VP, Engineering & Product Management

VP, Engineering & Product Management

VES-Artex, a division of Turntide Technologies, was formed in early 2021 after the merger of VES and Artex Barn Solutions. VES-Artex is the premier global technology solutions provider for environmental systems in agricultural facilities, with a primary focus on dairy. Based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the home of the organization's new Global Headquarters and Innovation Center, VES-Artex also leverages operations throughout the US, Canada, Latin America and the rest of the world.

VES-Artex is focused on animal well-being as the foundation for dairy success while strengthening its capabilities to impact agricultural operational performance through connected technologies. This research-driven approach brings veterinarians, designers, product experts and dairies together to innovate intelligent barn systems that optimize animal well-being and drive sustainability for farms worldwide.

The Job

As a leader for both engineering and product management, you will be responsible for ensuring that the products that we develop are aligned with our long-term strategic vision. Work covers all parts of the hardware development lifecycle, from designing for manufacturability, requirements capture and design, to final testing and production launch.

We're looking for someone who is passionate about developing people and products, and has remained a master of their technical craft. You will be leading engineers in design and in the lab to create and develop products that provide strategic ventilation.

You are a leader - you evaluate the competency and capacity of your team and compare it to what is required to meet our objectives. You then create and implement a strategy to close any gaps and look to create and implement strategies for continuous improvement. Your success is based on how your team promotes the delivery of programs. You exhibit servant leadership, growing nurturing, and providing support to each member in the team so that they can deliver on program goals and are enabled to reach their own aspirations.

You are respected and trusted for your technical views and understanding, naturally using a "first principles" approach, which invites questions and creates clarity. You are self-aware of your knowledge, both what you know and what you don't know, and know how to work with your team to draw out the best collective understanding. You are respectful of traditional solutions and methods and creative in your approach to new technologies. You lead the creation of a "bill of design" which describes expectations and best practices.

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people that believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways - not just candidates who check all the boxes. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic thinking and leadership to drive long term growth by defining a differentiated product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Promote a win together, lose together culture, guiding your team to a better outcome, assessing the team and holding people accountable
• Develop and support a culture of collaboration, transparency, customer-centricity and results-orientation
• Develop a world-class engineering organization through coaching and mentoring of internal talent and recruiting to address key gaps around domains expertise and scale
• Deliver technology roadmaps that will delivery high-value IP that supports highly differentiated portfolio in the long-term

The Requirements

• Significant progressive experience leading engineering teams in a highly technical field
• Minimum 4-year degree, preferably focused on Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Proficiency in new product development with a proven history of success new product launches
• Significant hands-on experience developing complex hardware & software systems, from product concept through production
• Solid background in manufacture engineering, combined with demonstrable experience designing for manufacturability
• Familiarity with FEA standards and CFD Systems and Analysis

Bonus Points

• Prior experience thriving in an early-stage business or start-up environment
• Prior experience creating structure, process and discipline where minimal structure exists
• Post-graduate Masters or Ph.D. degree focused on Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Passion for the dairy industry
• Industry-specific experience focused on fans, HVAC, or other rotating machines

The Upside

• Competitive salary
• 75% company paid family health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Retirement contribution match
• Generous Paid-Time-Off policy
• Flexible hybrid balance between in-office & work from home arrangements
• HSA and FSA
• Autonomy and flexibility to build sustainable solutions for dairies around the world
• Incredible growth potential as we disrupt the global dairy industry through innovation

Turntide Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Please note: Direct applications only. No unsolicited Staffing Recruitment Firm submissions will be accepted. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of Turntide Technologies.

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