Manager, Vehicle Controls
Core
Leading the execution, deployment, and process improvements of vehicle controls systems for electric marine vessels, ensuring safety and reliability from prototype to production.
Role type
Manager, Vehicle Controls
Builds
Electric marine vessels (tugs, ferries, defense applications)
Domain
Marine industry / Electric powertrains / Embedded systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Embedded systems, vehicle electrical integration, team leadership, CAN-based architectures, real-time systems, system-level tradeoffs, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
EV or marine electrical architectures, C/C++/Rust/Python, model-based design, DFMEA, HIL infrastructure, oscilloscope/data logger usage
Technologies
CAN, MATLAB/Simulink, HIL, ECU flashing tools
Responsibilities
Leading and mentoring a vehicle controls engineering team; owning vehicle-level control architecture from prototype to production; providing hands-on technical leadership for bring-up and debugging; driving development of control strategies and fault detection logic; overseeing validation strategy including bench testing and HIL; partnering with electrical, firmware, and mechanical teams; collaborating with service and manufacturing teams for fault triage; providing executive updates on team progress and risks; contributing to roadmap planning for future vehicle programs.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership & team management