Vice President of Engineering

The Lumber Manufactory (TLM) is building the future of sustainable lumber with next-generation sawmill technology. We design and operate state-of-the-art modular sawmills that produce high-grade dimensional wood products with greater efficiency and less waste. Backed by leading investors including Cantos, Slow Ventures, Susa Ventures, Banter Capital, Humba Ventures, and Ravelin Capital.

The Lumber Manufactory is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to serve as both the senior engineering leader and the primary technical authority for TLM’s sawmill platforms, systems, and technology roadmap. This role spans strategic leadership and hands-on technical depth—owning system architecture, driving engineering execution across physical and digital domains, and ensuring that every design decision translates into safe, reliable, scalable, and manufacturable outcomes in the field.

This is a builder-operator role for someone who has led complex hardware-software intensive systems from concept through commissioning—ideally in manufacturing, logistics, aerospace, energy, or similarly demanding physical environments. The ideal candidate brings the technical credibility of a chief engineer and the organizational leadership of a VP, with a track record of deploying rugged, automated systems in resource-constrained and remote settings.

This role is based in Seattle, WA and is best suited for candidates who are already local or willing to relocate, with regular travel to our Mississippi mill sites during development, commissioning, and deployment phases.

In This Role, You Will

Technical Architecture & Roadmap

- Serve as the system-level technical authority for TLM’s sawmill platforms, equipment designs, and process architectures.

- Define and maintain TLM’s multi-year technology roadmap, aligning engineering strategy with business objectives and long-term scalability.

- Own the overall technical architecture for mills—spanning mechanical systems, material handli...