Director Heavy Engineering

Role Summary

The Director Heavy Engineering will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams, driving systems engineering, product development, and integration for complex electro-mechanical products and solutions. This role is accountable for delivering innovative, compliant, and scalable engineering outcomes while collaborating with cross-functional and global teams to support regional and global product initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap across engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, systems, and product integration.
• Champion technology leadership, innovation, and engineering excellence across the organization.
• Represent the Bengaluru engineering center in global forums and contribute to product strategy and portfolio planning.

Product Design & Development

• Lead end-to-end product development lifecycle: concept, design, engineering analysis, prototyping, testing, validation, and industrialization.
• Ensure designs comply with global and regional standards (EN, ISO, UL, ASME, IEC).
• Drive adoption of energy-efficient, sustainable, and safety-critical engineering practices.

Project Management

• Oversee multiple concurrent engineering programs, ensuring delivery aligned with business objectives, quality, timelines, and budgets.
• Establish milestones, governance, and risk-mitigation frameworks for complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Implement best practices in project execution, including agile/hybrid methodologies, resource planning, and stakeholder communication.
• Present regular progress, risk, and performance updates to senior leadership and global stakeholders.

Global Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with global R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and commercial teams to ensure seamless product integration.
• Align engineering priorities across regions and manage complex global stakeholder expectations.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing teams of engineers and technical specialists across disciplines.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the engineering organization.

Operational Excellence

• Manage engineering budgets, capacity planning, and operational performance metrics.
• Establish robust design processes, quality systems, and governance models.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Innovation & Technology Adoption

• Drive evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies such as IoT, AI/ML, digital twins, smart systems, and predictive maintenance.
• Stay current with industry trends and assess their applicability to product platforms and engineering processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Mechatronics, or related discipline); masters degree preferred.
• 15+ years of engineering leadership experience within multinational heavy engineering, industrial manufacturing, or capital goods organizations.
• Proven track record of leading large, multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering complex product development programs.
• Strong expertise in systems engineering, product integration, and safety-critical design.
• Experience working in globally distributed engineering organizations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance local execution with global strategy in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
• Adaptive, resilient leader with strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.