Director of Engineering

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At CAES by Honeywell, we engineer solutions for the world's most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets. Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider CAES by Honeywell.

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The Woburn business is recruiting a Director of Engineering to lead the engineering group responsible for development programs and production ramp activities across the full product offering. This role reports to the CAES VP of Engineering. This is a key leadership position in the management of the business, driving high standards of engineering performance through collaboration and coordination across engineering functions and across all functions within the business, and defining overall long- and short-term functional goals to support the site's strategic aims.

The ideal candidate is someone with a strong engineering and programmatic background who has experience in managing engineering development programs and production support activities across a diverse product portfolio and has proven capabilities to work across functions in a matrix organization to achieve operational results.

The Director of Engineering is an important change agent for engineering and the site. The Director of Engineering will manage the optimization of engineering processes, procedures, and tools, addressing opportunities to improve processes and practices within engineering and across functions to assure successful program execution, engineering effectiveness and efficiency, and development speed.

Oversee engineering development programs, in coordination with program management, to assure successful program execution for technical, schedule, development cost, and design-to-unit-production cost (DTUPC) objectives. Apply strong engineering and programmatic judgment to drive effective risk and opportunity management. Work collaboratively with manufacturing engineering to assure that design-for-manufacturing and design-for-reliability principles are consistently applied to all development programs.

Manage detailed engineering resource planning and coordination of engineering schedules across engineering functions and with other functions such as program management, operations, supply chain, and business development in order to responsively and effectively deliver engineering requirements for development programs, research and development activities, bids and proposals, and production support; adjusting for evolving priorities and resolving resource conflicts as needed.

Actively develop plans, functional strategy, budgets, and staffing requirements - actively addressing engineering capabilities and capacity through skills development and recruitment.

Drive efforts across engineering functions to optimize effectiveness and efficiency of site engineering, including engineering skill sets, engineering work flow, and engineering processes.

Manage engineering efforts with other functions (program management, operations, quality, business development, etc.) to optimize effectiveness and efficiency of site business practices.

In coordination with the Directors of Engineering at other sites, facilitate and streamline cross-site borderless engineering activities and resource planning.

In coordination with the Directors of Engineering at other sites, share best practices and drive towards common approaches and tools in areas that would be beneficial. Implement CAES-wide tools and processes and define best-fit updates to complement CAES's engineering standard operating framework. Evolve design processes to utilize the most effective new techniques, assuring methodologies streamline design and drive DTUPC reductions to be responsive to customer and market needs.

Drive improvements in engineering performance metrics. Drive efficient and consistent application of Life Cycle Management (LCM) across the development programs. Manage engineering Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data collection and reporting for the business.

CAES was acquired by Honeywell in 2024 to help build their defense technology solutions across land, sea, air and space, and is currently being integrated into the Honeywell organizational structure, with a plan currently being implemented to complete in 2026. The director of engineering will support efforts as the organization transitions to the Honeywell business model.

Core Competencies:

• Ability to lead and drive high performance across engineering programs, with a strong focus on program execution and rigor, customer satisfaction, and speed to market
• Ability to apply sound technical and programmatic judgment, make impactful decisions in complex and ambiguous situations, often with incomplete data.
• Ability to develop talent through coaching, training, performance management, and recruitment.
• Ability to work within a matrixed management structure in an agile and non-siloed manner.
• Ability to build excellent relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring "cross-pollination" of insights and experiences.
• Ability to strongly mediate and develop alternate approaches when there are diverse and conflicting needs in order to achieve positive outcomes
• Ability to role-model for the organization in line with CAES values, exhibiting exemplary leadership behavior and emotional intelligence.
• Strong communication skills, employing diplomacy, confidence and tact; assertive without antagonism or alienation.

Key Measures / Milestones:

• Attaining Engineering Operational Excellence goals including technical, schedule, development cost, design-to-unit-production cost, design for manufacturability, and design for reliability goals
• Engineering Key Performance Indicators (KPI) improvement
• Customer Satisfaction Ratings
• Development Project Performance for Cost/Schedule/Technical
• Employee Engagement and Work Satisfaction

Minimum:

• BS Engineering or Physics + 12 years' experience in leading multi-discipline engineering development teams in a high-tech manufacturing company.
• Experience with electronics design & manufacture, relevant market/customer acumen, and strong product and technology expertise.
• Experience delivering consistent engineering results across the business pipeline for a diverse product portfolio.
• Experience in driving engineering processes, practices, and measures of performance and proven track record with continuous improvement achievements in engineering organizations, including working knowledge of DoD equivalent LCM and/or Stage-Gate methodology.
• Business strength, including a track record of enabling business performance goals through engineering performance results, including responsibility for budgets, schedules, cost estimates, resource planning, and proposals.
• Demonstrated ability to lead progressive changes with strong change agent, mentoring and personnel development skills.
• Experience interfacing directly with customers on complex programs
• Active Secret clearance required or reachable within 9 months

Preferred:

• Experience leading development of microwave products for radar and EW applications
• Master's degree in a technical specialty or in management
• Experience managing engineering at the site level
• Experience managing engineering personnel across multiple locations
• Experience in program management
• Experience working in and driving results in a matrix organization
• Active SECRET security clearance

Salary Range: Director of Engineering: $: 184,931.12- $286,230.97; Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate.

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits - from day one. You'll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level - and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs.
• Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement
• 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule
• Tailored Management/Leadership Training
• Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming

ABOUT CAES by Honeywell

CAES by Honeywell is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES by Honeywell we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.