Senior Director of Platforms & Validation

PRC-Saltillo • Wooster, OH

1d • $164,000 - $203,000

About The Position

Lead the Future of Communication Technology – Join PRC-Saltillo as our Senior Director of Platforms & Validation! At PRC-Saltillo, we're committed to helping individuals communicate, connect, and live more independently through innovative AAC technology. As the Senior Director of Platforms & Validation, you'll lead the strategy, development, validation, and quality of the hardware platforms that power our speech-generating devices. You'll work across Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, and Executive Leadership to ensure our products are reliable, compliant, and ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those we serve. If you're a strategic engineering leader who thrives on innovation, collaboration, and delivering high-quality products, this is an opportunity to shape the future of assistive technology while leading a talented technical organization.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering field is required.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in hardware, systems, or regulated product development environments is required.
• 7+ years of leadership experience managing engineering, validation, quality, or related technical teams is required.
• Experience with product validation, reliability, quality systems, and regulated development environments is required.
• Strong senior leadership capability with demonstrated ability to lead leaders and build high performing technical organizations.
• Deep expertise in hardware systems, mechanical engineering, electrical design, firmware integration, system validation, and device readiness.
• Strong understanding of the full product development lifecycle, including design controls, validation, manufacturing transfer, quality, and sustainment.
• Ability to align product strategy, engineering execution, validation rigor, and operational realities into coherent, executable plans.
• Strong systems thinking, problem-solving, and technical judgment across multi-disciplinary product environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills across executive, technical, product, quality, and operations audiences.
• Ability to make high-quality decisions under complexity, balancing customer value, risk, timelines, cost, and compliance requirements.
• Strong organizational and financial management capabilities, including planning, prioritization, budgeting, and resource allocation.
• Commitment to quality, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in medical device, assistive technology, or other compliance-driven product environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Defines and drives the long-term strategy for the Company’s hardware platforms, including mechanical, electrical, firmware, and device-level subsystem evolution.
• Owns senior-level accountability for hardware platform architecture, system integration, validation, manufacturing readiness, and field quality outcomes.
• Leads the Hardware Management team and associated engineering staff to ensure coordinated execution across mechanical, electrical, and firmware disciplines.
• Leads validation and QA leadership to ensure effective product verification, validation, reliability testing, and release readiness.
• Ensures that product requirements from individuals at the Product Management level are translated into executable engineering strategies and production-ready device platforms.
• Drives alignment between product intent, hardware architecture, engineering execution, and manufacturing outcomes.
• Establishes and maintains clear operating models, decision boundaries, and escalation paths across Engineering, Validation, Product Management, and Manufacturing.
• Ensures device-level integration across hardware, firmware, accessories, operating environments, and supporting system dependencies.
• Owns overall validation strategy and quality expectations for hardware platforms, including design verification, system validation, reliability, and root-cause oriented quality improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior