Director of Engineering (m/f/d)

We are hiring on behalf of a sister company within the Amphenol Group – based with us in Dresden.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Hands-on senior leadership role reporting directly to the General Manager, leading the global engineering organization across four international sites
  • Raise the pace and quality of innovation and significantly shorten the time from concept to launch
  • Generate and champion new product concepts that open adjacent markets, with fresh thinking beyond incremental improvements
  • Drive applied research and platform development in NDIR CO2, H2 detection and capacitive humidity sensing, including the associated electronics and firmware
  • Own the technology roadmap and co-own the product roadmap
  • Deliver NPI on schedule, on cost and to specification, with design-to-cost from the concept stage
  • Build a strong engineering bench and develop future leaders

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor‘s degree in engineering or a related technical field; an advanced degree is a plus
  • 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading multi-site teams
  • Proven success in launching new products, with structured NPI/stage-gate experience
  • Deep technical background in sensor or transducer development; issued patents are a plus
  • Experience in design-to-cost and cost reduction
  • Automotive OEM/Tier 1 experience; ASPICE knowledge and experience in HVAC/building controls or battery energy storage are a plus
  • Innovative, decisive and technically credible leader with a commercial mindset
  • Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally (up to 40 %)

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This is us:

Sensors for the mobility of the future.
That is our mission. The pressure and temperature sensors we develop are used in electric and hydrogen vehicles from renowned automobile manufacturers. With their superior performance, our sensors ensure longer ranges and thus support the transition to climate-neutral mobility. As part of Amphenol Corp., we have a global network of partner companies. Together, we are shaping the future of sensor technology!

Interested?

Send your application documents, stating your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date, preferably by email to bewerbung@i2s-sensors.de

Please submit your application preferably in English.

Intelligente Sensorsysteme Dresden GmbH
Mr Holger Kühne
Zur Wetterwarte 50, 01109 Dresden, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)351 88 596 74