Assoc. Director, FPS Design Engineering (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-06-30

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HNC36: Avionics Airport Rd 4000 Airport Rd , Wilson, NC, 27896 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Technical leadership over the Fire Protection (Kidde Aerospace) engineering organization, including all design engineering and functional disciplines.  The position is based in Wilson, North Carolina, with staff members also located in Raleigh, NC, France, Germany, and the U.K.  The leader is responsible for driving engineering excellence with strong process adherence and ensuring high quality deliverables to customers and stakeholders.

What You Will Do:

• Leader over multiple engineering managers responsible for the full lifecycle of product design and technical product support in multiple locations

• Engineering disciplines include mechanical, electrical, chemical, systems, software, project

• Responsible for technical project planning, execution, and tracking

• Resource management and global staff sourcing strategy

• Responsible for executing advanced product technology development

• Ensure strong organizational alignment with peer functions (quality, operations, program, business value stream leaders)

• External customer technical interface and communication

• Engineering budgetary and department overhead budget

• Talent development and training

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience

• Leadership experience is required

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Fire protection product / system background & experience in design, development & support

• -Strong change agent and strategic thinker with a bias for action

• Familiarization with Agile, CORE/six sigma, ProCert, PPAP, and policy deployment

• Experience managing and leading multi-disciplinary global engineering organization

• Experience working with both commercial and defense customers

• Project management skills and strategic planning experience

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical subjects concisely at all levels of the organization and with customers.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries and support site business transformation and continuous improvement projects

• Ability to lead and coach people to develop core leadership skills and develop innovative solutions to solve complex problems

• Travel includes both domestic and international: 15%

WHAT WE OFFER  

 

BENEFITS  

 

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:    

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance   

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees   

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option   

• Tuition reimbursement program  

• Student Loan Repayment Program   

• Life insurance and disability coverage   

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection  

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits  

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning   

• Adoption Assistance