A Day in Your Life at MKS As the Director of Engineering at MKS, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for the development, commercialization, and sustainment of advanced sensing and characterization solutions used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing. Reporting directly to the General Manager, you will provide strategic leadership across engineering, technology development, product innovation, and organizational capability building. You will oversee the successful execution of the engineering portfolio while shaping the long-term technology roadmap, advancing engineering best practices, and ensuring alignment between engineering priorities and business objectives. As a key member of the leadership team, you will play an instrumental role in driving growth, fostering innovation, and developing the engineering organization required to support the company's long-term success.

You Will Make an Impact

By Providing strong leadership to the engineering organization, establishing clear priorities, goals, performance expectations, and accountability measures. Building, developing, and leading a high-performing engineering organization through effective talent acquisition, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and employee development. Serving as a member of the leadership team and acting as a change agent to improve organizational effectiveness, operational excellence, and scalability. Defining and executing the long-term engineering strategy, technology roadmap, and capability development plans aligned with company objectives and market opportunities. Leading the engineering organization through the complete product lifecycle, including concept development, design, prototyping, validation, regulatory compliance, manufacturing transfer, product launch,



and sustaining engineering. Ensuring new products and technology initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and to specification while meeting quality, reliability, manufacturability, and cost objectives. Partnering with Product Management and executive leadership to prioritize development activities, technology investments, and resource allocation across the product portfolio. Developing and managing engineering resource plans, budgets, capital investments, and organizational capabilities to support strategic growth initiatives. Establishing and monitoring key engineering performance indicators, including product development execution, quality, innovation, organizational effectiveness, and operational performance. Providing technical oversight for system architecture, platform strategy, design reviews, and engineering governance to ensure robust and scalable product development. Overseeing technical risk management activities, including design reviews, FMEA, verification and validation planning, and product reliability assessments. Establishing engineering best practices that drive design excellence, data-driven decision making, continuous improvement, and successful product commercialization. Partnering closely with Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Sales,



and Marketing to define product requirements and execution strategies. Engaging with strategic customers, partners, and industry stakeholders to understand emerging market requirements and translate customer needs into product and technology strategies. Driving innovation and intellectual property development through new technology initiatives, patent generation, and strategic technology investments. Ensuring products are designed for manufacturability, quality, reliability, scalability, serviceability, and long-term competitiveness. Championing a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning across the engineering organization.

Skills You Bring

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related discipline.
- Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.
D.) is considered an asset.
- 12+ years of progressive engineering experience in product development, technology development, advanced manufacturing, or related technical environments.
- 7+ years of leadership experience managing engineering teams, programs, or organizations, including responsibility for talent development and organizational planning.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering complex multidisciplinary product development programs from concept through production release.
- Experience leading engineering organizations in a fast-paced technology environment.
- Strong people leadership, coaching, mentoring, and organizational development capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, inspire, and align teams around a shared vision and strategic objectives.
- Exceptional collaboration, communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
- Robust

📌 Director of Engineering (Richmond)
🏢 MKS Instruments
📍 Richmond