliers for critical components and negotiate and follow up agreements with our manufacturing and component partners.
• Build supply chain, logistics and a delivery plan across launch markets, based on real capacity and lead times.
• Work closely with finance on cost per unit, capital and cash flow.
• The aim is to bring enough structure for reliable execution while giving product, design, and engineering room to create.

Skills

Hardware production

Sourcing & supply chain

Operations development

Financial judgement

Energy tech (plus)

Tools

Job description

Starflow is building a seamless platform uniting solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers and the grid. This COO role starts from scratch and scales across the Nordics and Europe, shaping the operations that support customers from order to support.

You will lead end-to-end operations, collaborate with product, engineering and commercial teams, and actively build the team as we grow. The role demands hands-on execution and strategic leadership in a rapidly evolving energy-tech environment.