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Designed for commercial and defense use, it can save lives and take on heavy transport across mining, agriculture, construction, and more.\nWe’re looking for people with solid industry experience that also have the ability to take a step back and innovate.\nWe expect that many of our team members will bring diverse perspectives from various industries and fields. We are looking for individuals with a proven record of exceptional ability and a history of creating things that work.\nWhy You Should Join\nYou like working in person with a team in San Francisco.\nYou are highly technical - regardless of the role you are in. We are building technology; you need to understand technology well.\nYou deeply believe that this is the most important mission for humanity and needs to Happen Yesterday\nYou care about aesthetics and design inside out. If it's not the best product ever, it bothers you, and you need to “fix” it.\nYou don't need someone to motivate you; you get things done.\n The Role:\nShape the vision and strategy of our vehicle program, working directly with engineering leadership to define product priorities, technical roadmaps, and long-term development goals.\nOwn end-to-end program execution, from early prototype development through production, with the authority to drive priorities, resolve blockers, and influence critical decisions.\nHelp define what we build, not just how we build it, contributing to product requirements, performance targets, engineering tradeoffs, and strategic direction.\nDrive high-impact technical and business decisions, balancing performance, cost, schedule, risk, and manufacturability to determine the best path forward.\nLead cross-functional execution across Mechanical, Electrical, Software, AI, Operations, and Leadership, aligning teams around a shared vision and measurable outcomes.\nPlay a central role in resource allocation and strategic planning, influencing engineering investments, development priorities, supplier strategies, and build-versus-buy decisions.\nOwn the transition from prototype to production, defining development milestones, validation strategies, manufacturing readiness, and the processes required to scale.\nWork directly with company leadership on the program's biggest challenges, with the autonomy to identify opportunities, propose solutions, and drive meaningful organizational change.\nWhat Kind of person are we looking for\n3 (minimum for Senior) to 10+ years spanning hands-on engineering and technical leadership (TPM, engineering management, or equivalent) on complex multidisciplinary products.\nProven track record delivering integrated hardware-electronics-software systems from concept through manufacturing release.\nStrong technical fluency grounded in real build experience - able to recognize when a decision requires more rigor vs when to move fast.\nFirst-principles thinking with sound instincts for strategic tradeoffs (e.g., buy vs. build, specialization vs. generalization).\nExperience with mechanical systems involving motion, kinematics, sensing, and closed-loop control, and software for embedded or hardware-adjacent systems.Strong bias for ownership and clarity in ambiguous environments.\nExperience with iterative, incremental hardware development in fast-moving or startup contexts.\nDemonstrated ability to structure ambiguous programs - breaking them down into fundamental components, dependencies, and a fast cycle-time execution model.\nStrong executive presence and communication - trusted by both technical teams and leadership.\nHigh EQ and sound judgment navigating complex people dynamics across technical organizations.\nBS or higher in relevant engineering field, or equivalent experience\nExperience driving reliability growth, scaling readiness, and manufacturing release processes.\nBenefits\nWe provide market standard benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k, etc.). 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