Director of Engineering (Operations)

1. Strategic Leadership & Organizational Scaling

Lead, scale, and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering organization comprising engineering managers, NPI leads, and specialized engineers (mechanical, electronics, and process).

Define the long-term engineering strategy, roadmap, and infrastructure to support business growth and technological scaling.

Manage the department’s budget, capacity planning, and resource allocation to align with corporate milestones.

1. Strategic NPI Governance & Technology Transfer

Own the overarching New Product Introduction (NPI) framework, ensuring seamless, risk-mitigated transition from R&D to full-scale serial production.

Establish and enforce strict gate-reviews (PDR, CDR, PRR) and drive advanced DFX (DFM, DFA, DTC) methodologies corporate-wide to optimize yield and reduce manufacturing costs.

Act as the final engineering authority on design maturity and production readiness.

1. Manufacturing Infrastructure & Process Innovation

Drive operational excellence across the manufacturing lines by implementing advanced production technologies, ATE, and optimized process controls.

Oversee the global configuration management system, ensuring flawless execution of change control processes (ECO/ECR/FCR/BOM management) across multi-tiered bills of materials with multi suppliers.

Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) task forces for complex, systemic engineering failures on the production floor or in the field.

1. Vendor Ecosystem & Global Supply Chain Strategy

Partner with procurement to qualify, evaluate, and manage multiple critical global subcontractors and production lines (precision CNC machining, plastic injection molding, EMS/PCBA, ATE, and specialized coatings).

Standardize global Engineering-to-Vendor interfaces, ensuring seamless transfer of manufacturing packages (technical data packages/TDPs) and strict FAIR (First Article Inspection Review) compliance.

1. Defense Compliance & Security Governance

Ensure all engineering processes, documentation, and tooling comply with strict military and aerospace standards (e.g., AS9100, ISO 9001, ITAR, and relevant MIL-STDs).