VP of Engineering

Heliux Inc.•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Heliux is building the AI-native operating system for the manufacturing enterprise. We’re fundamentally reshaping how engineering and manufacturing companies run by eliminating cross-functional fragmentation and enabling agentic execution on a single, shared operational reality. Companies developing and scaling production of next-generation defense systems, nuclear reactors, robotics, and more all trust Heliux to drive their operations. We’re on a mission to deliver unprecedented operating performance for manufacturers. Our team is built on a foundation of grit combined with deep commitment to our customers and the mission. If you want to do important work for critical industries on an ambitious, high-energy team, we’d love for you to join us. The VP of Engineering will report directly to and partner closely with the CEO, and will be responsible for setting technical direction, building the engineering organization, and leading its execution from the trenches.

Requirements

Proven experience personally building complex, scalable software systems from zero-to-one—i.e., first-principles problem identification to production-grade solution.
Proven experience building and leading high-performance engineering organizations: from attracting and closing talent to designing an organizational system that develops engineers at scale.
Proven experience successfully designing and shipping enterprise-grade, LLM-based software systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with large-scale industrial systems and their customers a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Own and evangelize the company’s technical vision, strategy, and applied AI roadmap.
Build a world-class engineering organization and operation
Architect both Heliux’s core operating platform and its customer deployment platform.
Personally ship production code that sets a standard of engineering excellence for the organization.