Vice President of Engineering

Description

Hybrid/In Person: Boston, MA Headquarters (2-4 days/week)

LineVision is hiring an operating executive who can turn grid intelligence software and hardware into the systems regulated utilities depend on to run their operations.

We are seeking a VP of Engineering to own engineering delivery across our software and hardware organizations. You will run delivery of Nexus Core, our next-generation multi-tenant SaaS platform for dynamic line rating, as it moves past launch and into daily operations for a growing base of utility customers. You will also bring the engineering judgment behind the current wave of hardware evolution on our field-deployed sensor. If you want to build and run a development organization at pace across software and hardware, and be accountable for the commitments regulated utilities depend on, join us at LineVision, Built In Boston Best Places to Work!

What will you do?

Core Responsibilities and Key Performance Objectives

• Lead engineering delivery across Platform, Applications, Embedded Software, Data Science, and Hardware Engineering, with every director and manager in these functions reporting through this role.
• Drive Nexus Core's ongoing release cadence, across multi-tenant SaaS and on-premise deployments for regulated, international customers.
• Guide the field-deployed sensor fleet, including health monitoring, lifecycle management, and the next-generation sensor launch, bringing hardware design judgment to component and subsystem trade-offs.
• Establish delivery standards and a reporting cadence across the org: milestone-level, on track or not, with a named owner for every commitment.
• Represent engineering to the executive team and partner with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Finance on delivery commitments, forecasting, and customer escalations.

Within the first 3 months:

• Develop a working command of Nexus Core's architecture and release history, the sensor fleet's current state, and the org structure across all four functions.
• Stand up a milestone-level reporting cadence with named owners across Platform, Applications, Data Science, and Hardware/Firmware.
• Build working relationships with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Finance leaders on delivery commitments and forecasting.

Within the first 6 months:

• Run Nexus Core's release cadence against hard external commitments for existing SaaS and on-premise customers.
• Drive the component and subsystem decisions for the next-generation sensor launch, working closely with the hardware/firmware manager.
• Next-generation sensor design decisions are locked and moving through execution toward launch

Milestones within the first year:

• Nexus Core is on a predictable release cadence that consistently meets external commitments across SaaS and on-premise deployments.
• The org is staffed with strong managers and senior ICs across Platform, Applications, Data Science, and Hardware/Firmware.

How to succeed in this role

Key Competencies

• Critical Thinking: Diagnose complex delivery, architecture, and hardware trade-offs across software and hardware. Push the organization toward evidence-based decisions over assumptions.
• Taking Ownership: Own delivery outcomes for Nexus Core and the sensor fleet end to end. Hold every commitment to a named owner and a clear status.
• Judgment & Decision Making: Weigh risk and opportunity across competing priorities in software and hardware delivery. Make the call, communicate it clearly, and stand behind it.
• Stakeholder Management: Align Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Finance on delivery commitments and forecasts. Represent engineering credibly to the executive team.

Essential Skills

• 12+ years in engineering, with several years leading engineering organizations that shipped production software to external customers, preferably in industrial markets.
• Track record delivering a multi-tenant SaaS platform from architecture through general availability, then running its ongoing release cadence against hard external commitments.
• Experience running on-premise or privately deployed software for enterprise customers with strict security or compliance requirements.
• Hands-on hardware design experience for industrial or field-deployed products, including environmental hardening and certifications (UL, CE, FCC, IP-rated enclosures).

What Sets the Best Candidates Apart

• Startup experience ramping a company from 1-N.
• NERC CIP or comparable regulated critical-infrastructure experience.
• Personally built data products or analytics platforms, not just partnered with the team building them.
• Grid intelligence or dynamic line rating domain experience, or direct hardware/firmware, embedded, or OTA background.

Reporting & Team Structure

• Reports to the CTO.
• Lead an organization of 35+ full-time leaders, engineers and contractors, spanning Platform, Applications, and Embedded Software, Data Science, and Hardware Engineering.
• Collaborates closely with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Finance.

What does joining LineVision mean for you?

• Impact. Your talent, time, and energy will critically impact our success in delivering utilities with grid intelligence to enable affordable, reliable power.
• Ownership. You will hold broad responsibilities with high autonomy and trust in a communicative, collaborative, and fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility. You will be empowered to maintain work-life balance with trust-based PTO.
• Real World Innovation. You will lead a motivated, high-performing team working with cutting edge, patented technology to help utilities meet the demands of an AI-powered future.

Who we are…

LineVision is a grid-enhancing technology company enabling electric utilities to deliver affordable, reliable power and accelerate the electrification of the global economy. Our grid intelligence platform delivers the most accurate, network-wide dynamic line ratings and enables safer, more reliable grid operations with a combination of optical sensors and advanced environmental modeling. LineVision's global customer base includes eight of the ten largest US utilities, including National Grid, Southern Company, and Exelon.

We are LineVisionaries:

• We are Innovators: we light the way with tenacious creativity and do good work.
• We are Empowered: With high trust and high autonomy, the floor is yours, and the opportunity is ours.
• We are Welcoming: Come as you are, our doors are open. We are better together.
• We are Trusted Partners: We elevate our customer champions through shared thought leadership. We deliver on commitments.
• We are All In: We are building a community of passionate individuals who want to dent the universe.

At LineVision there's no such thing as a "perfect" candidate. We are looking for exceptional people who want to make a positive impact through their work and facilitate an organization where everyone can thrive. So whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this role would make you excited to come to work every day.

Meet our team, and understand our mission: https://www.linevisioninc.com/about-us