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VP Engineering — Power Electronics / Semiconductor Technology

TalentLab  •  Vancouver, CA (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

VP Engineering — Power Electronics / Semiconductor Technology

Vancouver, BC

TalentLab has partnered with a Vancouver-based deep technology company to identify a Vice President of Engineering to lead its multidisciplinary engineering organization through its next stage of product development and commercialization.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP Engineering will have broad responsibility across IC development, electronics/hardware, firmware, validation, and industrialization This is an executive leadership role for someone who combines strong technical credibility with the ability to build the processes, priorities, and organizational accountability required to turn differentiated technology into successful commercial products.

The Role

The VP Engineering will:

  • Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization.
  • Define and implement a scalable product development process appropriate for a growing technology company.
  • Establish development approaches that recognize the different requirements of IC and broader electronics development.
  • Translate customer and market requirements into product architecture, technology roadmaps, and engineering priorities.
  • Lead products from development through validation, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization.
  • Make resource, capacity, and prioritization decisions across competing programs.
  • Partner directly with the CEO and founders on technology, product, and company-level decisions.
  • Build accountability and execution discipline without introducing unnecessary process or organizational complexity.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for an engineering leader with significant experience in power electronics, semiconductors, power conversion, advanced electronics, or a closely related field, along with a track record of developing and commercializing complex technology products.

Strong candidates will bring experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, ideally through other managers and technical leaders, and have demonstrated the ability to connect technical decisions with customer, product, and commercial requirements.

Experience building or evolving product development processes, particularly across semiconductor/IC and broader electronics environments, will be highly valued.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a startup or scale-up environment, making difficult decisions with incomplete information, challenging senior stakeholders when appropriate, and balancing technical excellence with cost, schedule, manufacturability, reliability, and commercial objectives.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a Canadian deep-tech company at an important stage of its evolution, as the focus increasingly shifts from technology development toward productization, commercialization, and scale

The incoming VP Engineering will have significant influence over the engineering organization, product development approach, technology roadmap, and the company's next phase of growth.

How to Apply?

All qualified and interested applicants can apply directly to Gord Marriage by sending an email with attached resume to gord.marriage@talentlab.com. You may also apply directly on our website at www.talentlab.com. Although we thank all applicants for their interest, only those in consideration will be contacted.

TalentLab

About TalentLab

Established in 1998, Talentlab delivers highly customized talent acquisition solutions for leading edge technology companies and places top technology stars in positions that precisely match their skills, aspirations and passions.

For more than a decade, we have successfully navigated the highs and lows of the technology industry. We've placed the brightest technology stars in highly specialized positions and helped manage and resolve complex strategic staffing challenges for some of the world's best technology companies.

We bring a seasoned team of experts to the table, a wealth of specialized industry knowledge and savvy, an extensive relational network and a robust infrastructure, all forged and refined in the trenches of real-world experience and success. Everything we do at Talentlab is fuelled with visionary passion and enthusiasm.

While we operate from a position of established success, our entrepreneurial spirit fuels our dedication to continually remain your most innovative, timely and dependable one-stop talent acquisition solution.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Ottawa, CA
Year Founded
1998
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