Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering

The Company is seeking a Vice President of Manufacturing Engineering to set strategy and lead manufacturing engineering across its enterprise. The role owns the organization’s operational roadmap, resource planning, and multi-year scaling strategy, while establishing consistent standards for production lines, manufacturing systems, processes, and engineering practices. The VP will allocate talent, capital, systems, and facilities across priorities, build centralized capabilities that scale across product lines, and guide leaders across multiple divisions and sites. The position also drives consistent role expectations and deployment of leadership and technical talent. Candidates should have at least 15 years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, production operations, or industrial engineering in a hardware or physical-product environment, including 5–7 or more years in executive leadership of multi-team or multi-site organizations. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline is required; a master’s degree or MBA is preferred. Strong presentation, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills are essential, along with the ability to align senior executives and motivate frontline teams. Experience scaling high-mix, low-volume production to high-volume delivery and working in fast-paced, high-accountability sectors is preferred, and candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance.