Firestorm Labs - Democratize the fight with radically-affordable, mission-adaptable power for air, land, and sea. Backed by NEA.
About the role
The posted salary range reflects an estimate based on a variety of compensation factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, education, certifications, specialized skills, geographic location, and business needs. Actual compensation may vary, and this range is subject to change as our compensation structure or market conditions evolve. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Define delegated technical decision rights, architecture ownership, design maturity expectations, and escalation thresholds
- Review and challenge product technical risk assessments, readiness recommendations, and architectural decisions, resolve cross-product conflicts
- Guide system decomposition, hardware/software/autonomy partitioning, interfaces, performance budgets, trade studies, and architecture baselines
- Drive modular, reusable platform architectures while allowing product-specific tradeoffs
- Work with Hardware, Software, and Aero and Autonomy leaders to resolve integration issues and maintain discipline-level design ownership
- Establish lightweight, evidence-based design reviews (e.g., PDR/CDR where appropriate), technical baselines, and risk registers
More about this role
About the Role
Own the capability for integrated architecture, cross-disciplinary technical decisions, design maturity, and product-level technical risk for a single platform. Partner with functional engineering leaders rather than replacing their subsystem ownership.
Key Responsibilities
- Define delegated technical decision rights, architecture ownership, design maturity expectations, and escalation thresholds.
- Review and challenge product technical risk assessments, readiness recommendations, and architectural decisions; resolve cross-product conflicts.
- Guide system decomposition, hardware/software/autonomy partitioning, interfaces, performance budgets, trade studies, and architecture baselines.
- Drive modular, reusable platform architectures while allowing product-specific tradeoffs.
- Work with Hardware, Software, and Aero and Autonomy leaders to resolve integration issues and maintain discipline-level design ownership.
- Establish lightweight, evidence-based design reviews (e.g., PDR/CDR where appropriate), technical baselines, and risk registers.
- Lead cross-product technical health reviews and provide concise readiness/risk recommendations to the VP of Engineering.
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