• About HuzzleAt Huzzle, we connect high-performing professionals with global companies across the UK, US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Our clients include startups, digital agencies, and tech platforms in industries like SaaS, MarTech, FinTech, and EdTech. We match top talent to full-time remote roles where they’re hired directly into client teams and provided ongoing support by Huzzle. • Role Type: Full-time • Engagement: Independent Contractor • Job SummaryWe’re hiring a **VP of Automation Engineering** for a senior, hands-on leadership role at the intersection of **automation architecture, product engineering, and AI systems**. This is not a traditional management-only role. You’ll be expected to operate as a technical leader who still ships code, designs systems, manages engineers, and partners directly with the founder on strategy. You’ll own and scale the automation infrastructure that powers delivery across multiple clients while also building internal and external products that turn operational know-how into software. • Key Responsibilities - Automation Architecture & Infrastructure - Own the company’s end-to-end automation ecosystem, including workflow design, orchestration, monitoring, versioning, and scaling. - Build reliable, queue-based and event-driven automation systems that can support increasing client complexity without breaking under load. - Architect multi-client automation infrastructure that supports different workflows, channels, cadences, and configurations across shared systems. - Design and maintain integrations across tools such as **n8n, Clay, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, EmailBison, HeyReach**, and other operational platforms. - Implement robust error handling, alerting, and self-healing workflows to improve reliability and reduce downtime. - Establish scalable standards for workflow documentation, deployment, credential management, and system governance. - Product Development - Build internal products that transform operating processes into repeatable software, including dashboards, reporting tools, signal engines, and AI-powered workflow systems. - Lead the full product engineering lifecycle from architecture and implementation through testing and deployment. - Develop client-facing tools and automation products that extend the company’s value beyond services. - Set best practices for code quality, documentation, CI/CD, review processes, and release management. - AI Systems & Intelligence Layer - Design and deploy production-grade AI systems using **Claude, OpenAI**, and other LLM infrastructure. - Build intelligent workflows for classification, generation, summarization, decision support, and operational automation. - Determine where AI adds leverage versus where deterministic systems are the better architectural choice. - Improve the quality and reliability of AI systems through prompt design, evaluation, validation layers, fallback logic, and cost-aware implementation. - Team Leadership & Technical Direction - Build, mentor, and manage a growing automation engineering team. - Set engineering priorities, run sprint planning and retrospectives, and establish a high-performance delivery culture. - Partner directly with the CEO/Founder as a senior technical counterpart on roadmap, systems design, and build-vs-buy decisions. - Help shape the long-term technical organization, with clear progression toward a CTO-level leadership path.

Role Description The Head of Global Equipment Quality will oversee all Global Equipment Manufacturing and Product Quality activities, encompassing Site Quality and External Manufacturing Quality. This role serves as the primary escalation point and interface for all Equipment Quality and Delivery Systems Quality related issues. As a vital member of the Electronics Quality Leadership Team, you will collaborate with Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Clusters and Business Unit (BU) leadership teams to drive excellence in quality standards. You will also take ownership of the Equipment Quality roadmaps, key performance indicators (KPIs), management reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring our commitment to delivering the highest quality products. - Owner of the ISO Quality Management System for Equipment supporting the overall Quality program for Electronics. - Owner of overall Equipment internal, registrar, and customer audit management support. - Escalation point for the Equipment Disposition (Quality) Review Board process. - Ensure sufficient resources are deployed to lead the development of FMEAs (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) and ensure that Control Plans are maintained and aligned with business needs. - Ensure support of Equipment customer compliance requests including surveys, inquiries, action items, nonconformances, and audit feedback. - Drive Customer and Internal Nonconformance reductions through aggressive investigations, firm root cause identification, and effective corrective action establishment/implementation for all major Quality issues. - Ensure continuous technical support is provided to the Business Units for all types of Quality issues. - Support Product Managers and Key Account Managers in response to customer requests and issues including new product qualifications. - Provide technical support to the business to ensure our product specifications are documented, reflect the material we offer for sale, and are fully executed by the manufacturing plants. - Support implementation of corrective actions for Quality issues including initiation of electronic management of change requests to documented procedures and processes. - Perform periodic reviews to assess the health and effectiveness of our Quality systems and update both technical and Quality related procedures. - Manage warranty budget and costs. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or other technical disciplines with 8+ years of experience in manufacturing and quality experience in a fast-paced time sensitive environment. - Experience managing an effective Quality Management System required. - Demonstrated experience with leadership and coaching teams. Requirements - ISO 9001 Internal Quality Auditor Certification (or equivalent) is preferred. - American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or equivalent credentials are preferred. - Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification is a plus. - Chemical/equipment manufacturing and/or semiconductor experience preferred. - Excellent interpersonal skills with experience working in a collaborative environment. - Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple activities, projects, and priorities. - Demonstrated project management experience as a leader and contributor. - Confidence interacting with customers and senior internal leaders. - Strong hands-on knowledge of statistical process control, corrective action, problem solving, root cause analysis, continual improvement activities, and quality tools/techniques. - Demonstrated working knowledge of Quality Management Systems with experience in auditing. - Familiarity with control charts (SPC/SQC), FMEAs, management of change processes, and document control systems preferred. Benefits - Health insurance - Paid time off (PTO) - Retirement contributions - Other perquisites

• Improve and expand automation processes • Develop logic and prompts for multi‑step AI agents • Integrate agents with databases and APIs • Test, debug, and optimize agent performance • Maintain documentation and monitor agent efficiency • Strengthen AI expertise within the company; evolve solutions based on business needs • Identify new opportunities for applying AI solutions across the organization • Contribute to the development of AI‑related processes and infrastructure

• Fehlersuche und Behebung von SPS-, Antriebs- und Roboterproblemen vor Ort • SPS (SIEMENS, Allen Bradley) und robotische Systeme in Betrieb nehmen, integrieren und modifizieren • Diagnosen durchführen und die Systemleistung optimieren • Roboteranlagen an Kundenstandorten für reibungslose Abläufe warten • Mit Teams in den USA und Deutschland zusammenarbeiten, um die Systemzuverlässigkeit zu gewährleisten • Vor-Ort- und technische Unterstützung aus der Ferne bieten und Kundenanfragen bearbeiten • Kunden in der Systemfunktionalität und Fehlersuche schulen und unterstützen