Vice President of Engineering

Position Summary

Cambridgeport is entering its most ambitious growth phase to date. We are an established HVAC manufacturer of custom air handlers and the fastest-growing independent supplier of Computer Room Air Handlers (CRAHs) to the data center market. Over the next 24 to 36 months, we will significantly expand our engineering organization, scale CRAH production to meet hyperscaler demand, continue delivering bespoke AHU solutions to our pharmaceutical and industrial customers, and invest heavily in the manufacturing infrastructure that supports both lines.

Reporting to the President, the VP of Engineering will own the full engineering function: product engineering for both HVAC custom units and CRAH platforms, manufacturing engineering across our Randolph and Georgetown facilities, R&D for next‑generation data center cooling, and engineering operations. The leader will translate aggressive commercial goals into a scalable engineering organization. This is a builder's role: the leader will shape the team, the processes, and the technology platform that will define Cambridgeport's next decade.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on executive who has scaled an engineering organization through hyper‑growth in HVAC manufacturing, has direct experience designing or scaling data center cooling products (CRAH, CRAC, in‑row, rear‑door heat exchangers, or liquid cooling), and has stood up engineering capabilities across multiple sites. Experience with hyperscaler customers (Tesla, Microsoft, Google, Meta, AWS, or AI infrastructure providers) is a significant plus.

• Custom Air Handler demand from long‑standing industrial and pharmaceutical customers continues to grow alongside the data center business. The VP must lead engineering across both product lines without trading one off against the other.
• We are transitioning our Georgetown facility to support CRAH panel production. The VP will lead the engineering elements of that transition — tooling, process design, validation, and tight coordination with our Prima power machine operations.
• Our manufacturing infrastructure must scale to support multiples of current throughput. The VP will lead the engineering investments — automation, design‑for‑manufacturability, supplier engineering — that make that possible while protecting margin.
• Data center cooling is a strategic platform bet. The VP will own the R&D pathway for next‑generation CRAH and complementary cooling products as hyperscaler thermal demands evolve toward AI‑scale densities.

Cambridgeport's culture is defined by three values that the VP of Engineering will be expected to embody, reinforce, and scale across a growing organization:

• We hold ourselves and our products to the highest standard. The VP will set and protect that bar in the people we hire, the products we ship, and the engineering practices we build, and will ensure that as we grow, the quality of our work grows with us.

• Commitments are sacred  VP will instill an operating discipline where commitments to customers, partners, and each other are met or proactively renegotiated, never silently broken, and where program forecasts can be trusted at the executive and senior leadership level.

• Standing still is falling behind. The VP will lead a culture of continuous improvement in product quality, manufacturing performance, engineering practices, and personal growth, and will model that learning posture personally, including welcoming feedback and adjusting course quickly.

• Partner with the President and executive team to translate Cambridgeport's growth strategy into a multi‑year engineering roadmap covering custom HVAC product engineering, CRAH platform engineering, manufacturing engineering, capacity, and capability investments.
• Set engineering OKRs aligned to revenue, margin, on‑time delivery, and quality targets for both AHU and CRAH product lines; report progress to the executive team and Cox Engineering.
• Own the engineering operating budget and capital plan; make build‑vs‑buy and outsource‑vs‑insource…