Director of Engineering / Security Products - 1798

Director of Engineering / Security Products - 1798 Job ID : 1798

All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.

Location : San Jose, CA

Type : Permanent

Status : Closed

Key Skills : IP, Networking, Home gateways, DSL, routers, tablets, Engineering Manager, hardware, software, VOIP, Androids

Description :

Reporting to the VP of Service Provider Engineering, the Director of Engineering will have responsibility for managing the successful development and deployment of the company's Security products and solutions.

The individual will manage a focused team of engineers in addition to leading and directing numerous outside technology partners. This includes partnerships with chip set providers, ODMs, new technology start-ups, and 3rd party software providers. As the engineering leader, the individual will work closely with the product marketing team in generating the roadmap of products and solutions that will need to be developed. The Director of Engineering and their team of engineers will then be responsible for determining the best engineering approach to realizing that roadmap, including product architectures, selection of technology partners, resource planning, test planning, product scheduling, costing, and NPI planning. The individual will then manage the team and external partners to ensure the project objectives are met.

The Director of Engineering will work closely with customers to get products certified and approved for use. Once introduced, the Engineering Manager will work closely with the sales and technical support to ensure customer satisfaction and product quality objectives are being met.

Job Responsibilities :

• Ability to be both a strong Manager and technical leader for the group, with strong domain / forum knowledge of Security products, tablets, routers, wireless, and hands-on IP networking experience. VoIP experience an advantage.
• Ideally be known-in and reputable within the networking Industry.
• 10 years of demonstrable success of strong engineering management background in communications networking hardware and software utilizing Test Driven Development.
• Demonstrated understanding and skills in project and program management, risk management, including 3rd parties.
• Demonstrated success in developing products by utilizing outside company resources and partnerships. Experience with ODM developments an advantage.
• Can attract, motivate and retain top caliber engineers for the organization.
• One whom customers and technology partners find credible and look to for direction.
• 5 or more years experience working for a small company, in addition to 5 or more years experience working for a larger more mature market leader.
• Team player who can effectively work with the cross functional team, and can effectively communicate throughout all levels of the organization.
• An understanding and desire of how to continuously improve product quality. Demonstrated ability to use lightweight processes to improve engineering results.
• Can stay on top of and apply the latest technology trends and engineering processes for the organization.

Requirements :

To apply for this position please submit an MS Word doc of your resume and put in the subject "Job ID # 1798".

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