Director - Product Engineering

About the role

The Director of Product Engineering will lead the technical direction of a portfolio of development efforts for server and storage products, ensuring alignment with customer needs, factory capabilities, and service standards.

Responsibilities

• Guide and manage the delivery of a portfolio of development efforts for new and sustaining programs for server and storage products.
• Organize teams and drive solutions for multiple, complex problems cross-functionally and within various areas of technical expertise (hardware, software, firmware, performance, interoperability, etc.).
• Apply the right level of execution discipline and engineering rigor to all technical program deliverables – lead by example.
• Make key decisions with respect to quality and features that may impact customer experience.
• Influence individuals, teams, and executives to support the delivery of programs within schedule, scope, and budget boundaries.
• Understand how technical decisions impact the broader business, factories, and customers and use these insights to lead the broader organization to optimized outcomes.
• Communicate complex issues in simple, actionable terms at all levels within the organization.
• Develop, grow, and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships with peers, team members, executive leadership, customers, and external partners.
• Maintain team competencies in current technology and design trends, continually evaluating staffing levels, and recruiting world-class engineering talent.
• Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis.
• Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems.

Requirements

• BS degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering required.
• 10-15 years of experience in an engineering product development environment working with a portfolio of products with enterprise server, storage, or networking experience is required.
• A minimum of 4+ years of experience directly managing an engineering team is required.

Qualifications

• Exceptional product development and program management skills.
• Expert understanding of Agile and phase gate development methods with the ability to drive organizational transformation.
• Deep experience in process development and process improvement.
• Ability to lead the development of complex processes spanning multiple functions and areas of expertise.
• Prior end-to-end development experience spanning architecture, engineering design, test and sustaining.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Skills

• Ability to lead the development of complex processes spanning multiple functions and areas of expertise.
• Expert understanding of Agile and phase gate development methods with the ability to drive organizational transformation.
• Deep experience in process development and process improvement.
• Exceptional product development and program management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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