Director of Hardware Engineering
| Company | Bedrock Energy |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Industrial Engineering, or similar disciplines
- Experience working in heavy capital equipment, industrial automation, robotics, manufacturing, or other operationally intensive environments
- Experience in high-growth, fast-paced environments, ideally in an early-stage technology venture with frequent new product definition and MVP prioritization
- Proven ability to build credibility with engineering leadership, understand system dependencies, and navigate technical and business trade-offs effectively
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical problems into concrete ‘core factors’, map system dependencies, and articulate actionable decision trees
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize multi-disciplinary technical challenges and extract relevant insights for diverse audiences
- Positive, “yes if” mindset with a bias towards action; proactive and resourceful problem-solver with the ability to drive to consensus while maintaining healthy interpersonal respect and empathy for different viewpoints
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a multi-disciplinary engineering team, ensuring they have the resources and support to deliver high-quality solutions
- Build, implement, and continuously improve engineering processes and systems, measuring their effectiveness and driving ongoing optimization
- Define all engineering projects based on company objectives, develop detailed resource plans and schedules, and ensure key results are delivered on time and within budget
- Collaborate with the CTO and other functions to define technical requirements and drive seamless integration across teams
- Oversee all engineering hiring and management processes, including recruitment branding, sourcing strategy, candidate pipeline, performance reviews, and compensation planning
- Develop and manage the engineering budget to align with financial operations
- Oversee the engineering function knowledge platform updates
- Recommend new technologies and approaches to improve processes and efficiencies
- Be a thought leader in their field – actively participate in professional societies, publish technical papers, and present at industry and trade conferences
Preferred Qualifications
- Proactivity: You take ownership, offer hypotheses, and hold yourself accountable.
- Coachability: You welcome & react constructively to feedback and seek new skills with gusto.
- Excellence: You hold yourself and your team members to high-performance standards.
- Creativity: You enjoy finding resourceful, unconventional, flexible solutions to problems.
- Integrity: You take pride in ethical, honest behavior, no matter who is around to see it.
- Compassion: You remember empathy, respect, and care in your interactions with others.
- Commitment to Diversity: You actively seek to surround yourself with and collaborate inclusively with people who are different from you in experience, background, worldview, and resources.