VP, Hardware & Electric Marine Platforms

Arc; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 255,000 - 345,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Parental leave

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Water fund

Professional development

Safety PPE support

Captain training

Office lunches

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Arc is building electric marine platforms, scaling from consumer to commercial vessels, including tugs and ferries. As VP of Engineering you will define the technology roadmap and lead the hardware organization, partnering with CTO to deliver battery, electrical, powertrain, and structural platforms powering Arc products.

You'll recruit and grow top engineers, establish high standards, and drive execution across R&D, sustaining engineering, and production, shaping the future of electric boating

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary hardware engineering for complex electromechanical products.
• Strong systems-level understanding of battery systems, electrical architecture, powertrain, electromechanical systems, and HW-SW integration.
• Proven track record building and developing engineering orgs by recruiting leaders and fostering ownership and excellence.
• Experience defining long-term technology roadmaps enabling multiple products or vehicle applications.
• Ability to balance customer experience, manufacturability, reliability, cost, and schedule in high-impact decisions.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills with cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Arc's Hardware Engineering org, overseeing R&D, new product development, sustaining engineering, and responsible engineering across product lifecycles.
• Define vision, architecture, and roadmap for battery, electrical, powertrain, electromechanical, structural, and integrated vehicle platforms.
• Build world-class hardware teams by recruiting leaders, mentoring engineers, and instilling ownership and high standards.
• Collaborate with executives to identify opportunities and drive industry-defining products balancing performance, cost, and speed.
• Streamline architectures and processes to reduce complexity, improve quality, and accelerate development.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Software, Manufacturing, and Sales to design, launch, and support platforms end-to-end.

Skills

Hardware leadership

Battery systems

Electrical architecture

Powertrain

Talent recruitment

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Job description

Arc is building electric marine platforms, scaling from consumer to commercial vessels, including tugs and ferries. As VP of Engineering you will define the technology roadmap and lead the hardware organization, partnering with CTO to deliver battery, electrical, powertrain, and structural platforms powering Arc products.

You'll recruit and grow top engineers, establish high standards, and drive execution across R&D, sustaining engineering, and production, shaping the future of electric boating