Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

What we’re building
The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. And yet it runs on technology that hasn't meaningfully changed in fifty years. Until now.
Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry. We're rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. And we're already executing. We started with consumers to develop and harden our core technology. We’re now scaling production of our flagship model with new models and sectors on the horizon. Now we’re extending our platform to commercial applications, starting with tugs, ferries, and defense, with years worth of signed contracts and a pipeline that spans every vessel type on the water.
The technology is proven, the momentum is building, and the opportunity is enormous. The marine industry is going electric and Arc is building the platform that powers it
Who we’re looking for
As a leader of Hardware Engineering, you will own all physical engineering on our consumer vessels. That means overseeing mechanical, electrical, and test engineering teams.
We're looking for someone fired up by the mission and ready to build. You'll thrive here if you move fast, take ownership, and care about the details.
This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters.
What You'll Do
Building and maintaining a strong R&D function across multiple engineering disciplines
Working with electrical, mechanical, and test engineering teams to ensure designs are performant, simplified, and meeting program objectives
Streamlining processes to create an R&D powerhouse that can quickly turn around new products
Working closely with sales, service, production, product, and industrial design to advance our consumer engineering offerings
Setting the long term vision for Arc’s small vessel design engineering team and guiding difficult, impactful decisions for our sub-1MW powertrain platforms
Lead the core low voltage and high voltage powertrain platform and compute for our consumer vessels, with crossover into commercial applications up to and including full-vessel vertical integration.
Motivating the team to execute under tight timelines while preventing burn out
Minimum Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field
Robust experience leading a team working in a fast paced and challenging environment
A strong understanding of both mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals
Good business sense and pragmatism to meet company objectives outside of just engineering objectives
First principles thinking with the ability to motivate a dissenting opinion when needed
Strong interpersonal and people management skills, including clear written and verbal communication
Prior experience leading cross functionally to grow a high performing engineering team
Bonus Qualifications
Proven track record of engineering success under tight timelines
Experience driving a product from early R&D through to high rate production
Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace
Enthusiasm for boating and the water
At Arc, we encourage diversity and consider all qualified applicants equally for employment, regardless of background, identity, or status. You’re always welcome to reach out even if you don’t meet many of these qualifications. Passion and aptitude make up for a lot.
What we offer
The base salary for this role is $225,000 annually
Highly competitive equity grants are included with full time offers. As well as semi-annual bonuses tied to your impact, not just your tenure.
Additionally, Arc offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Healthcare benefits — 99% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision
Parental leave — 14 weeks fully paid for birthing and non-birthing parents
Generous time off — Highly competitive PTO with an opportunity to earn more time with tenure
Income protection — Life and disability insurance for all employees
Retirement savings — Traditional and Roth 401(k) access
Water fund — $500 for you to spend each year to get out on the water, however you choose
Professional development — $500 annual reimbursement for professional development and a monthly AI stipend
Safety Support- Annual reimbursement for PPE, ergonomic equipment and anything that ensures we keep our crew safe
Captain training — Training and access to take Arcboats out with friends and family
Office perks — Daily lunches, snacks, and good coffee while onsite
Relocation assistance — Available depending on role eligibility.
Our values
We move with urgency and build with care. We value these five things above all else:
Ownership over both your work and the company’s success
Empathy for colleagues and for customers
Humility in problem solving and collaboration
Pragmatism for navigating ambiguity quickly and sensibly
Inclusion of different backgrounds, opinions, cultures, and perspectives.
We want people who share and embody these values. It is vital that our values align - we’d be happy to elaborate on any or all of these during the interview process.