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Divisional Director, Engineering

Frequentis
Ottawa, CAN
Director
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago

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Key Responsibilities

  • Sensor Hardware and Embedded Engineering
  • Own end to end delivery of the sensor product portfolio across hardware design, embedded software, signal processing, and verification
  • Lead an engineering organization that includes development managers, senior individual contributors, and early career staff
  • Drive execution of the next-generation perimeter intrusion detection platform while sustaining and supporting fielded products through long product lifecycles
  • Balance new product development against sustaining engineering, field escalations, and manufacturing support, making the trade-offs explicit
  • Partner with the systems architect who owns cross-system design authority for the sensor line; the architect is accountable for the design itself, while this leader is accountable for delivery, staffing, and execution
  • Own planning and roadmap commitments with Product Management, including estimation, resourcing, and make-or-buy decisions
  • Oversee the design services and documentation interface into manufacturing, including design-for-manufacture and regulatory or compliance requirements
  • Own quality outcomes for the sensor line, including escalation and resolution of complex field issues spanning hardware, firmware, and installation environments
  • Establish engineering standards, design review practices, and delivery discipline across hardware and embedded software
  • Organizational and People Leadership
  • Develop people deliberately: coach a first-time development manager, progress a technical lead toward formal team leadership, and advance early-career engineers into independent development roles
  • Manage senior, long-tenured individual contributors who need technical engagement and prioritization rather than close supervision
  • Lead across sites, since both the engineering team and the customer base are distributed
  • Coach direct reports on cultivating and enhancing strong relationships with key customers
  • Collaborate with other engineering managers on a common vision across products and solutions
  • Serve as a trusted point of contact for internal Sales and Marketing teams on product functionality, competitive comparisons, and implementations
  • Recruit and retain senior engineering talent in competitive hardware and software markets

Requirements

  • Proven engineering leadership across both hardware and software disciplines, including managing other managers, within an organization of comparable scale
  • Deep technical grounding in at least one core sensor domain (embedded systems, signal processing, RF, electro-optics/photonics, or electronics design), or equivalent, sufficient to hold credibility with senior specialists on either side
  • Experience delivering products end to end, from concept through design, verification, certification or release, and field support
  • A track record of developing engineers and managers, including growing first-time managers, technical leads, and early-career staff
  • Demonstrated ability to lead senior individual contributors and to work effectively alongside architect-level peers who are not direct reports
  • Experience leading distributed or multi-site engineering teams
  • Strong delivery and planning discipline, including estimation, prioritization, and predictable execution across parallel hardware and software work streams
  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with seven to ten years of experience leading technology product development and product architecture
  • Experience with perimeter security, physical security, defence, or other safety- and security-critical products
  • Experience with fiber-optic sensing, distributed acoustic sensing, radar/microwave detection, or similar sensing technologies
  • Familiarity with regulatory certification for electronic products (for example, CE, FCC, UL) and design-for-manufacture practices
  • Experience with Scrum and other Agile methodologies

Nice to Have

  • Experience with perimeter security, physical security, defence, or other safety- and security-critical products
  • Experience with fiber-optic sensing, distributed acoustic sensing, radar/microwave detection, or similar sensing technologies
  • Familiarity with regulatory certification for electronic products (for example, CE, FCC, UL) and design-for-manufacture practices
  • Experience with Scrum and other Agile methodologies
  • Competency Profile
  • Motivating
  • Encourages others by creating enthusiasm, a feeling of investment, and a desire to excel; inspires others to follow and recognizes positive contributions.
  • Visioning
  • Imagines future possibilities, thinks broadly, investigates a wide range of alternatives, and communicates a clear vision to others.
  • Results Orientation
  • Focuses strongly on achieving agreed-upon outcomes, conveys a sense of urgency, and drives issues to closure.
  • Leading Change
  • Recognizes when change is necessary, challenges the status quo, and develops effective action plans to carry it out.

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