Chief Engineer - Electrical
About The Position
The Electrical Chief Engineer serves as the senior technical authority for all electrical engineering initiatives, responsible for shaping and maintaining the electrical engineering strategy, standards, and future direction. This hands-on leadership role combines strategic oversight with active technical contribution, including electrical design, programming, and design approvals. The leader mentors a team of electrical engineers, ensuring engineering rigor, cross-functional collaboration, and alignment with performance, reliability, and regulatory standards. As a working manager, this individual plays a critical role in driving innovation, optimizing resource planning, and delivering high-quality, manufacturable solutions that support the company’s mission of excellence in capital equipment manufacturing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 10+ years of experience in a highly technical engineering role such as Lead Engineer or Project Manager.
- Minimum 5 years of experience working in a capital equipment manufacturing environment.
- A demonstrated track of progressive leadership is required.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States and adhere to CMD’s confidentiality agreement(s).
Responsibilities
- Directs technical execution of engineering projects across disciplines.
- Leads design reviews, validates system architectures, and enforces best engineering practices.
- Ensures solutions meet performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
- Plans and allocates engineering resources to meet project demands.
- Balances team capacity with priorities to ensure cost and schedule alignment.
- Monitors engineering effort and risk relative to project budgets.
- Oversees development of engineering deliverables such as specifications, drawings, BOMs, and PLC/HMI logic.
- Ensures system integration and manufacturability during development.
- Supports validation, commissioning, and field performance assessments.
- Acts as the technical liaison between engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and leadership.
- Collaborates with project managers to ensure technical execution supports project scope and timelines.
- Communicates engineering status, risks, and decisions to stakeholders.
- Mentors engineers, designers, and technicians across disciplines.
- Promotes technical growth, problem-solving, and shared learning.
- Leads continuous improvement of engineering tools, processes, and standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
