Director Engineering

Responsibilities

• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with business priorities, product roadmap, and operational objectives.
• Lead all engineering functions, ensuring strong integration between product development, manufacturing, and operations.
• Drive results across core product lines with accountability for quality, cost, and delivery performance.
• Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle from concept through launch and lifecycle support.
• Lead multiple concurrent NPI programs, balancing core platform development with faster, supplier-enabled initiatives.
• Ensure disciplined execution of design for manufacturing, design for assembly, design-to-cost, and serviceability principles.
• Provide executive oversight of development schedules, resources, product cost targets, quality objectives, and validation readiness.
• Partner closely with manufacturing and operations to improve build efficiency, quality, and cost performance.
• Ensure rigorous application of quality systems, GD&T standards, and verification and validation processes.
• Lead sustaining engineering efforts to address warranty trends, field issues, and legacy design risks.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering development processes to increase speed, consistency, and scalability.
• Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement while maintaining execution discipline.
• Build and lead a high-performing global engineering organization.
• Develop engineering leaders through coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Align goals, accountability, and recognition systems to business outcomes and engineering excellence.
• Partner with leadership to define and execute a global product development roadmap.
• Manage engineering budgets to support growth, profitability, and compliance objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related degree;
• 15 years of progressive engineering experience;
• 7 years management experience;

Qualifications

• This role sits on-site in our South Burlington, VT office.
• Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
• The salary range for this role based in Vermont is $175,000-$195,000.
• This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled.
• Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location.
• This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.
• This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, 8 paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits.

Skills

• Deep technical engineering expertise;
• Strong operational and manufacturing orientation;
• Exceptional people leadership;

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans;
• Life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts;
• Accrued paid time off;
• 8 paid Holidays;
• 401(k) retirement benefits;

Pay

$175,000 - $195,000

Schedule

Full-time