Director of Engineering

Tasks & Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Technical Oversight

• Define and execute the engineering vision for production systems, ensuring alignment with overarching business goals
• Provide architectural guidance and oversee the delivery of scalable and maintainable existing and new enterprise-class software solutions

Team Management & Mentorship

• Lead, scale, and mentor geographically distributed teams of software development engineers and managers at all levels
• Nurture an inclusive environment and foster a high-performance culture across multiple locations

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate deeply and broadly with cross-functional teams spanning production hardware, product management, supply chain, and business leadership to align engineering efforts with customer needs and company objectives

Process Optimization & Engineering Excellence

• Continuously improve our ability to deliver quality solutions by driving the adoption of best practices for Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation
• Demonstrate a proven ability to continue raising the quality bar in Engineering Excellence

Budget & Resource Management

• Optimize team resources, prepare realistic estimates, and manage broad development portfolios consistently on schedule and on budget, balancing cost-efficiency with talent retention and innovation

Technology Evaluation

• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to evaluate and drive innovation in industrial and manufacturing automation

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 12+ years of progressively broadening engineering experience, with a strong track record of success in the software development and delivery of complex, enterprise-class software
• 5+ years in significant leadership roles, including proven experience managing distributed engineering teams and large-scale application development for Windows desktop and Google Cloud deployments
• Strong business and technical acumen with a strong understanding of development processes and project planning and execution management
• Demonstrates a "high organizational IQ", successfully navigating and managing highly technical, geographically distributed teams
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills to convey complex technical information effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders and audiences at all levels

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with firmware development, embedded systems, Windows/Linux operating systems, and the unique challenges developers face on these platforms
• Experience working with cryptographic systems such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) or critical management systems such as Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)
• Good understanding of industrial and manufacturing automation designs and implementations
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with hands-on approach to software development and guiding the team to solving complex technical challenges