
VP of Hardware Engineering
- Norge
- Fast
- Fulltid
- Lead and coordinate all hardware squads in Bergen.
- Establish and implement best-in-class, industry-standard hardware development practices, tailored to experimental, high-complexity systems-covering everything from design reviews and build validation to documentation, traceability, and quality assurance.
- Drive the overall engineering and experimental strategy for high-throughput source development.
- Serve as the technical voice for the technical planning to achieve the company hardware milestones & work closely with the Head of Hardware, CTO and CEO to define the overall tech strategy for the company.
- Collaborate closely with the design and instrument modelling team, and with other experimental hardware teams across Lace.
- Oversee operations and guide construction and staged implementation of our atom beam sources, including high-precision lithography and advanced laser cooling.
- Ensure rigorous integration between hardware systems and computer control, in line with company standards.
- Support ongoing beamline operations in Bergen, providing hands-on technical guidance while maintaining a clear structure of local supervision.
- Coordinate with simulation teams, hardware R&D, and CAD/design engineers to produce technical drawings for next-generation sources.
- Work closely with the Head of Hardware R&D to ensure that promising research developments are tested and incorporated in our lithography machines.
- Plan and lead/oversee the execution of experimental campaigns focused on:
- Throughput optimization
- Advanced laser manipulation
- Design milestones for scalability
- Ph.D. or equivalent industry experience in physics, electrical engineering, applied physics, or a related field.
- 10+ years of hands-on experimental work, ideally in an R&D or hardware-intensive industry setting.
- Experience managing projects from innovation through to commercial launch.
- Proven leadership in managing multidisciplinary hardware teams (e.g. electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, physicists).
- Experienced in one or more of the following technical fields:
- Ultrahigh vacuum systems
- Neutral beams (e.g. atomic and molecular beams)
- Lasers for atom manipulation (e.g. trapping, cooling, etc)
- Charged particle beams (e.g. electron beams, plasma sources, etc)
- Instrument control and automation