- Foundation Industries
- Belmont, VIC
- Full-Time
- 17 days ago
Head of Software.
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Head of Software: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a head of software building production systems for a software-defined manufacturing platform.
- The Person:The person will own the software roadmap, architecture and engineering standards, lead the software team, harden the core backend, and define the company’s approach to practical, secure AI.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has experience leading software teams, owning complex, stateful business systems in production, strong backend architecture judgment, and ERP, MES, manufacturing software, workflow systems, or applied AI experience.
About the role
Role Description
Foundation Industries is building a software-defined factory: a vertically integrated manufacturing platform that connects quoting, DFM, scheduling, CAM/CNC programming, quality, and customer experience into one continuously improving system.
We’re hiring a Head of Software to own the platform's technical direction and execution. The work centers on the deep backend ERP/MES-like workflow engines, data models, and integrations that run the factory.
You’ll set the roadmap, architecture, and engineering standards; lead and grow the software team; and work directly with manufacturing, operations, and the founding team to turn company priorities into reliable production systems. You’ll also define Foundation’s approach to AI: practical, secure applications that accelerate engineering, automate operational workflows, and improve decision-making.
Near-term
- Own the software roadmap and execution cadence
- Develop deep context on the platform and factory
- Stabilize and harden the core backend
- Architect the platform for depth and scale
- Define a pragmatic, secure AI posture
Long-term
- Build the manufacturing operating system
- Scale the engineering organization and technical leadership
- Make AI a compounding advantage
- Strengthen reliability, security, and compliance
What we’re looking for
- Experience leading software teams and owning complex, stateful business systems in production
- Strong backend architecture judgment across APIs, databases, workflows, integrations, permissions, and internal tools
- Ability to model operational processes carefully and balance speed, correctness, reliability, and maintainability
- High ownership, practical judgment, and clear communication with technical and operational partners
- A track record of hiring, developing, and setting a high bar for engineers
- ERP, MES, manufacturing software, workflow systems, or applied AI experience is strongly preferred
Comp
- $150k-$175k annual salary
- Equity grant (early-stage, meaningful)
- Benefits and other details based on seniority and fit
America once turned breakthroughs into abundant products with unmatched speed. Our edge wasn’t just invention; it was the ability to prototype, iterate, and scale production faster than anyone else.
Over time, we kept inventing but lost production velocity. High-volume manufacturing moved offshore, and low-volume, high-mix production became slow, fragmented, and burdened by overhead, quoting, programming, scheduling, and coordination. For decades, fixing this wasn’t economical. The indirect workaround costs more than the production itself.
That constraint is no longer.
New tools now automate the cognitive layers that once slowed everything down, collapsing weeks into days and turning overhead into code.
For the first time in decades, fast, flexible domestic production can be economically superior. We’re rebuilding America’s productive edge by accelerating high-tech, low-volume, high-mix manufacturing, helping hard-tech teams prototype faster, launch sooner, and build more here.
If you want to restore American productive power and ship real hardware, reach out.
