Vice President Engineering

AMP is looking for a VP of Engineering to lead the technology function of the company. This role will be managing a diverse team of software robotics mechanical electrical and infrastructure engineers and contractors. You will work closely with our CTO CEO and executive team to own define and execute on our product roadmap and strategy.

Responsibilities: 

Technology Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute AMP's technology vision strategy and roadmap in support of the company's commercial and strategic objectives.
• Align engineering teams around clear priorities goals and measures of success while maintaining accountability for results.
• Balance short-term business needs with long-term technology investments to maximize company impact.

Organizational Leadership

• Lead and scale AMP's engineering organization across Facility Engineering R&D and Software Infrastructure.
• Build a high-performing culture known for quality innovation responsiveness efficiency and predictable execution.
• Recruit develop mentor and retain exceptional engineering talent and leaders.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams spanning software artificial intelligence hardware systems integration manufacturing and operations.

Product Development & Execution

• Drive execution of hardware software and systems engineering programs ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products and capabilities.
• Establish engineering best practices quality systems and operating processes that support reliable deployments and scalable growth.
• Ensure technology investments and roadmaps are aligned with customer needs operational requirements and business priorities.

Cross-Functional & Business Leadership

• Partner with the executive team to shape and operationalize AMP's technology strategy.
• Collaborate closely with Operations Commercial Product and Customer teams to accelerate execution and deliver business value.
• Own engineering budgets resource planning capital investments and technology portfolio prioritization.
• Establish and monitor key performance metrics across engineering product delivery quality reliability and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate technology risks and opportunities making decisions that balance innovation execution scalability and financial performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience in hardware-centric product organizations including 4+ years at the Senior Director VP or equivalent executive level.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations of 30+ engineers and technical leaders across hardware software systems and operations.
• Proven track record of delivering products and technology programs that create measurable business value.
• Experience leading multiple product launches in fast-paced agile environments.
• Hands-on leadership across the full product lifecycle including architecture development program management quality deployment and operations.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing teams scalable engineering processes and a culture of accountability and execution.
• Strong leadership communication and stakeholder management skills with high emotional intelligence and the ability to influence across all levels of an organization.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments balancing innovation technical debt delivery commitments and long-term investments. Strategic technology leader who connects engineering investments to business outcomes.
• Strong operator with experience in budgeting capital allocation and portfolio prioritization.
• Builder of high-performing organizations and leadership teams.
• Customer- and business-oriented executive who balances innovation operational excellence and financial discipline.
• Comfortable making high-impact decisions and influencing executives customers investors and external partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building operating or supporting manufacturing facilities enabled by internally developed technology.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Robotics
• Machine Learning / AI
• Embedded Systems
• Industrial Automation Manufacturing and SCADA Systems
• Cloud Infrastructure
• DevOps and Platform Engineering
• Product Management

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Travel Requirements: 

• 25%

Equity Grant:  The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications. 

AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group are encouraged to apply. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Other duties: 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits Information:

• Medical - The company covers between 78% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection. 
• Dental Vision Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary option to purchase additional through New York Life
• Benefits start the day you start
• HSA Eligible Health Plans Company Monthly Contributions!
• 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching)
• FTO - Flexible Time Off
• 6 Accrued Sick Days
• Eight (8) paid holidays

We'll consider applications until the position is filled. 

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What We Do

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs increase resource recovery and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America Asia and Europe AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling.

Why Work With Us

At AMP our product is a new generation of material recovery: Smart Sortation. What matters to our customers—and to the world—is the efficient sortation and recovery of resources. We’ve been able to bring a new level of performance into the realm of the possible—and we’re ready to rapidly expand the scale and scope of the recycling industry.

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