Director, Hardware Engineering
Posted Apr 27, 2026
At REGENT, we’re on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities. We're not just building vehicles, we're creating a new category of transportation: the Seaglider. These groundbreaking wing-in-ground-effect craft travel just above the water’s surface, combining the speed of an airplane with the low operating costs of a boat. Capable of 180 miles at 180 mph on today's battery tech (and up to 400 miles with next-gen batteries), Seagliders will unlock fast, affordable, and sustainable coastal transit for passengers and cargo - connecting cities, islands, and communities like never before. Backed by leading investors and powered by a team of passionate, forward-thinking engineers, builders, and operators, we’re now scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production - and building the team to make it happen. ## What You'll Do
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Lead and Strengthen the Hardware Engineering Organization: Own the people, structure, and culture of a 30+ person (and growing!) hardware engineering organization spanning structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, electrical, and mechanical systems. Build on the strong technical foundation already in place while strengthening leadership, raising expectations, and creating a culture of accountability, rigor, and ownership. - Coach and Develop Functional Managers: Invest deeply in the growth of functional managers and emerging leaders. Coach them to lead higher-performing teams, make stronger decisions, navigate complexity, and operate with greater ownership, consistency, and accountability. - Establish clear operating cadences, decision-making mechanisms, and accountability systems that keep work moving. Remove blockers quickly, escalate tradeoffs when needed, and ensure teams consistently translate priorities into measurable progress. - Own the hardware side of REGENT’s engineering operating system - including configuration management, design review discipline, documentation standards, release processes, and requirements traceability. Establish the right level of rigor for the current phase while building toward certification readiness. - Create the systems, expectations, and support that allow the next layer of leaders to grow and operate independently. Increase organizational leverage by developing managers and senior technical leads who can scale the business with you. - Work closely with software engineering to co-own shared standards and a unified engineering culture. Drive clear hardware/software integration points and ensure both organizations operate as one engineering team where it matters most. - Partner with PMO and functional leaders to match resources to program priorities - balancing near-term delivery needs with long-term team health, forecasting headcount needs, and managing competing demands across programs. - Ensure the hardware organization’s outputs are synchronized with test campaigns, manufacturing readiness, certification milestones, and program schedules. Lead an organization that not only designs exceptional systems, but delivers them reliably and on time. ##