Director of Engineering

at Epiq Solutions in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Company Background

Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime, land, air, and space domains. With nearly 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 20K+ devices fielded to date, Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market, cost, and performance are critical for mission success.

For more information, visit https://epiqsolutions.com

Introduction

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Director of Engineering to lead our cross functional engineering team building government focused software defined radios and applications. This is primarily a management role, with responsibility spanning across our hardware, software, FPGA, and test engineering teams. The ideal candidate has first-hand experience with the complexity of advanced engineering projects, and has been a successful maker on engineering teams in the past. Additionally, the ideal candidate has a track record of developing and managing high-performing engineering teams, an entrepreneurial mindset, communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical teammates, leads by example, and is passionate about customer success as well as their mission. Our team culture strikes a balance of high performance and high integrity, while remaining humble and pragmatic, and we seek an engineering leader who thrives in this environment. The candidate must be data-driven, well-organized, and motivated to help their team thrive.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineering functional managers and individual contributors across multiple engineering disciplines (this Director role is anticipated to have 15-25 engineering team members reporting to them, spanning across software, hardware, FPGA, and test engineers)
• Work closely with the technical leaders on our projects to ensure the engineering team members are successful and thriving on their projects
• Work closely with our product management team to ensure there is alignment between our product roadmap priorities and the engineering execution within our project teams
• Provide technical guidance for proposals, system architecture, and product strategy where it aligns with the individual's background and experience
• Work closely with functional area leaders to establish and implement engineering standards, policies, and procedures to ensure quality and compliance
• Advise and mentor team members by sharing best practices across projects, early identification of challenges, roadblocks and mitigations, and encouraging professional development
• Participate in our engineering recruiting and hiring efforts, working closely HR as well as engineering functional managers
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning within the engineering team.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field; Master's degree or MBA preferred
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in engineering roles, with at least 5 years in a leadership or management position
• Proven track record of leading and scaling engineering teams
• Strong technical acumen in at least one engin
  
  

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  Epiq Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicants for employment based on their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by law.