Senior Director of Electrical Engineering

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Job Title: Senior Director – Electrical Engineering

Location: Union, NJ (Hybrid)

Job Timings: Full-time, Onsite

Reports To: Executive Leadership (CEO / COO)

The Senior Director of Electrical Engineering provides strategic, technical, and people leadership across low- and medium-voltage electrical engineering. This role owns engineering standards, design quality, technical risk management, and capability development, while scaling teams and processes to support growth, speed, and margin improvement.

• Set and execute the electrical engineering strategy aligned with business growth, ISO 9001, and product roadmap
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of senior, mid-level, and junior engineers
• Establish succession planning, skills development, and technical career paths

• Own engineering standards, design practices, and technical governance for LV and MV systems
• Ensure compliance with NEC, IEEE, UL, IEC, ANSI, and customer specifications
• Serve as the final technical authority for complex or high-risk projects

• Partner with Sales, Project Management, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to deliver projects on time and on margin
• Drive design-for-manufacturability, standardization, and modularization
• Review and approve critical designs, calculations, and deviations

• Build scalable engineering processes aligned with ISO 9001 and Lean principles
• Leverage ERP, PLM, and digital tools to improve design cycle time and data integrity
• Establish KPIs for quality, rework, cycle time, and engineering utilization
• Lead new product development and technology adoption (e.g., MV gear, E-Houses, Sheltered Aisles)
• Support technical sales, key customer engagements, and strategic pursuits
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors to maintain competitive advantage

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s preferred)
• 15+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience in power distribution or switch gear
• 7+ years in senior technical leadership or people management roles

• Deep expertise in LV and MV power distribution systems
• Strong knowledge of codes, standards, and certification processes
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-million-dollar projects

• Strong communicator with the ability to translate technical complexity into business impact
• Experience operating in fast-paced, manufacturing-driven environments
• Track record of building teams, improving processes, and delivering results

• Improved design cycle time and first-pass quality
• Clear engineering standards and governance in place
• Strong bench of engineering leaders and successors
• Successful delivery of strategic products and complex projects