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Salary: USD 225,000 - 0 / annual
Arc is electrifying the marine industry by rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. The company has moved from consumer development to scaling production of its flagship model, with expansion into commercial applications (tugs, ferries, defense) backed by signed contracts and a robust pipeline.
As Senior Manager of Hardware Engineering, you will lead all physical engineering for Arc's consumer vessels, overseeing mechanical, electrical, and test engineering teams. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll own the R&D function across multiple disciplines and drive execution at pace.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building and maintaining a strong R&D function across mechanical, electrical, and test engineering
- Collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and test teams to ensure designs are performant, simplified, and meet program objectives
- Streamlining processes to create an R&D powerhouse capable of rapid product iteration
- Working cross-functionally with sales, service, production, product, and industrial design to advance consumer engineering offerings
- Setting long-term vision for Arc's small vessel design engineering team and guiding impactful decisions for sub-1MW powertrain platforms
- Leading core low-voltage and high-voltage powertrain platform and compute development for consumer vessels, with crossover into commercial applications and full-vessel vertical integration
- Motivating the team to execute under tight timelines while preventing burnout
You'll thrive here if you move fast, take ownership, care about details, and share Arc's values of ownership, empathy, humility, pragmatism, and inclusion.
This is a full-time, on-site role at Arc's Los Angeles headquarters.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field
- Robust experience leading a team in a fast-paced, challenging environment
- Strong understanding of both mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals
- Good business sense and pragmatism to meet company objectives beyond pure engineering goals
- First-principles thinking with ability to motivate dissenting opinions 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 high-rate production
- Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace
- Enthusiasm for boating and the water
