Director of Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team through coaching, performance management, and regular feedback.
• Establish priorities, assign work, and ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Conduct performance reviews and support employee development.
• Participate in design reviews, technical problem-solving, and engineering decision-making.

Project Planning & Execution

• Translate business and product objectives into structured engineering plans with defined milestones and deliverables.
• Manage multiple engineering projects using a practical stage-gate or hybrid project management approach.
• Facilitate planning meetings, status reviews, and project tracking.

Performance Metrics & Reporting

• Develop and monitor engineering KPIs, including:
• Project milestone completion
• Making manufacturing support response times
• Engineering request backlog
• Cross-functional project status
• Provide regular project updates, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary engineering liaison with Manufacturing, Operations, Technical Support, and other internal teams.
• Cookordinate engineering resources to resolve production issues and support ongoing business needs.
• Escalate project risks and resource needs proactively to leadership.

Product Development & Manufacturing Support

• Lead engineering efforts from concept through production release.
• Support new product development while ensuring manufacturability, quality, cost, and schedule objectives are achieved.
• Drive timely resolution of production, quality, tooling, BOM, drawing, and process-related issues.
• Lead engineering support for customer-driven product improvements and corrective actions.

Continuous Improvement

• Improve engineering processes, documentation, change management, revision control, and verification practices.
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, improve communication, and eliminate bottlenecks.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5–10 years of engineering or product development experience.
• 3–5 years of engineering leadership, project leadership, or supervisory experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing and resolving production-related engineering issues.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical product development.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage priorities, and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Experience using project tracking tools, project management software, or engineering workflow systems.
• PREFERRED:
• Experience with electrical products, lighting, power electronics, safety-related products, or industrial equipment.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as UL, NFPA, IEC, or similar regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in hardware and embedded firmware product environments.
• Experience presenting project status and performance metrics to executive leadership.