Part commercial enterprise, part revolutionary movement, Einride leads the transition to a zero-emission transportation system, based on autonomous, all-electric vehicles, coordinated by an intelligent routing software — making the journey from A to B as efficient as possible.
The hardware team is responsible for pushing the boundaries of remote assisted autonomous driving and all-electric propulsion, giving Einride’s vehicles the stamina, awareness, connectivity and intelligence to operate in increasingly difficult environments.
As the VP of Technology for Hardware at Einride, you'll be leading a top talent team of ambitious, creative, kind-hearted people who challenge conventional thinking, think big, and aim for zero.
Where you will have an impact:
- Build a global technology powerhouse, and strong engineering culture over teams responsible for building a fully electric autonomous vehicle from the ground up
- Work with the latest and greatest sensors systems, braking & steering systems, safe electrical architectures and the many deeper sub systems needed for heavy electric trucks
- Do the strategic make or buy decisions in order to enable a cost efficient sustainable freight
- Evaluate new technology to ensure readiness for a quick time to market
- Be the glue between the autonomous drive algorithms & software teams and vehicle manufacturing teams. Enabling development from concept to manufacturing on scale.
- Build out Einride’s long term strategy for electric autonomous truck hardware for the next five years.
- Build capabilities and continuous improvement within the team, empowering them to work autonomously and make decisions.
What we are looking for:
- Experience in heading up a hardware development function at the global/HQ level for a high growth scaleup/enterprise brand
- You should have vast experience of solving complex issues and breaking them down into terms everybody understands
- Extensive experience leading people to success. A track record of working with high performing people and turning them into high performing teams
- A positive mindset to inspire your teams through the thought
- Experience working with autonomous technologies would be beneficial
- Exposure to hardware and software is key
- Ability to partner closely with and influence founders and c-level executives
This position is based in Gothenburg. We recommend you submit your application as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continually.