Director of Engineering

StoneAge • Durango, CO

21h

About The Position

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING Builder of Scalable, Reliable Systems –––––––––––––––––––– Why This Role Exists StoneAge’s ability to drive adoption of automation depends on trust. Trust is earned through reliability, ease of use, diagnostics, and execution discipline. This role exists to build engineering systems that make automation scalable and credible as adoption accelerates. Engineering at StoneAge is not about isolated products. It is about building integrated systems that support an ecosystem and deliver on the StoneAge Assurance Promise every day. One Sentence Outcome Build a predictable, scalable engineering system that consistently delivers reliable, easy-to-use automation solutions, enabling adoption at scale while protecting StoneAge’s credibility and category leadership. What You Will Be Responsible For Designing and leading the engineering operating system, including roadmap, priorities, execution cadence, decision forums, and accountability. Designing and enforcing engineering standards, review mechanisms, and release gates to ensure reliability, diagnostics, and are ready for real-world deployment at scale. Building platform and system architectures that support the StoneAge automation ecosystem strategy. Lead a cross functional engineering and technical team across mechanical, electrical, software and firmware. Partnering tightly with product, operations, sales, and marketing to support automation adoption and execution while meeting committed launch times. Protecting the StoneAge Assurance Promise through disciplined engineering practices and quality standards. Owning a consistent product and service launch cadence that reinforces category leadership. Owning engineering’s role in the company’s intellectual property portfolio, including invention disclosure, patent strategy, filings, and ongoing maintenance in partnership with the IP Admin team and external counsel. Who You Are A systems thinker who brings order without killing innovation. Experienced in leading engineering teams delivering complex physical products and/or embedded systems. Automation or IoT-adjacent experience is a plus. Calm under pressure. You make clear tradeoffs and deliver. A strong people leader who develops talent, sets standards, and builds capability. Low ego, high standards, trusted across functions. Comfortable balancing speed, quality, and scalability without losing credibility. Aligned with ownership mindset and long-term value creation. Non-Negotiables Proven ability to build predictable engineering systems, not just solve technical problems. Strong orientation toward reliability, ease of use, and diagnostics. Willingness to make hard tradeoffs in service of adoption and execution discipline. Deep respect for cross-functional collaboration. Owns delivery and quality. What Success Looks Like in the First 6 Months Measurable Improved predictability in delivery and execution. Clear assessment of the engineering team, with capability gaps and hiring priorities defined. Establish trust and operating clarity across engineering, product, and operations. Define and own technical and platform foundations for the Product Portfolio and core technologies. Comprehensive understanding of Product Development Process and gaps. Established ownership and operating rhythm for engineering’s role in the IP Portfolio Establish and enforce processes that prevent uncontrolled scope expansion in engineering initiatives. Demonstrated discipline in managing tradeoffs to ensure productivity, quality, and performance. This Role Is Not for You If You prioritize perfection over shipping. You create dependency rather than scalable systems. You resist collaboration or operate in silos. You avoid accountability for execution outcomes.

Requirements

• A systems thinker who brings order without killing innovation.
• Experienced in leading engineering teams delivering complex physical products and/or embedded systems. Automation or IoT-adjacent experience is a plus.
• Calm under pressure. You make clear tradeoffs and deliver.
• A strong people leader who develops talent, sets standards, and builds capability.
• Low ego, high standards, trusted across functions.
• Comfortable balancing speed, quality, and scalability without losing credibility.
• Aligned with ownership mindset and long-term value creation.
• Proven ability to build predictable engineering systems, not just solve technical problems.
• Strong orientation toward reliability, ease of use, and diagnostics.
• Willingness to make hard tradeoffs in service of adoption and execution discipline.
• Deep respect for cross-functional collaboration.
• Owns delivery and quality.

Nice To Haves

• Automation or IoT-adjacent experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Designing and leading the engineering operating system, including roadmap, priorities, execution cadence, decision forums, and accountability.
• Designing and enforcing engineering standards, review mechanisms, and release gates to ensure reliability, diagnostics, and are ready for real-world deployment at scale.
• Building platform and system architectures that support the StoneAge automation ecosystem strategy.
• Lead a cross functional engineering and technical team across mechanical, electrical, software and firmware.
• Partnering tightly with product, operations, sales, and marketing to support automation adoption and execution while meeting committed launch times.
• Protecting the StoneAge Assurance Promise through disciplined engineering practices and quality standards.
• Owning a consistent product and service launch cadence that reinforces category leadership.
• Owning engineering’s role in the company’s intellectual property portfolio, including invention disclosure, patent strategy, filings, and ongoing maintenance in partnership with the IP Admin team and external counsel.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed