The VP of Technology leads technology strategy in a small but scaling additive manufacturing firm, overseeing product development, process optimization, and multidisciplinary engineering teams while aligning technology investments with business growth.
Position Overview:
The Vice President of Technology is responsible for defining and executing the company’s end-to-end technology strategy across hardware, software, applications engineering, process engineering, and product development. This leader ensures technology investments directly support commercial growth, manufacturing scale, product innovation, and operational excellence.
In a small but scaling additive manufacturing organization, this role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on execution, driving alignment between engineering, manufacturing, and business priorities.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the company’s technology roadmap aligned with business objectives, product strategy, and customer requirements
- Build and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning hardware, software, applications, and process engineering
- Establish technology priorities, resource allocation, and execution plans to support scaling operations
- Partner with executive leadership to translate market opportunities into technical capability development
- Lead end-to-end product development including additive manufacturing systems, materials integration, software platforms, and application solutions
- Ensure new product introduction processes are structured, predictable, and aligned with commercialization timelines
- Drive innovation in machine performance, reliability, throughput, and cost efficiency
- Balance near-term delivery commitments with longer-term platform strategy
- Oversee development and optimization of additive manufacturing processes including parameter development, qualification, and repeatability
- Ensure process capability supports customer requirements across industries such as aerospace, defense, medical, or industrial applications
- Establish best practices for design for additive manufacturing, validation, and production readiness
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve yield, cycle time, and scalability
- Lead development of software systems including machine control, workflow automation, data analytics, and customer-facing applications
- Ensure integration between hardware platforms and software ecosystems
- Build strong applications engineering capability to support customer adoption and technical sales efforts
- Develop technical documentation, training frameworks, and deployment methodologies
- Implement clear engineering execution frameworks including roadmap governance, prioritization, and performance tracking
- Establish strong cross-functional collaboration with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Sales, and back-office functions.
- Develop workforce planning strategy to support company growth and technology maturity
- Manage technology budget, external partners, and vendor relationships
- A clearly defined and communicated technology roadmap aligned to revenue and scale objectives
- Predictable product development execution and successful product launches
- Scalable additive manufacturing processes with improved reliability and throughput
- Strong engineering leadership bench and clear organizational accountability
- Technology investments that materially improve company competitiveness and margin
Technology Strategy and Leadership
Product and Platform Development
Additive Manufacturing Process Excellence
Software and Applications Engineering
Operational and Organizational Leadership
What Success Looks Like
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including executive or senior leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience in additive manufacturing technologies (metal or polymer)
- Proven track record leading multidisciplinary teams across hardware, software, and manufacturing process engineering
- Experience scaling technology organizations in small to mid-size manufacturing or deep-tech environments
- Strong commercial mindset with ability to align technical strategy to business outcomes
- Experience developing industrial equipment, production platforms, or advanced manufacturing systems
- Background in aerospace, defense, medical devices, or high-reliability industries
- Familiarity with qualification frameworks, regulatory requirements, or government customers
- Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Strategic clarity with operational rigor
- Ability to set direction and drive execution in ambiguous environments
- Strong decision-making and prioritization capability
- Credibility with highly technical teams
- Collaborative executive presence
Preferred
Leadership Competencies
Top Skills
Additive Manufacturing
Applications Engineering
Data Analytics
Hardware
Process Engineering
Product Development
Software
Workflow Automation
Velo3D Campbell, California, USA Office
511 Division St, Campbell, CA, United States, 95008
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