Vice President of Engineering

Saminco Solutions LLC and American Traction Solutions Inc. are sister companies that design, manufacture, and support advanced electric propulsion, power electronics, motor control, and industrial power technologies for mining, rail, transportation, heavy-duty hybrid/electric vehicles, and industrial equipment applications.

We are currently seeking a visionary, results-oriented Vice President of Engineering to lead the technical direction, engineering execution, and product development strategy for advanced electric propulsion systems. This position works in a collaborative, hands-on engineering environment at the Fort Myers, Florida headquarters. This is an on-site position and is not remote.

This position reports to the President and serves as the strategic bridge between technical execution, customer needs, product roadmap priorities, and business growth.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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…