Director of Engineering

Key responsibilities include: Lead, develop, and hold the engineering team accountable for priorities, technical standards, staffing, performance, communication, and execution. Own new and custom product development from concept through commercialization, including scope, schedules, budgets, technical risk, validation, certification, and production launch. Serve as the technical lead with electric utilities, standards groups, distributors, and OEM partners, using Voice of Customer feedback to shape product strategy and the multi-year roadmap. Manage the full product lifecycle, including ECRs, deviations, quality, VAVE, intellectual property, portfolio simplification, pricing support, and sales enablement tools. Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to improve manufacturability, cost, reliability, production readiness, root cause resolution, engineering documentation, lab capabilities, and performance KPIs. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred, with 10+ years of electromechanical engineering experience and at least 4 years leading engineering teams. Experience developing products or equipment for the electric utility industry required. Medium-voltage and revenue metering product experience are strongly preferred. Strong electromechanical product design and DFM experience and ability to own product strategy and roadmaps and drive innovation. Proficiency with 3D CAD, preferably SolidWorks, ERP systems, BOM management, and third-party standards including UL, ANSI, IEEE, and NEMA. Proven ability to manage multiple development programs, build customer relationships, develop engineers, present to technical and executive audiences, and travel up to 25%.