Director, Engineering - Global Aftermarket

The Engineering Director will be responsible for the technical product throughout product and design life cycle.

General Responsibilities

• Thrive in a fast-paced business where complex development projects must be executed upon within "short-cycle" development environment

• Work with cross-functional teams including sales, marketing, product management and the manufacturing site operations team to execute on New Business Opportunity's (NBO) wins that drive profitable growth

• Lead global engineering team through product development process and continuous improvement; direct team located in Boise, Idaho; Antrim, NIRL; extended engineering team in India Technical Center

• Lead technology roadmap definition and manage execution

• Execute the product roadmap that meets the needs of our chosen markets and customers

• Understand and deliver to customer requirements and expectations

• Benchmark competitors' products and strategy

• Work with cross-functional team to define, continuously improve and support the implementation of the Aftermarket Product Development processes

• Develop and evolve the engineering organization capabilities to meet the future business needs

• Build effective teams, organization structures, and engineering processes and tools needed that can scale with business growth and complexity

• Attract, retain and develop talent including recruitment, succession planning, Individual Development Planning, and Performance Management

Experience / Qualifications

• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.

• Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members

• Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands

• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation

• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results

• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity

• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

• BS/MS Electrical or Software Engineering a plus

• Strong Product design and development experience including electronics and embedded software.

• Demonstrated ability to manage projects, customer relationships, implement standardized processes and best practices

• Experienced with problem solving & process improvement tools such as: DMAIC, Shainin, Agile, Lean, etc.

• Experience with Design To Cost, Design for Manufacturability, Design of experiments, Functional understanding of advanced quality planning tools such as FMEA

• Ability to work across all functions and levels of an organization; experience in a matrix environment preferred

• Up to 25% travel required (depending on location of candidate)

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