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About the Role

Daedal Systems is seeking a Vice President of Technology and Product to lead the engineering and product development of our industrialized plasma diagnostic platform. This senior technical authority will be responsible for transforming low-TRL systems into deployable products, overseeing all engineering verticals, and defining the product roadmap and quality standards. The role involves close collaboration with the Vice President of Science.

Responsibilities

Own the engineering and product development of the industrialized plasma diagnostic platform.
Take plasma diagnostic systems from low-TRL, bench-top systems to industrialized, deployable products.
Own all engineering verticals supporting the platform, including mechanical, electrical, optical, controls/firmware, and software/data acquisition.
Own the product roadmap and quality/reliability standards for scalable deployment.
Set technical and product strategy with minimal organizational support.
Make high-stakes engineering calls independently.
Operate as a senior technical voice across multiple engineering disciplines.
Interact with customers to gather, capture, and prioritize product requirements.
Create a product strategy and product roadmap.
Communicate product strategy and roadmap to customers.
Mentor and guide engineering leads across technical verticals.
Represent Daedal's engineering credibility externally with clients and partners.
Shape Daedal's overall technical direction and culture as it scales.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, physics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Demonstrable track record of engineering leadership, including taking hardware systems from early-stage R&D/prototype through to deployed, production-grade products.
Direct experience with complex scientific or precision instrumentation, ideally in fusion, aerospace, semiconductor equipment, or an adjacent hard-tech sector.
Cross-disciplinary engineering leadership spanning at least several of: mechanical, electrical, optical, controls/firmware, and software/DAQ, with systems-level integration experience.
Strong record of industrializing or productizing complex, one-off R&D hardware into repeatable, manufacturable, and scalable systems.
Ability to set technical and product strategy with minimal organizational support.
Ability to make high-stakes engineering calls independently.
Comfortable operating as a senior technical voice across multiple engineering disciplines simultaneously.
Based in Toronto or willing to relocate.
Comfortable with travel up to 15% of time, occasionally for 2+ weeks in a row.
Familiarity with associated feature/requirements tools such as JIRA is an asset.

Skills

Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Optical engineering
Controls/firmware engineering
Software/data acquisition engineering
Systems-level integration
Industrialization of hardware
Productization of hardware
Technical strategy
Product strategy
Customer interaction
Requirements gathering
Product roadmap development
Startup engineering
Startup product development
Manufacturing
Fusion-specific engineering constraints (vacuum systems, high EMI environments)
IP generation

Location

Toronto

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

Senior
Vice President

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, physics, or a related field
Equivalent practical experience

Salary/Compensations

Compensation range shown is indicative; final salary and total compensation will be tailored to the candidate's experience and fit.

Benefits

Significant equity ownership
Immigration and relocation support
Opportunity to lead a key business unit
Opportunity to shape the company's technical direction
Opportunity to build and grow your own engineering team
Health benefits

About the Company

Daedal Systems is a plasma diagnostic company for the fusion energy industry.
We are building a platform for industrialized plasma diagnostics.
Our goal is to deploy suites of plasma diagnostics on fusion devices across the industry.
Ultimately, we will provide the operating infrastructure for every fusion power plant.
We are seeking talented individuals to accelerate fusion energy with industrialized plasma diagnostics.
We are building the measurement infrastructure layer upon which fusion will be realized.

Equal Opportunity

Daedal Systems is committed to an accessible and inclusive recruitment process.
Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, assessment and selection process.
Please let us know if you require accommodation, and we will work with you to meet your needs.