Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

Arc Boat Company; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 203,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Parental leave

Generous time off

Income protection

Retirement savings - 401(k)

Water fund

Professional development—$500 annual

Safety Support

Captain training

Office perks

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Arc Boat Company seeks a leader to own all physical engineering on consumer vessels, overseeing mechanical, electrical, and test teams at our Los Angeles headquarters. You will drive an integrated R&D function, set long-term design vision, and mentor a high-performing group through rapid production ramps.

The role demands strong technical depth, ownership mindset, and ability to move fast while maintaining quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Experience leading a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering.
• Clear written and verbal communication and people management.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a strong R&D function across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and test teams to ensure performance and objectives.
• Streamline processes to enable rapid product turns.
• Work with sales, service, production, product, and industrial design.
• Set long-term vision for Arc’s small vessel design engineering and guide decisions for sub-1MW powertrain.
• Lead core powertrain platform and compute and cross into commercial applications.
• Motivate the team to meet timelines without burnout.

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical & electrical fundamentals

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

First principles thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. And yet it runs on technology that hasn't meaningfully changed in fifty years. Until now.

Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry. We're rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. And we're already executing. We started with consumers to develop and harden our core technology. We’re now scaling production of our flagship model with new models and sectors on the horizon. Now we’re extending our platform to commercial applications, starting with tugs, ferries, and defense, with years worth of signed contracts and a pipeline that spans every vessel type on the water.

The technology is proven, the momentum is building, and the opportunity is enormous. The marine industry is going electric and Arc is building the platform that powers it

Who we’re looking for

As a leader of Hardware Engineering, you will own all physical engineering on our consumer vessels. That means overseeing mechanical, electrical, and test engineering teams.

We're looking for someone fired up by the mission and ready to build. You'll thrive here if you move fast, take ownership, and care about the details.

This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters.

What You’ll Do

• Building and maintaining a strong R&D function across multiple engineering disciplines
• Working with electrical, mechanical, and test engineering teams to ensure designs are performant, simplified, and meeting program objectives
• Streamlining processes to create an R&D powerhouse that can quickly turn around new products
• Working closely with sales, service, production, product, and industrial design to advance our consumer engineering offerings
• Setting the long term vision for Arc’s small vessel design engineering team and guiding difficult, impactful decisions for our sub-1MW powertrain platforms
• Lead the core low voltage and high voltage powertrain platform and compute for our consumer vessels, with crossover into commercial applications up to and including full-vessel vertical integration.
• Motivating the team to execute under tight timelines while preventing burn out

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field
• Robust experience leading a team working in a fast paced and challenging environment
• A strong understanding of both mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals
• Good business sense and pragmatism to meet company objectives outside of just engineering objectives
• First principles thinking with the ability to motivate a dissenting opinion when needed
• Strong interpersonal and people management skills, including clear written and verbal communication
• Prior experience leading cross functionally to grow a high performing engineering team

Bonus Qualifications

• Proven track record of engineering success under tight timelines
• Experience driving a product from early R&D through to high rate production
• Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace
• Enthusiasm for boating and the water

At Arc, we encourage diversity and consider all qualified applicants equally for employment, regardless of background, identity, or status. You’re always welcome to reach out even if you don’t meet many of these qualifications. Passion and aptitude make up for a lot.

What we offer

The base salary for this role is $225,000 annually

Highly competitive equity grants are included with full time offers. As well as semi-annual bonuses tied to your impact, not just your tenure.

Additionally, Arc offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Healthcare benefits — 99% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision
• Parental leave — 14 weeks fully paid for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Generous time off — Highly competitive PTO with an opportunity to earn more time with tenure
• Income protection — Life and disability insurance for all employees
• Retirement savings —Traditional and Roth 401(k) access
• Water fund — $500 for you to spend each year to get out on the water, however you choose
• Professional development — $500 annual reimbursement for professional development and a monthly AI stipend
• Safety Support- Annual reimbursement for PPE, ergonomic equipment and anything that ensures we keep our crew safe
• Captain training — Training and access to take Arcboats out with friends and family
• Office perks — Daily lunches, snacks, and good coffee while onsite
• Relocation assistance — Available depending on role eligibility.

Our values

We move with urgency and build with care. We value these five things above all else:

• Ownership over both your work and the company’s success
• Empathy for colleagues and for customers
• Humility in problem solving and collaboration
• Pragmatism for navigating ambiguity quickly and sensibly
• Inclusion of different backgrounds, opinions, cultures, and perspectives.

We want people who share and embody these values. It is vital that our values align - we’d be happy to elaborate on any or all of these during the interview process.

As set forth in Arc Boat Company’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

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A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

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