Job Description

What you can expect

As a Senior HVAC Engineer, you are responsible for the overall leadership and organization of the integrated design process up to the implementation on site in the specialist area of HVAC.

• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor Engineering Team Leads, focusing on their motivation, management skills, performance, objectives, and career paths.
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Oversee and execute the SDLC and Product Iterations (PIs) for all engineering teams in collaboration with the Product Management team.
• Collaboration and Communication: Ensure effective collaboration across engineering teams and with other company functions, and act as an intermediary between engineering teams and executive management.
• Strategic Planning: Assist the CTO with strategic planning, technical leadership, and executive reporting.
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Participate in due diligence and company integration work in mergers and acquisitions.

• Product Iteration Execution: Oversee the execution of Product Iterations (PIs) across teams.
• Team Meetings: Participate in team meetings and SDLC-related ceremonies on demand.
• Status Reports: Keep track of weekly status reports from engineering teams and facilitate discussions around important points in the engineering meeting.
• Engineering Updates: Communicate the most important engineering updates to the executive team.

• Regular 1-on-1s: Maintain regular 1-on-1s with engineering team leads, discussing both individual and team topics.
• Performance Evaluations: Carry out performance evaluations of team leads and ensure adoption of the performance review process in accordance with the career framework across the engineering organization.
• Personal Objectives: Set personal objectives for every team lead.
• Vacation Approvals: Manage vacation approvals, sick leave, conference days, and similar for team leads.
• Engineering Documentation: Prepare high-level engineering documentation and policies for review by CTO.
• Feedback and Improvement: Give feedback on engineering workflows, policies, and efforts.
• Weekly Engineering Meeting: Lead the weekly engineering meeting.

• Regular 1-on-1s: Maintain regular 1-on-1s with CTO and COO.
• Executive Meetings: Participate in executive meetings and other executive group activities on demand.
• Product and HR Collaboration: Coordinate with Product and HR.
• Sales and Support: Represent engineering in high-value sales calls, quarterly business reviews, and escalated support cases.
• Sales Enablement: Help with sales enablement and related training.

• Onboarding Expectations: Prepare onboarding expectations for team leads.
• New Team Lead Onboarding: Onboard new team leads, pairing with team members for those unfamiliar with the technical domain.
• Job Specifications: Draft job specifications for management positions.
• Hiring Efforts: Participate in late-stage interviews for various positions or lead hiring efforts for management positions.

We're seeking a seasoned software engineering leader with:

• Multiple Years of Experience: Multiple years of experience leading software engineering teams and/or middle managers in different organizations.
• Strong Technical Background: A strong technical background, with experience with developer tools and backend technologies.
• Coordination and Communication Skills: Strong coordination and communication skills to coordinate work and share information effectively among different groups and stakeholders.
• Feedback and Improvement: A willingness to receive and provide feedback, including constructive criticism in pursuit of our core values and a culture of high performance.
• Business Sense: A good business sense to participate in strategic discussions and prioritize high-impact projects.