Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering — On-site

ABOUT THE COMPANY

A privately held global company (approximately 150 employees) that develops rugged, feature-rich tools for HVACR professionals, including meters, manifolds, leak detectors, pumps, and calibration tools. We have an established international footprint and develop products for a global market.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; Master’s degree or MBA strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of sustained, technical, hands-on R&D leadership delivering shipped, revenue-generating products from concept through commercialization (consumer products, consumer electronics, electromechanical, medical devices, measurement tools)
• Demonstrated strong tenure, continuous self-development, and end-to-end product ownership.
• Proven success scaling and mentoring high-performing, matrixed engineering teams (Mechanical, Electrical, Firmware), with a track record of developing engineers into technical leaders.
• Deep experience leading new product development and commercial launches while managing and influencing supplier and ODM partnerships.
• Demonstrated capability in strategic planning, budgeting, and performance management aligned to multi-year product roadmaps.

Responsibilities:

• Lead innovative product-focused development efforts, driving design, prototyping, testing, validation, and accountability through commercialization.
• Define and execute long-term engineering and technical strategies that deliver a sustainable pipeline of differentiated products.
• Build organizational capacity and technical depth by coaching, mentoring, and advancing engineers while strengthening core design and development competencies.
• Manage budgets, resources, development processes, metrics, and strategic priorities across multiple concurrent product programs.
• Strengthen and leverage relationships with ODMs and strategic suppliers to expand product innovation capacity and accelerate time-to-market.
• Develop, manage, and oversee the end-to-end R&D budget to support scalable product commercialization.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply via LinkedIn with a brief summary of:

• The most complex product(s) you’ve led from concept to launch

• Your experience leading multi-discipline teams and ODM/supplier partnerships