Hybrid Head of Engineering

at Nevados

• Job title: Head of Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $250,000 - $300,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oakland, United States

About the role

• Head of Engineering responsible for product integrity and engineering leadership at Nevados. Driving execution and effectiveness in promoting solar tracker technology and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the final technical authority on product design, performance, and engineering standards
• Lead design reviews, ensuring rigor, cross-functional alignment, and timely decision-making
• Own system-level integration across mechanical, structural, electrical, and software components
• Optimize engineering team structure to improve speed, clarity, and accountability
• Evolve the engineering organization and team structure to support clarity, alignment, and effective execution as the company scales
• Serve as a mentor and partner to engineering leaders, supporting their continued growth in leadership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration
• Guide leaders in prioritization, resource planning, and team development within a resource-conscious environment
• Drive product strategy and roadmap to amplify market competitiveness
• Drive cost reduction initiatives across the product portfolio
• Implement a design sprint approach to accelerate development cycles and time-to-market
• Ensure strong alignment between engineering, product, and commercial priorities
• Provide quantitative, informative and frequent department and product development reporting
• Institute rapid and lean design methods with an AI-forward mindset
• Ensure engineering decisions are grounded in data, testing, and real-world conditions
• Oversee design for manufacturing (DFM) to ensure products are scalable, cost-effective, and production-ready
• Partner with operations and supply chain to accelerate product launches
• Support fundraising efforts by articulating technical strategy, product roadmap, and differentiation to investors and stakeholders

Requirements

• 15+ years of engineering experience, with deep expertise in mechanical, structural, and/or systems engineering
• Proven track record as a technical lead or Chief Engineer/Head of Engineering on complex hardware systems from concept through commercialization
• Demonstrated ability to act as a final decision-maker on critical technical tradeoffs
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams (mechanical, structural, electrical, software, embedded systems)
• Strong background in system-level design, reliability, and performance optimization
• Proven success driving cost reduction, DFM, and scalable product development
• Experience integrating testing and validation (e.g., wind tunnel or similar studies) into product design
• Solar, solar tracker, or adjacent renewable/infrastructure experience strongly preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage executive leadership and external stakeholders

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• long term disability and vol life
• 401(k) participation
• unlimited PTO
• generous sick leave
• paid company holidays
• additional benefit offerings as we continue to grow