Director, Systems Engineering

Clever Devices Ltd.•Apex, NC

About The Position

As THE leader in transit technology, Clever Devices' vision is to make meaningful contributions to worldwide mobility. Our goal is to be the leading provider of exciting technology that improves the quality of mobility in communities around the world. The Director of Systems Engineering is responsible for managing the teams that handles the identification, design and successful deployment of ITS Systems proposed to Clever Devices customers. Additional responsibilities of the group include proposal support (technical review of the RFP, system architecture & design, and detailed system description).

Requirements

15+ years experience in a technical or engineering environment which involves hardware, software, data and communications technologies.
5+ years in a leadership role in a technical or engineering environment
5+ years system test experience
Must have provided system design and engineering for the successful deployment of large projects
Must possess the ability to articulate complex system design concepts and solutions to non-engineering personnel in a sales environment.
Must be able to interpret Transit ITS Request for Proposal (RFP) documents and provide the design and descriptions of technically compliant solutions.
Must be able to evaluate requirements on multiple projects and create comprehensive solutions and establish priorities that provide the best balanced solution
Must be able to work cooperatively with Senior Management, Sales, Project Management, Product Management and Software Development / QA to insure timely and successful deployments
Hardware design experience
Familiarity with Windows GUI standards
Ability to retrieve information from customers, apply this information to our products, and influence whether the products need to change or the customer requirements need to change
Strong influence and negotiation skills
Strong organizational skills
Strong leadership and team management skills
Strong Computer Skills, including MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and ability to learn new software programs such as Axapta
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to handle and manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize
B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent industry related experience.

Responsibilities

Plans, Supervises, and delegates daily activities of the department
Monitors activities to ensure on-time accurate delivery of services
Manages resources both with respect to personnel development and resource planning for projects and proposal support
Manages staff selection, growth and retention
Provides training and mentoring to new engineers on processes and products
Leads the efforts to create tools, process and procedures to improve the overall system deployment efficiency
Manages overall technology and system level quality assurance
Manages scheduling of systems engineers against project calendar
Works with product management and software development for project deployment requirements, especially as they relate to system design integrated with Clever Devices products
Works closely with other departmental managers for success of Clever Devices
Serves as senior technical resource on system troubleshooting, issue identification and resolution coordination
Conducts project reviews with the team, joint activity with the Director of Projects
Assesses, and communicates departmental project priorities
Provides regular reports on department activities to Managing Director of Engineering
Leads corporate wide cross-functional initiatives working with Project Management, Product Management, ITIG and other departments as required