DVP, Engineering & Product Management

The Division Vice President of Engineering & Product Management is a strategic and operational leader responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution of the engineering & product management organization. This role oversees product development, innovation, and technical excellence across the engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. The DVP of Engineering & Product Management fosters a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance. This person will be a change agent that is high energy, results oriented, hard driving with ability to establish rapport with others globally.

Key Responsibilities: 

Strategic & Technical Leadership Develop and execute the engineering strategy aligned with business goals and market trends in motion control.

• Lead the development of next-generation customized linear and rotary motion solutions.


• Collaborate with executive leadership to define product roadmaps and technology investments to drive short and long-term sustainable and profitable growth.

Product Management

• Develop and communicate a clear product vision that aligns with business goals. This includes defining the product roadmap & overseeing the full product lifecycle from concept through design, prototyping, testing, and release.


• Oversee the design and development of custom motion control products including but not limited to linear actuators, stepper motors, brush and brushless DC motors, gears and drive systems.


• Ensure robust design practices and reliability engineering.


• Drive innovation in custom motion control solutions through significantly enhancing the existing technology offerings and by introducing new to the business and new to the world motion solutions. 

Team & Process Management

• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering organization across multiple disciplines.


• Implement best practices in Agile development, stage-gate processes, and cross-functional collaboration.


• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and customer focus.

Customer & Market Alignment

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Product Management to translate customer needs into technical solutions.


• Support key customer engagements, technical presentations, and application engineering efforts so that Haydon Kerk Pittman is recognized as a thought leader and go-to partner for their motion control projects.


• Monitor competitive technologies and industry trends to inform strategic decisions.

Operational Excellence

• Manage engineering budgets, resource planning, and capital investments.


• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.


• Oversee quality assurance, testing protocols, and product certifications.


• Lead VE/VA initiatives and support Operations in the engineering evaluation of cross-site production moves.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering (PhD preferred)


• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience in motion control, automation, or electromechanical systems.


• Proven track record of delivering innovative and complex motion products to market.


• Deep understanding of motor technologies (stepper, servo, BLDC), drive electronics, actuators, lead screws, encoders, gears and control systems.


• Working knowledge of electronic and mechanical CAD based development as well as Software and embedded Firmware development.


• Proven track record of developing high performing teams.


• Strong leadership, excellent oral and written communication, mentoring and strategic thinking skills.


• Fluent in English with multiple languages preferred.


• Accustomed to leading global teams, multiple cultures and different time zones.

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