Director of Engineering

Location: US-WA-Eastern/Spokane Job Category: Engineering Reference Code: T08-7970 Director of Engineering General Dynamics Computing Technology Division (CTD) is a division of General Dynamics C4 Systems. Based in Taunton, Massachusetts CTD offers a full range of rugged and semi-rugged information technology solutions for domestic and international defense, industrial, and commercial customers. We provide and fully support total IT solutions. Customers can fulfill all of their computing and network needs with CTD’s full line of rugged and semi-rugged computers, network equipment, and peripherals. Using CTD’s technical services, customers can build and implement total solutions that meet their exact needs. CTD’s rugged and semi-rugged computer products include a full line of handheld, laptop, tablet, and palm-top computers; networking products include servers, storage devices, and wireless networking components; and edge devices include displays, workstations, printers, and faxes. CTD’s technical services offerings include systems integration; wireless network design and integration; and worldwide end-to-end life cycle support.Our customers include all branches of the U.S. Military; public-safety organizations; and commercial field services in the insurance; communication, utilities, transportation, and telecommunications industries worldwide. CTD has approximately 900 employees at facilities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.Business EnvironmentWe are the Engineering team inside the General Dynamics Itronix entity, of the Computing Technologies Division of C4S/General Dynamics IS&T. We are responsible for the creativity and cadence driving engineering designs, reliability, sustaining and technology innovations for the rugged mobile computing businesses at General Dynamics Itronix. Our team’s success is measured by achieving market release schedules on-time, producing reliable products and solutions and meeting financial targets set forth in the concept stage. Our work has direct visibility and impact on the overall General Dynamics Itronix P&L and often plays a role in addressing broader engineering collaborative projects within the Computing Technologies Division of General Dynamics.DescriptionYou are an Executive level Engineering professional with broad experiences in developing and delivering mobile device products and application solutions Your seasoning developed you into an engineering executive that understands how to operate successfully in an organization that includes engineering product development responsibilities as well as sustaining the products throughout long-life cycles. Your experiences helped you develop proven methods to lead an engineering organization at a hardware OEM to success. You have worked in an engineering model that requires collaboration with manufacturing and design partners, while optimizing your internal resources to manage and meet the demands of product roadmaps, special projects, and sustaining initiatives. You are a skilled decision-maker on business decisions that involve both ROI analysis and resource management. Managing a mobile product engineering organization is your strength, but you are equally comfortable dealing with broader business issues including strategic planning, operations, services, warranty and other factors that make the difference between leading and following in a highly competitive market environment. You have a continuous improvement attitude and business model that looks to optimize resources, accelerate development cycles, improve product reliability and mission supportability, and provide innovative alternatives to marketing while keeping up with the trends in the technology industry. Others would describe you not only as creatively cunning and attentive to milestones, but one who recognizes that effective collaboration across a matrix organization is critical to success. You are a natural leader who is passionate about engineering reliable products, who runs a predictable product model, and one who seeks to bring award-winning innovation and ideas into your products and colleagues.As the leader of the engineering team you will lead and drive our engineering business strategy, and engineering execution. In this role you will take on a range of challenges that will include:• Reporting directly to the BU Director, you will be a key executive in the management team, collaborating with other executives on winning corporate strategies, leading internal employees, and being a part of key management trade-off decisions.• Managing, developing and leading a large team of over 80 resources in multiple engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, software, reliability/quality, industrial design, program management and more) and across geographies of North America and Asia. • Developing an innovation group of technologists to build a pipeline of new technology concepts to insert into products for go-to-market advantages and to raise the industry bar.• Managing all engineering projects, both new, legacy, and specials in a predictable model that meets customer and company expectations and aligns with the engineering budget you manage.• Managing, planning, and forecasting a multi-million dollar engineering budget that covers new product start-ups, legacy enhancements, specials, and innovation.• Overseeing collaborative projects within General Dynamics C4S and collaborating with other engineering organizations inside of General Dynamics C4S to gain additional technology expertise in areas outside your entity’s capacity.• You will be counted on to provide “original thoughts” thinking, looking for alternative business models and new engineering strategies to initiate new business model acceleration for the business entity. Education and Experience:• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, technical field, or equivalent experience. (Graduate level degree in an engineering discipline a plus• MBA degree highly desired.• 10+ years experience in engineering (product development and qualification testing) field.o Emphasis on environmental qualification, ruggedization and radio/RF carrier certification• Experience managing teams larger than 50 people.• Experience working and reporting to executive levels. • Flair for innovative business solutions and “original thoughts” business vision.• Skills include negotiation, communication, ability to influence others, risk taker, problem solver, and strong financial acumen.• Ability to motivate small company energy and alacrity within the framework of a larger corporationMust be able to travel 20% of the time. Applicant must be capable of obtaining a US Security Clearance. Applicant must be a US Citizen. 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