Vice President of Engineering

Vice President of Engineering

Los Angeles / Long Beach, California

• $200,000 – $300,000 annually, plus annual bonus opportunity
• Placement within the range is determined by factors such as relevant experience, education, technical leadership background, industry expertise, and qualifications.

STAX is a maritime emissions-reduction company supporting cleaner air and more sustainable port operations. Our work sits at the intersection of maritime operations, industrial infrastructure, environmental technology, engineering innovation, and regulatory compliance.

We are seeking a highly experienced Vice President of Engineering to join our executive leadership team and lead the strategy, performance, and scalability of our engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, R&D, technical operations, and project delivery functions.

This is a high-impact executive role for a leader who can translate long-term business objectives into executable plans, build scalable systems and teams, and drive complex engineering and infrastructure initiatives from strategy through execution.

As Vice President of Engineering, you will provide executive leadership across engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, research and development, project management, and technical operations. You will serve as a key advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team while helping guide STAX through continued growth, operational expansion, and successful deployment of maritime emissions-reduction systems.

• Develop and execute the company’s long-term engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, R&D, and project delivery strategy.
• Provide executive oversight for engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, project management, and technical operations functions.
• Lead planning, prioritization, and execution of multiple concurrent capital projects, system builds, infrastructure initiatives, retrofit programs, and major maintenance efforts.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with quality and performance standards.
• Design and scale organizational structures, processes, systems, and leadership teams that support significant operational growth.
• Establish enterprise-wide frameworks for project management, engineering governance, quality assurance, asset management, maintenance, and performance management.
• Direct research, development, and innovation strategies to improve existing systems and guide future system enhancements.
• Develop short‑term and long‑term technology roadmaps that support reliability, scalability, operational performance, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage departmental operating budgets, capital expenditure planning, workforce strategy, resource allocation, and long‑range investment roadmaps.
• Drive continuous improvement across safety, reliability, manufacturability, cost optimization, lifecycle asset performance, and operational efficiency.
• Represent the company in executive‑level interactions with customers, investors, board members, regulatory agencies, port authorities, government organizations, contractors, strategic partners, and industry groups.
• Lead regulatory, permitting, compliance, and stakeholder engagement efforts involving agencies such as CARB, EPA, USCG, OSHA, port authorities, and other applicable organizations.
• Build, mentor, and develop high‑performing leadership teams, including directors, managers, engineers, project managers, and technical professionals.
• Champion a culture of safety, innovation, collaboration, accountability, and operational excellence.

• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible leadership experience within engineering, manufacturing, industrial, energy, infrastructure, environmental, maritime, or related technical operations environments.
• Minimum 7 years of executive or senior leadership experience with responsibility for engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, project management, and technical operations organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline…