Director of Engineering

The Role

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, the Director of Engineering will lead the functional managers and related team members responsible for sustaining and developing new products. We are looking for an innovative individual with extensive experience managing commercial development and sustaining engineering for products that include both hardware and software. This experience should include Lean R&D, Visual Management Techniques, DFSS, Agile, and Scrum, traditional project management, and other processes for managing technical teams.

This position will lead a diverse technical team that includes electrical, mechanical, and software engineers. Customer engagement in the development process will be a critical element of the role so the candidate must be an advocate of a customer centric design process as well as work closely with Project Managers and the EL / LS Division Product Line Managers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive new product development and innovation including sustaining existing products
• Build and lead a high energy team with strong customer focus and high retention rate
• Managing site cross-functional team leaders (EE, ME, FW, SW, Test and Sustaining) to build a better and more technically competent organization ready to meet current and future needs of our product technologies
• Create a collaborative team atmosphere with a focus on continuous improvement of self, functional groups, process and the organization
• Ensure that functional resources are optimally selected and aligned to support departmental and project objectives
• Providing technical hands-on leadership directly managing design efforts when necessary
• Supporting operations management on sustaining activities including change management and / or quality improvement projects requiring deeper knowledge of the development staff
• Creating and executing continuous improvement projects for the R&D process
• Lead and train staff on relevant technical skills, BKM, KPM, LEAN, Strategy Deployment, and visual management
• Developing key metrics to build R&D efficiency improvements into the roadmap
• Managing; budget, employee hiring, training / mentoring
• Act as a formal project manager on assigned development programs
• Develop and nurture strong working relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership, department heads, and individual contributors. Act as a bridge between various teams to ensure alignment on strategic goals and initiatives.
• Support organizational success in other duties as assigned

Skills and Experience

The Details

Location - This is an “in-office” position 75-100% of the time. The location of this position is in Boulder, CO; anticipated move to Niwot, CO in 2025. The remainder of the time you may work from home. These percentages are targets with the actual schedule to be determined in conjunction with the Manager's expectations for the position. Local candidates will receive first consideration, but relocation may be offered for this role.

2025 Benefits At-a-Glance

Our benefit package is provided through our parent company, Spectris.

Pay Range

$130,000 – 210,000 depending upon experience