Head of Engineering
Hybrid (Los Angeles)$188k - $207kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Head of Engineering at Nox Metals leading the software organization and systems that run the company, owning technical direction, engineering execution, and team development across customer software, internal operations, data, infrastructure, and applied machine learning. Hands-on leadership to improve speed, reliability, and integration of software with manufacturing workflows.
Responsibilities
- Set the technical strategy and engineering roadmap for the company
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing engineering team
- Establish a durable architecture across customer, commercial, and manufacturing systems
- Stay close enough to the code to review critical designs and unblock difficult work
- Turn company priorities into clear technical plans, owners, and delivery dates
- Raise the standard for reliability, security, testing, observability, and documentation
- Work directly with sales, operations, finance, and manufacturing to understand real workflows
- Build an engineering culture that values speed, judgment, ownership, and direct user contact
- Make thoughtful build-versus-buy decisions and manage technical risk
- Measure whether engineering work improves customer experience and factory performance
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in engineering leadership roles
- Experience shipping and operating business-critical software
- Strong technical leadership with ability to move between architecture, execution, and people management
- Clear decision-maker with ability to act with incomplete information
- Direct, thoughtful communicator who raises performance of others
- Comfortable working with engineers and factory operators
- Low ego, high ownership, and steady under pressure
- US citizen/visa required (visa): US citizen/visa only)
Skills
Required:Technical leadershipSoftware architectureDelivery planningSecurity, reliability, observability
Benefits
- Equity in Nox Metals
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Nox Metals
The modern factory for fast, low-cost metals.
Nox Metals is building the fastest metals processing factories in North America. Our software runs quoting, scheduling, and operations to streamline production and reduce cost. We supply America's industrial base with custom-cut material at unmatched speed and efficiency.
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