Director of Engineering

About Milwaukee Electronics – Products Division

Milwaukee Electronics is a privately held, family-owned Electronics Manufacturing Services company with more than 70 years of engineering and manufacturing excellence. In addition to our core EMS business, our Products Division focuses on motion, automation, and material handling solutions, including our UniDrive platform.

We are building products that operate in real-world industrial environments, where reliability, performance, and scalability matter. This role is critical to advancing our engineering capability and expanding our product footprint globally.

The Role, At a Glance

• Executive-level leadership role overseeing the Products Group engineering organization
• Owns engineering strategy, technical direction, and product development execution
• Leads development of motor-driven automation products used in industrial and material handling applications
• Requires deep expertise in industrial motor design and motion systems
• Drives alignment between product strategy, engineering execution, and global manufacturing scalability
• Builds and scales high-performing engineering teams across a growing, multi-site environment
• Provides hands-on technical leadership across system architecture, motor integration, and performance optimization
• Partners cross-functionally with Product Management, Operations, and executive leadership
• Reports directly to the VP of Products

What You’ll Do

• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with product and business objectives
• Lead full lifecycle product development from concept through production and support
• Drive development of motor-driven systems used in automation and material handling applications
• Provide technical leadership across system architecture, motor integration, and performance optimization
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering organization
• Ensure engineering processes scale effectively across global manufacturing environments

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading product-focused engineering teams
• Strong background in industrial motor design and motion systems
• Experience developing or integrating motor-driven products (automation, conveyors, or similar industrial applications)
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on when needed
• Experience scaling engineering teams and processes in a growing organization

Nice to Have

• Experience with brushless motor (BLDC) technologies, including design, control, or integration
• Background in material handling, conveyors, or industrial automation systems
• Experience working across global or multi-site manufacturing environments

Why This Role

This is not a maintenance leadership role—it’s a build-and-scale opportunity. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of Milwaukee Electronics’ Products Group, driving innovation in motion and automation while building products that perform in demanding, real-world environments.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The role requires the ability to sit, stand, and walk, and to use a computer and other standard office equipment for extended periods. Minimal physical exertion is required. 

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is primarily performed in an office environment. Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities, customer sites, or other business locations may be required. When visiting manufacturing or industrial environments, the role may involve exposure to noise, moving equipment, temperature variations, or other typical industrial conditions.

MILWAUKEE ELECTRONICS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or age. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at 414-228-5000 or hr@milwaukeeelectronics.com.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please see this government poster: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov). 

Because this job has access to controlled technology, we must comply with ITAR. Any job offers will be contingent on verification that the candidate is a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent resident, or individual granted asylum/refugee status in the U.S.) or can otherwise satisfy ITAR compliance requirements. If applicable, if an individual is not a U.S. person, our policy is to not take the extra step of seeking approval from the federal government for that person to work in this position.

Upon hire, the successful candidate must present acceptable proof of identity and current authorization to work in the U.S., as required on Form I-9. We do not provide sponsorship support for employment-based visas such as H-1B.