Vice President of Engineering
About The Position
The Vice President of Engineering provides enterprise leadership for Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering across Steffes’ core business platforms, including Electric Thermal Storage (ETS), Oil & Gas Equipment, and Contract Manufacturing. This role is responsible for integrating product innovation with manufacturing scalability, ensuring the development of differentiated technologies supported by efficient, reliable, and cost-effective production systems. The VP of Engineering establishes the multi-year engineering strategy, technology/automation roadmap, and operating model that aligns engineering innovation with business growth, while building a high-performing, cross-functional engineering organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required
- 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience
- Experience leading both product and manufacturing engineering teams
- Background in industrial manufacturing, energy systems, or OEM platforms
- Proven cross-functional leadership with operations integration
- Strong systems thinking across product, process, and operations
- Deep technical and engineering rigor
- Operational and manufacturing focus
- Strategic thinking with execution capability
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the enterprise engineering strategy aligned with Steffes’ long-term corporate objectives
- Establish and execute a multi-year engineering technology roadmap and investment priorities
- Develop and implement engineering standards, governance, and scalable operating processes
- Ensure alignment between product innovation, engineering execution, and operational capabilities
- Lead New Product Development (NPD) across all business units
- Establish product architecture standards and scalable product platforms
- Implement Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Cost principles
- Oversee full product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering execution
- Ensure product performance, reliability, and engineering rigor
- Lead manufacturing engineering strategy to support scalable and efficient production
- Drive development of advanced manufacturing processes, tooling, and automation
- Optimize production flow, industrial engineering, and throughput across facilities
- Support the Focus Factory operating model
- Partner closely with the Chief Manufacturing Officer on capacity planning and production strategy
- Support SIOP, production planning, and facility expansion initiatives
- Drive Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement efforts
- Ensure seamless transition of products from development into production
- Lead technology innovation strategy and identify emerging technologies and market opportunities
- Develop proprietary product platforms and expand intellectual property portfolio
- Advance innovation across energy systems, automation, and industrial technologies
- Build and lead a high-performing engineering organization across multiple disciplines
- Recruit, develop, and retain engineering leadership and technical talent
- Establish career development frameworks and capability-building programs
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and execution
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating collaboratively with customers, suppliers, co-workers, and management
- Helps company meet its Strategic, Quality and Safety objectives
- Other duties may be assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
