Director of Engineering (m/f/d)

We are hiring on behalf of a sister company within the Amphenol Group – based with us in Dresden.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on senior leadership role reporting directly to the General Manager, leading the global engineering organization across four international sites
• Raise the pace and quality of innovation and significantly shorten the time from concept to launch
• Generate and champion new product concepts that open adjacent markets, with fresh thinking beyond incremental improvements
• Drive applied research and platform development in NDIR CO2, H2 detection and capacitive humidity sensing, including the associated electronics and firmware
• Own the technology roadmap and co-own the product roadmap
• Deliver NPI on schedule, on cost and to specification, with design-to-cost from the concept stage
• Build a strong engineering bench and develop future leaders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field; an advanced degree is a plus
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading multi-site teams
• Proven success in launching new products, with structured NPI/stage-gate experience
• Deep technical background in sensor or transducer development; issued patents are a plus
• Experience in design-to-cost and cost reduction
• Automotive OEM/Tier 1 experience; ASPICE knowledge and experience in HVAC/building controls or battery energy storage are a plus
• Innovative, decisive and technically credible leader with a commercial mindset
• Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally (up to 40%)

Interested?

Send your application documents, stating your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date, preferably by email to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Please submit your application preferably in English.

Intelligente Sensorsysteme Dresden GmbH

Mr Holger Kühne

Zur Wetterwarte 50, 01109 Dresden, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)351 88 596 74