Director of Engineering

People

Specific Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage and motivate engineers across mechanical, electrical, systems, and software/firmware disciplines
• Ensure functional engineers develop practical, manufacturable solutions that align with the overarching system architecture for programs planned to transition to production and demonstrations of proposed capabilities for technical
• Assist the Program/Project Manager and the Chief Engineer in the planning and execution of technical projects, ensuring that resource allocation and team loading align with critical technical milestones
• Work collaboratively with Program Management, Product Management, Technical Director, and Chief Engineer to translate customer requirements into executable designs; guide multi-disciplinary engineering teams in executing the Chief Engineer's architectural roadmaps
• Develop and maintain a training plan to support long-term skills
• Maintain a staffing forecast of technical skills mix & loading levels, adjust the organization to respond to and anticipate evolving business requirements
• Provide operational and technical execution leadership to the cross-functional engineering team, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices and the technical baselines

Process

Develop processes, policies/procedures, and templates to formalize the product development and transition to production process including upfront system trades analysis and design

Guide planning and analysis and be responsible for the traceability of customer requirements and system design

Collaborate closely with the Chief Engineer to operationalize the technical strategy and product roadmap; translate Internal Research and Development (IRAD) plans into resourced execution schedules

Responsible for engineering hours/bids and the final operational approval of technical proposals, utilizing technical solutions

Implement design to unit production cost (DTUPC) and design for manufacturing (DFM) methodologies as well as other best practices as required to execute projects and programs

Performance

Accountable for the on-time and on-budget operational execution of development projects

Continually improve the engineering product development and new product introduction processes

Create a culture of speed and accountability