Director of Engineering

Job Summary

• Lead global engineering across all OSM sites, driving accelerated innovation to meet market demands, particularly in semiconductor and optical domains.
• Oversee R&D across Optical, Sensors & Acoustic, and AI/ML, ensuring rapid, high-quality product development and delivery.
• Align engineering strategy with business priorities, applying strong business acumen to balance speed, cost, and impact.
• Define long term technical, customer and industrial trends, and align engineering efforts accordingly.
• Build, mentor, and retain top engineering talent through structured development, training, and career progression.
• Promote a high-performance culture that is innovative, accountable, and collaborative.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Accelerate Innovation & Execution
  • Drive faster development cycles from concept to launch, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and on-spec delivery.
  • Align roadmaps with market trends and customer needs, enabling rapid response to industry changes.
• Engineering Leadership & Execution
  • Manage a large, global engineering organization through managers and supervisors, ensuring strong alignment, communication, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Oversee complex, multi-disciplinary development programs, ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and to performance targets.
• Technical Strategy & Roadmaps
  • Develop and execute integrated technology roadmaps across semiconductor, optical, and acoustic sensing domains aligned with market trends and customer requirements.
  • Ensure alignment between R&D investments and business priorities, driving ROI-focused innovation.
• Domain Expertise (Acoustic & Optical)
  • Leverage deep experience in acoustic and optical systems to guide architecture decisions, technology selection, and product differentiation.
  • Ensure engineering solutions meet the precision, reliability, and scalability demands of advanced inspection and test applications.
• Talent Development
  • Build and develop high-performing teams through coaching, training, and career progression.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Process Excellence
  • Establish and continuously improve engineering processes from concept through commercial launch, aligned with the NBS Next Product Innovation Playbook.
  • Implement best-in-class tools, methodologies, and governance to improve development efficiency, quality, and scalability.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Extensive experience leading large, multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD preferred) in physics, engineering, or a related field with minimum 8 years of experience managing engineering teams
• Proven track record delivering complex system development programs at scale
• Strong understanding of business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, organizational design, leadership, and operational execution
• Industry experience in electronics manufacturing equipment
• Experience with optics or acoustic imaging systems
• Familiarity with phase-gate engineering project management methodologies

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Strong strategic leadership with the ability to think creatively, solve complex problems, and align engineering execution with business goals

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

• Office environment

Travel Required

None

Compensation

Base Salary Range for this position is: $187,000 to $265,000 annually, and bonus target is 20%. Benefits include Medical, Rx, Vision, Dental, and Health Savings Account (HSA), Retirement and Security benefits including 401k and Life Insurance. In addition to Paid Time Off and paid Holidays, each employee receives 16 hours paid time each calendar year to perform volunteer services for Nordson-sponsored events. Ample opportunities for giving exist at Nordson including our Matching Gifts Program.

The base pay range for this job level is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity, business considerations, and local market conditions, as well as candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, and skills.

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