Heron Power’s engineering organization is scaling from prototype builds to volume production, and this role owns that transition. We seek a builder, first and foremost — someone who thrives in a prototyping environment, gets energy from ambiguity and pioneering paths forward as processes take shape, and is genuinely at home on a factory floor. You’ll lead the pilot build technician team and define the program-level process that turns engineering designs into buildable, repeatable, high-quality hardware — and you won’t be afraid to get your hands dirty doing it.
This is both a people-leadership role and a program-ownership role. Beyond hiring and developing the technician team, you lead the prototype program itself: build readiness, schedule, ramp-to-volume execution, and the handoff of manufacturing processes to the production plant. You will work daily across design engineering, EPMs, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and quality to keep every build coordinated instead of executed in isolation.
You are expected to operate with a “no surprises” standard — surfacing schedule, quality, and resourcing risk before it costs a build day, and be accountable to build status for each active program.
As Heron scales toward high-volume production, we expect this role to grow with the company — including a potential path to Head of Production for the right person.