Director of Engineering in Southampton

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDirector of EngineeringKey ResponsibilitiesEngineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team through coaching, performance management, and regular feedback.
• Establish priorities, assign work, and ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Conduct performance reviews and support employee development.
• Participate in design reviews, technical problem-solving, and engineering decision-making.

Project Planning & Execution

• Translate business and product objectives into structured engineering plans with defined milestones and deliverables.
• Manage multiple engineering projects using a practical stage-gate or hybrid project management approach.
• Facilitate planning meetings, status reviews, and project tracking.

Performance Metrics & Reporting

• Develop and monitor engineering KPIs, including:
  • Project milestone completion
  • Manufacturing support response times
  • Engineering request backlog
  • Cross-functional project status
• Provide regular project updates, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary engineering liaison with Manufacturing, Operations, Technical Support, and other internal teams.
• Coordinate engineering resources to resolve production issues and support ongoing business needs.
• Escalate project risks and resource needs proactively to leadership.

Product Development & Manufacturing Support

• Lead engineering efforts from concept through production release.
• Support new product development while ensuring manufacturability, quality, cost, and schedule objectives are achieved.
• Drive timely resolution of production, quality, tooling, BOM, drawing, and process-related issues.
• Lead engineering support for customer-driven product improvements and corrective actions.

Continuous Improvement

• Improve engineering processes, documentation, change management, revision control, and verification practices.
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, improve communication, and eliminate bottlenecks.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

QualificationsRequired

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5–10 years of engineering or product development experience.
• 3–5 years of engineering leadership, project leadership, or supervisory experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing and resolving production-related engineering issues.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical product development.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage priorities, and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Experience using project tracking tools, project management software, or engineering workflow systems.

• Experience with electrical products, lighting, power electronics, safety-related products, or industrial equipment.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as UL, NFPA, IEC, or similar regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in hardware and embedded firmware product environments.
• Experience presenting project status and performance metrics to executive leadership.

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Jack Lacianca

Liberty Personnel Services

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Company DescriptionLibertyjobs.com has become an essential destination site for experienced job seekers. Our recruiters are continually posting active job openings to the website. Feel free to search our database of open positions and apply for your next career move!\n\nHundreds of new jobs are listed on the site every month in a wide range of industries and locations. Last year we had over 900,000 unique job seekers visit our website, which means over 75,000 skilled job seekers search our openings every month.\n\nEstablished in 2003, Liberty Personnel quickly grew into one of the largest technical recruiting agencies on the East Coast. Today, Liberty Personnel has a presence and a diverse client base. Listed below are a number of the industries and openings we work on:\n\nInformation Technology, Software Programmers, Engineering, Manufacturing, Legal, Plant Maintenance, Construction, Oil and Gas, Medical Communications, Accounting, Finance, Electronics, Scientific, Medical Device, Sales, Pharmaceutical, Admin, Automation, Controls, Civil, HVAC, Wastewater, Structural, Electrical, Chemists, Validations, Logistics, Food Production, Renewable Energy and Machinists.