What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Verification and Validation position at PassiveLogic?
Are you ready to define the gold standard in reliability and functionality for a cutting-edge product ecosystem that powers the world's most intelligent buildings? Ready to architect a V&V strategy that ensures performance at scale—while leading a high-impact team at the forefront of smart infrastructure? PassiveLogic is looking for a Head of V&V!
About PassiveLogic®
PassiveLogic is the first fully autonomous platform for buildings. We’ve reinvented the fundamental principles of automation to democratize technology, optimize buildings, and reduce the world’s carbon footprint. We are a team of technologists, engineers, and creatives dedicated to making a sustainable impact through real-world solutions.
We are looking for team members who have a passion for technology and want to work on cutting-edge problems with real-world solutions. Our culture is built on bringing together the most talented engineers, thinkers, and creatives—backed by the world’s leading investors—working together to make the future a reality.
About The Role
This is a career-defining opportunity to play a crucial role in a hyper-scale AI company that is transforming the future of autonomous systems, energy, and the built environment.
As Head of Verification and Validation, you'll shape the V&V strategy for a cutting-edge building management ecosystem, ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of both hardware and software at scale. This is a career-defining opportunity to lead a high-impact team, influence industry standards, and drive innovation in smart infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
Define and execute the V&V strategy. Develop and implement a comprehensive verification and validation framework that ensures the reliability, security, and performance of a complex hardware/software building management product ecosystem.
Lead a high-impact V&V team. Build, mentor, and manage a global team of builders and makers in robustness testing, system verification and validation, physical plant emulation, and UI/UX testing.
Drive automation and scalability. Architect automated testing pipelines, simulation and emulation environments, and continuous validation processes to support rapid iteration and deployment at scale.
Collaborate across engineering and product teams. Engage with crossfunctional teams during the architecture phase across the product stack to ensure good product definition, following of good design practices, and ensure testability.
Adapt to what's next. Don't just help build a product, help us build the company. Drawing on your experience and vision, you define the directions we should take and help us execute toward them
What You’ll Bring
If your experience does not meet all our posted requirements below, we’d still love to hear from you. We are looking for practitioners who are passionate about understanding people, committed to lifelong learning, and driven by the love of what they do. If that’s you, please apply!
You must have
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is woven into our values and everything we do. We welcome all—come as you are and bring your whole self. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity every day by maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for our employees at every stage of their careers.
About PassiveLogic®
PassiveLogic is the first fully autonomous platform for buildings. We’ve reinvented the fundamental principles of automation to democratize technology, optimize buildings, and reduce the world’s carbon footprint. We are a team of technologists, engineers, and creatives dedicated to making a sustainable impact through real-world solutions.
We are looking for team members who have a passion for technology and want to work on cutting-edge problems with real-world solutions. Our culture is built on bringing together the most talented engineers, thinkers, and creatives—backed by the world’s leading investors—working together to make the future a reality.
About The Role
This is a career-defining opportunity to play a crucial role in a hyper-scale AI company that is transforming the future of autonomous systems, energy, and the built environment.
As Head of Verification and Validation, you'll shape the V&V strategy for a cutting-edge building management ecosystem, ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of both hardware and software at scale. This is a career-defining opportunity to lead a high-impact team, influence industry standards, and drive innovation in smart infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
Define and execute the V&V strategy. Develop and implement a comprehensive verification and validation framework that ensures the reliability, security, and performance of a complex hardware/software building management product ecosystem.
Lead a high-impact V&V team. Build, mentor, and manage a global team of builders and makers in robustness testing, system verification and validation, physical plant emulation, and UI/UX testing.
Drive automation and scalability. Architect automated testing pipelines, simulation and emulation environments, and continuous validation processes to support rapid iteration and deployment at scale.
Collaborate across engineering and product teams. Engage with crossfunctional teams during the architecture phase across the product stack to ensure good product definition, following of good design practices, and ensure testability.
Adapt to what's next. Don't just help build a product, help us build the company. Drawing on your experience and vision, you define the directions we should take and help us execute toward them
What You’ll Bring
If your experience does not meet all our posted requirements below, we’d still love to hear from you. We are looking for practitioners who are passionate about understanding people, committed to lifelong learning, and driven by the love of what they do. If that’s you, please apply!
You must have
- Proven technical leadership experience: 7 years of engineering experience, with demonstrated leadership beyond individual contributor responsibilities.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills: Ability to communicate and collaborate across technical disciplines and across all levels to drive decisions.
- Organized and strategic: Skilled in planning roadmaps, architectures, and initiatives, independent of detailed guidance.
- Adaptability: Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, eager to learn, iterate, and innovate.
- High ownership: You own this role. When issues arise, be the empowered force that solves them.
- Software development and/or testing experience: Coding experience in at least one of C, Swift, or Python is a plus.
- Automation experience: Previous experience in building automation, industrial automation, or similar field will be helpful.
- Autonomous systems experience: Background in developing, commercializing, or researching complex autonomous systems.
- Direct management experience: 2 years in a management role is a plus
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
- Competitive compensation
- Generous equity share package
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Disability and life Insurance options
- Flex PTO
- Team-building events
- Free catered lunch in the office Monday — Friday
- Free ski pass (We are at the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon)
- Free National Park pass
- A cover letter telling us why you're the perfect candidate for PassiveLogic
- A resume
- Extra mile — include a description of a project (of any type) you personally created, devised, built, managed, organized, or designed that was of your own self-initiative
Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is woven into our values and everything we do. We welcome all—come as you are and bring your whole self. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity every day by maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for our employees at every stage of their careers.
