Head of Engineering

Nevados

Head of Engineering responsible for product integrity and engineering leadership at Nevados. Driving execution and effectiveness in promoting solar tracker technology and partnerships.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeOakland • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the final technical authority on product design, performance, and engineering standards
Lead design reviews, ensuring rigor, cross-functional alignment, and timely decision-making
Own system-level integration across mechanical, structural, electrical, and software components
Optimize engineering team structure to improve speed, clarity, and accountability
Evolve the engineering organization and team structure to support clarity, alignment, and effective execution as the company scales
Serve as a mentor and partner to engineering leaders, supporting their continued growth in leadership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration
Guide leaders in prioritization, resource planning, and team development within a resource-conscious environment
Drive product strategy and roadmap to amplify market competitiveness
Drive cost reduction initiatives across the product portfolio
Implement a design sprint approach to accelerate development cycles and time-to-market
Ensure strong alignment between engineering, product, and commercial priorities
Provide quantitative, informative and frequent department and product development reporting
Institute rapid and lean design methods with an AI-forward mindset
Ensure engineering decisions are grounded in data, testing, and real-world conditions
Oversee design for manufacturing (DFM) to ensure products are scalable, cost-effective, and production-ready
Partner with operations and supply chain to accelerate product launches
Support fundraising efforts by articulating technical strategy, product roadmap, and differentiation to investors and stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of engineering experience, with deep expertise in mechanical, structural, and/or systems engineering
Proven track record as a technical lead or Chief Engineer/Head of Engineering on complex hardware systems from concept through commercialization
Demonstrated ability to act as a final decision-maker on critical technical tradeoffs
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams (mechanical, structural, electrical, software, embedded systems)
Strong background in system-level design, reliability, and performance optimization
Proven success driving cost reduction, DFM, and scalable product development
Experience integrating testing and validation (e.g., wind tunnel or similar studies) into product design
Solar, solar tracker, or adjacent renewable/infrastructure experience strongly preferred
Strong communication skills with the ability to engage executive leadership and external stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision, life insurance
long term disability and vol life
401(k) participation
unlimited PTO
generous sick leave
paid company holidays
additional benefit offerings as we continue to grow

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Hard Skills & Tools

mechanical engineeringstructural engineeringsystems engineeringdesign for manufacturing (DFM)cost reductionsystem-level designreliability optimizationperformance optimizationtesting and validationembedded systems

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkingcross-functional collaborationmentoringresource planningteam developmentdecision-makingcommunicationalignmentaccountability