Head of Engineering

We are engaged with a fast-scaling contract manufacturing business to recruit a senior engineering executive responsible for shaping the capability, structure, and impact of the engineering organization.

The Head of Engineering will carry end-to-end accountability for engineering performance across the product life cycle early customer engagement and program readiness through production ramp, optimization, and long-term support. This position oversees multiple engineering disciplines, including program introduction, manufacturing and process engineering, test development, and continuous improvement, ensuring these functions operate cohesively and at scale.

Primary Responsibilities

• Build, structure, and lead a high-impact engineering organization capable of supporting aggressive growth and increasing program complexity
• Define technical priorities and operating standards that align engineering outcomes with commercial and operational objectives
• Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership on capacity planning, capital investment, and long-term capability development
• Own engineering execution from customer engagement through stable production ramp
• Lead initiatives to improve throughput, yield, and cost performance across production operations
• Introduce and standardize best practices in process control, automation strategy, tooling, and equipment optimization
• Champion lean manufacturing principles and data-driven decision-making within engineering and operations
• Drive disciplined, repeatable launch processes that reduce risk and accelerate time-to-production
• Partner closely with customers and internal stakeholders to improve designs for manufacturability, testability, reliability, and cost
• Attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent across multiple disciplines
• Ensure engineering practices remain compliant with applicable industry and regulatory standards (e.g., ISO, IPC, customer-specific requirements)
• Partner cross-functionally to embed quality and compliance into engineering processes rather than treating them as checkpoints

Background & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, or related); advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering leadership experience in contract manufacturing, or similarly complex manufacturing environments
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across program launch, manufacturing optimization, and test
• Strong working knowledge of PCB assembly
• Prior experience in component manufacturing, semiconductor operations, or upstream production environments is strongly preferred
• Proven ability to scale engineering organizations while maintaining execution maturity