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Salary: USD 215,000 - 0 / annual
Arc is electrifying the marine industry by rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. The company has proven its core technology with consumer products and is now scaling production across commercial applications including tugs, ferries, and defense vessels with signed contracts.
As Manager of Vehicle Controls, you will lead the development of cutting-edge vehicle control systems across all Arc programs. This is a full-time, on-site role reporting to the Director of Software Engineering at Arc's Los Angeles headquarters.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading, mentoring, and growing a high-performing vehicle controls engineering team with guidance on career development
- Investing in processes that maximize efficiency, quality, and velocity
- Improving team culture by modeling Arc's values and inspiring them in others
- Partnering with electrical, firmware, and mechanical teams to lead cross-domain integration and resolve complex system-level issues
- Collaborating with service and manufacturing teams to triage controls faults, define service actions, and ensure high fleet uptime
- Contributing to roadmap planning for future vehicle programs, identifying technical risks and staffing needs
- Driving long-term technical strategy to build competitive moats and leapfrog capabilities
- Fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration
Minimum qualifications:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded systems, controls, or vehicle electrical integration with ability to guide engineers in troubleshooting and development
- 2+ years of proven experience leading and managing engineering teams, including mentorship, performance management, and hiring
- Demonstrated experience shipping complex hardware-integrated, real-time systems into production
- Strong intuition for system-level tradeoffs under real-world constraints
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and deliver challenging feedback
Bonus qualifications include EV or marine electrical and controls architecture experience, proficiency in C/C++, Rust, or similar embedded languages, experience with model-based design or control algorithm development (MATLAB/Simulink), and enthusiasm for boating.
