Director of Electro-Mechanical Engineering
engineering › Hardware/Electro-Mechanical Engineering · · M5 — M5 — Senior Director · Management
Directs the electro-mechanical engineering function, setting technical strategy and leading multiple engineering teams across product programs.
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$201,877 USD
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Directs the electro-mechanical engineering function, setting technical strategy and leading multiple engineering teams across product programs. At the Senior Director (M5) level, the role owns multiple functions or a large department, org-level trade-offs and investment, and drives multi-function results. Leads directors and managers.
What this level does
- Directs the electro-mechanical hardware engineering function through subordinate department managers, with decisions impacting division-wide operations and program portfolios.
- Defines engineering methods and long-term technical direction for hardware architecture, driving high-level architecture decisions and R&D/innovation priorities.
- Resolves complex organization-wide issues in design, fabrication, integration and manufacturing readiness, defining approaches where precedent is limited.
- Influences executives and major customers on key hardware engineering issues, technical liaison for programs/IPTs and lifecycle engineering strategy.
- Owns division cost, schedule and technical commitments for electro-mechanical programs, aligning long-term engineering strategy with company objectives.
- Knowledge applied
- Directs strategic hardware engineering areas through managers; defines methods and long-term technical direction with division-wide implications.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Addresses complex organization-wide design, integration and manufacturing-readiness issues, defining approaches where precedent is limited.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Influences executives and major customers on key hardware engineering issues; technical liaison to programs and IPTs.
- Typical experience
- 10–12+ years including second-level management and engineering strategy work.
Skills at this level
- Electro-Mechanical System Design
- — Directs the design and development of electro-mechanical systems and components, including conceptualization and detailed analysis and testing of new designs coupling mechanical structures with electrical and control elements.
- Root Cause Analysis & Troubleshooting
- — Leads root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of failures in electro-mechanical systems, driving accident-scenario reviews and corrective outcomes across programs.
- Hardware Lifecycle Execution
- — Oversees fabrication, integration, test and debug of hardware across the full lifecycle, guiding programs from concept through low-rate and full-rate manufacturing.
- Prototype Build & Test Management
- — Manages assembly, modification and testing of controller prototypes, ensuring teams validate hardware/software behavior before advancing to production.
- CAD & Simulation Direction
- — Governs use of design and simulation software (such as SolidWorks with Simulation) for parts and assemblies, setting standards for modeling, analysis and design verification.
- Safety & Regulatory Compliance
- — Ensures electro-mechanical systems meet applicable safety and regulatory standards through requirements flow-down, design assessments and review processes.
- Cross-Functional Systems Integration
- — Coordinates cross-functional teams to integrate electro-mechanical systems and produce system specifications and detailed technical designs across hardware and software boundaries.
- Technical Data Package (TDP) & Peer Review
- — Drives TDP development and peer-review discipline, embedding hardware engineering process improvements into how designs are documented and validated.
- Program Cost, Schedule & Technical Commitment Management
- — Manages schedule, cost and technical commitments for electro-mechanical programs, including proposal efforts and estimate-at-completion (EAC) activities.
- Hardware Architecture & Technical Strategy
- — Designs high-level electro-mechanical architecture and makes key technical-direction decisions, planning long-term engineering strategies aligned with company objectives.
- R&D and Engineering-Knowledge Advancement
- — Oversees R&D and innovation and reviews engineering principles and theories to advance rather than merely apply the state of the art in electro-mechanical engineering.
- Multidisciplinary Engineering Leadership
- — Leads multidisciplinary and remote engineering teams through requirements flow-down, design assessments and root-cause reviews, owning outcomes for safety, quality and customer fulfillment.
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