Director of Engineering

Location: On-site in Danvers, MA

About the Role

Samsung HME America (Healthcare and Medical Equipment) is Samsung’s U.S. medical imaging organization, delivering advanced diagnostic solutions across Ultrasound, Digital Radiography, and Computed Tomography. We lead nationwide sales, marketing, service, and distribution of Samsung’s imaging technologies, partnering with healthcare providers to strengthen diagnostic capabilities, streamline clinical workflows, and support better patient care. Samsung HME America also serves as the global manufacturing center for Samsung’s mobile Computed Tomography (mCT) business, leading the development of advanced CT systems used by healthcare providers worldwide.

The Director of Engineering is responsible for leading a cross-functional team in the development of new products and the continuous improvement of existing products for the Mobile Computed Tomography business. This role works closely with cross-functional teams, including Service, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Applications, and Product Management, to deliver innovative, reliable, and cost-effective solutions that fulfill the company’s Market, Product & Technology strategy. Mobile CT transforms fixed imaging technologies into point-of-care platforms, bringing the power of innovative imaging to patients.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology collaboration across business units to accelerate innovation and leverage enterprise capabilities.
• Collaborate with researchers, customers, and product management to drive continuous improvement of products and generate generational product plans to address unmet customer needs.
• Facilitate the technology and product roadmap necessary to achieve medium-to-long-term market strategy.
• Serve as process owner for New Product Introduction (NPI) and product improvement processes.
• Establish, monitor, and continuously improve Engineering metrics and operational performance to drive efficiency, scalability, and productivity.
• Own and advocate for the division’s intellectual property strategy; actively support invention disclosure, patent development, and IP portfolio growth.
• Promote agile methodologies, engineering best practices, and operational excellence.
• Enable technical leaders to make sound architectural and technical decisions.
• Monitor organizational health metrics such as retention, engagement, delivery, and quality; remove obstacles that impact engineering effectiveness.
• Partner with engineering and product leaders to prioritize initiatives and allocate resources effectively across teams.
• Optimize team capacity, workload balancing, and staffing to maximize productivity and delivery outcomes.
• Evaluate current and future resource needs, including hiring, contractor utilization, and budget planning.
• Monitor resource utilization, team velocity, and organizational capacity to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Drive quarterly and annual planning processes, ensuring alignment between strategic objectives and engineering execution.
• Collaborate with Finance, HR, and executive leadership on headcount planning, forecasting, and budget management.
• Develop and manage the engineering organization's annual operating and capital budgets.
• Partner with Finance and executive leadership to create accurate budget forecasts, headcount plans, and long-range financial plans.
• Monitor budget performance, analyze variances, and implement corrective actions to ensure fiscal responsibility.
• Optimize engineering investments by balancing business priorities, staffing needs, technology investments, and operational costs.
• Evaluate the financial impact and return on investment (ROI) of engineering initiatives, tools, platforms, and strategic programs.
• Lead vendor selection, contract negotiations, and management of technology and service provider expenditures.
• Ensure efficient allocation of financial resources to maximize organizational value and delivery outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining product quality, reliability, and employee experience.
• Establish financial metrics and reporting to track budget performance, resource utilization, and investment effectiveness.
• Establish leadership practices that improve team productivity and delivery predictability.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers.
• Build a culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and career development conversations.
• Coach managers on leadership, conflict resolution, feedback, and employee engagement.

Requirements

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Biomedical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering. Other STEM degrees considered with adequate industrial experience.
• 10+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, and service of Computed Tomography or analogous experience in another medical imaging modality.
• 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams in daily execution, ensuring necessary skills and resources are effectively applied and delivering to plan.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling engineering teams.
• Strong experience with performance management, coaching, and career development.
• Experience leading organizational change in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and executive stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome.

Skills

• People leadership and coaching
• Talent development
• Emotional intelligence
• Strategic thinking
• Organizational design
• Change management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Executive communication
• Conflict resolution
• Decision-making
• Influencing without authority
• Inclusive leadership

Physical Requirements

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.
• Frequently required to sit at a desk for long periods; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Interaction with x-ray devices; strict safety and tracking programs are in place, requiring the utilization of dose monitoring equipment either full-time or as necessitated by the situation.
• The noise level in the work environment is occasionally very loud.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

• Medical (Blue Benefit Administrators): 5 PPO Plans (with up to 95% employer contribution).
• Dental (Blue Cross Blue Shield): 2 PPO Plans (with up to 80% employer contribution).
• Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield): 100% company paid.
• Short/Long Term Disability, Life & AD&D (The Standard): 100% company paid.
• 401k Retirement (Fidelity): 100% company match up to 5%.
• Tax Deferred Health Care Savings Programs.
• Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet, Legal, ID Theft.
• Generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.