Director of Engineering

The Director of Engineering leads and develops a multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning Mechanical Electrical and Software Engineering within a regulated life sciences environment. This role is accountable for people leadership technical excellence and execution across the full product lifecyclefrom concept and design through verification validation and commercialization.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who leads through others builds strong engineering managers and technical leads and partners crossfunctionally with Quality Product Production and Commercial teams to bring innovative products to market. This position will be an integral part of BioDots Senior Leadership Team.

• Lead mentor and develop engineering managers and senior technical contributors across mechanical electrical and software disciplines
• Build a highperformance inclusive engineering culture focused on accountability continuous learning and collaboration
• Own workforce planning hiring strategy succession planning performance management and career pathing
• Set clear expectations and empower teams to make sound technical decisions while maintaining alignment to business goals

• Provide strategic oversight of system architecture and design across hardware and software platforms
• Identify emerging trends tools and technologies particularly in the AI space that can create competitive advantage.
• Drive the design development and validation of new technologies applications and workflows.
• Ensure disciplined execution of engineering projects balancing scope schedule cost and risk
• Guide tradeoff decisions and remove obstacles that impact delivery quality or scalability
• Support technical problemsolving at the system level without micromanaging implementation details
• Champion intellectual property development and ensure effective knowledge transfer across teams.

• Partner closely with Quality and Production teams to support design controls risk management design reviews and audits
• Foster a culture where compliance and documentation are viewed as enablers of product quality and safety

• Serve as a key engineering partner to Product Production Supply Chain Quality Applications and Service teams
• Support manufacturing readiness scalability and design for manufacturability
• Provide engineering input into product roadmaps timelines and investment decisions

• Translate company strategy into engineering priorities roadmaps and investment plans
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes tools and development methodologies
• Monitor engineering metrics and proactively address risks related to delivery quality or resource constraints

• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in Biotechnology Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Software Engineering or a related field (Masters degree preferred)
• 10 years of progressive engineering experience including 5 years in people management roles

• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering teams in a regulated life sciences medical device diagnostics or biotech environment

• Experience managing managers and senior technical leaders
• Strong understanding of translational research product development and customer applications in life sciences.
• Strong understanding of laboratory workflows and customer needs across research diagnostics or biomanufacturing environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience overseeing systems that integrate hardware embedded software and application software
• Background in capital equipment medical devices laboratory instruments or automation platforms
• Experience with microfluidic and low volume dispensing
• Proven ability to scale teams and processes in a growing organization
• Familiarity with global product development and manufacturing environments

The salary range for this role is $175000-$200000 and is eligible for a discretionary management bonus of 20% based on invidividual and company performance factors.