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?

• 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.