Vice President of Engineering

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Technical Roadmap
  • Lead the engineering organizations for Saminco Solutions LLC and American Traction Solutions Inc., providing clear technical direction, operational leadership, and accountability.
  • Translate company vision, customer requirements, and market opportunities into a practical technical roadmap for AC/DC inverters, choppers, permanent magnet drives, and related power electronics technologies, including systems up to 10MW.
  • Direct engineering priorities for high-power motor drives, variable frequency drives, inverters, battery management systems, firmware, embedded controls, power conversion technologies, and advanced propulsion platforms.
  • Establish engineering priorities, project schedules, product release dates, department deliverables, and technical decision-making processes.
  • Communicate engineering progress, risks, resource needs, roadmap status, and technical tradeoffs to senior leadership.
• Research, Development & Innovation
  • Spearhead research and development initiatives related to variable switching frequencies, rotor temperature compensation, advanced control algorithms, motor control strategies, firmware development, system efficiency, and performance optimization.
  • Evaluate new technologies, design approaches, and control solutions that improve product performance, reliability, efficiency, serviceability, and manufacturability.
  • Support feasibility calculations, concept development, rapid prototyping, technical reviews, design validation, and release-readiness activities for new and improved products.
• Product Development, Validation & Quality
  • Drive the full product lifecycle from concept, feasibility, and design through prototyping, testing, validation, production release, field deployment, and product improvement.
  • Lead New Product Introduction activities to ensure engineering deliverables align with customer requirements, manufacturing readiness, quality expectations, release schedules, and business objectives.
  • Oversee design reviews, product validation, engineering change control, release-readiness, and compliance with organizational, customer, safety, and industry standards.
  • Lead root‑cause analysis and corrective actions for product, field, warranty, manufacturing, and quality issues.
  • Create and manage KPIs to measure engineering performance, support responsiveness, product quality, validation effectiveness, and project execution.
• Customer, Field & Cross-Functional Support
  • Work directly with customers to understand technical requirements, field issues, application needs, and product opportunities.
  • Partner closely with sales, service, manufacturing, technicians, forward‑deployed technical teams, and senior leadership to ensure engineering solutions support customer satisfaction and business performance.
  • Provide engineering leadership for customer‑facing technical discussions, product reviews, field concerns, and complex issue resolution.
  • Support manufacturing, service and sales teams with timely technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and practical engineering solutions.
• Team Leadership & Organizational Development
  • Build, mentor, and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team that may include electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, controls, systems, validation, and technical support engineers.
  • Establish clear management structures, roles, expectations, and accountability within the engineering department.
  • Develop engineering leaders and team members through coaching, performance management, technical guidance, and leadership development.
  • Foster a culture of cross‑functional collaboration, disciplined execution, continuous improvement, accountability, customer focus, and innovation.
  • Manage engineering department staffing, operating budget, resource allocation, and project timelines.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Controls Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related technical field required;
  Master’s degree, Ph.D., MBA, or advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressive engineering experience, including senior engineering leadership experience at the…