Director of Engineering

PLEXSYS Interface Poducts, Inc; Camas (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Vision/Prescription/Dental  B

Life, AD&D and Long Term Disability

Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and PTO

401k Plan with eligibility from first 

Education reimbursement for job‑relate

Membership: PriceClub/COSTCO/Sam's Clu

Job summary

PLEXSYS Interface Products, Inc. is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead prototyping and solution support, serving as the technical interface to BD and Customer Ops.

You will own BoEs, estimates, technical volumes, and value propositions while coordinating with the VP of Product Development on direction and priorities. The role requires managing small teams to deliver prototypes, capture feedback, and validate solution feasibility, with travel as needed to support customers and on-site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Minimum of eight years of software development experience.
• Minimum of four years of team management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead prototyping projects to support customer discovery, early validation, and demos.
• Provide input to product roadmap alignment with customer requirements.
• Provide technical support for BoEs, estimates, technical volumes, and value propositions.
• Coordinate budgeting with Production Leadership for resource planning and shared infrastructure.
• Develop performance standards for direct reports and evaluate performance.

Skills

Team leadership

Software development

Customer engagement

Communication skills

Project coordination

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Master of Science or MBA preferred

Job description

At PLEXSYS, we’re all about creating Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training solutions for our customers worldwide. With over 200 employees spread across fifteen states and four countries, we’re dedicated to enhancing training experiences every day, everywhere.

Why PLEXSYS?

At PLEXSYS, you’ll be part of a dynamic and supportive culture that encourages you to reach your professional goals, put forth your best effort, and collaborate with other enthusiastic and driven individuals. Our core values – integrity, excellence, teamwork, and agility – are at the heart of everything we do, guiding our decisions and shaping our vibrant organizational culture.

PLEXSYS is an amazing place to work, but you don’t have to take our word for it. We invite you to check out what our team members are saying about working at PLEXSYS on Glassdoor. Discover why PLEXSYS could be the perfect place for the next step in your career.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Director of Engineering leads execution of prototyping and solution support activities as the technical interface to BD and Customer Ops. Owns technical proposal content (BoEs, estimates, Technical Volumes), value propositions, and customer-aligned demonstrations. Coordinates closely with the VP of Product Development on technical direction and execution priorities; manages small teams to deliver prototypes, capture technical feedback, and validates solution feasibility.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads prototyping projects to support customer discovery, early validation, and demos. Documents feedback and lessons learned.
• Provides input to product roadmap alignment to customer roadmap and requirements mapping.
• Provides technical support to capture efforts: writes and reviews BoEs, estimates, technical volumes, and value propositions.
• Coordinates on budgeting with the Production Leadership for resource planning and shared infrastructure requirements.
• Develops performance standards for direct reports and evaluates their performance to ensure alignment with PLEXSYS policies, organizational objectives, and contributions toward those objectives
• Attends conferences and tradeshows to support capture efforts, and to present the organization’s technical solutions and white papers.
• Leads technical reviews and authorship contributions for cross functional business proposals. Contributions include requirements analysis, basis of estimates (BOEs), customer engagement and collaboration.
• Drives solution and technology exploration in support of proposals and early validation, estimates related to the corporate strategic growth initiatives.
• Collaborates with platform and shared library owners, ensures prototypes and solutions leverage common infrastructure where feasible.
• Coordinate with Export Compliance and serves as technical point-of-contact for CUI and Classified engagements.
• Other duties, as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, a Master of Science and/or MBA is preferred
• Minimum of eight (8) years of software development experience
• Minimum of four (4) years of team management experience

• Strong relationship builder and communicator with experience leading and managing diverse software development teams and engaging customers to ensure outcomes met or exceeded requirements

• Excellent written and oral communication for non-technical audiences, demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Promote and adhere to PLEXSYS core values
• Ability to travel periodically to provide on-site Engineering and Development support and for meeting with current and potential customers
• Ability to motivate teams and simultaneously manage several projects

DESIRABLE

• At least two (2) years of experience supporting capture and proposal exercises
• At least two (2) years of progressive professional software development experience at PLEXSYS with experience managing software development projects
• Experience working with modelling and simulation software products and concepts
• Military experience in a Command and Control or Intelligence Reconnaissance and Surveillance career field
• Familiarity with SISO and DMO Standards

AUTHORITY

• Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum Secret level security clearance, Top Secret preferred
• Hiring and firing authority within assigned team and in coordination with HR
• Signature authority as defined within the PLEXSYS policy

PERKS

As a PLEXSYS employee, you can expect certain advantages; such as advancement based on performance, competitive wages, valuable benefits and a great working environment. Our team is committed to ensuring an environment that empowers individuals to realize their full potential by providing opportunities and necessary support to achieve personal and professional goals.

• Medical/Vision/Prescription/Dental Benefits
• Life, AD&D and Long Term Disability Coverage
• Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and Paid Time Off
• 401k Plan with eligibility from first day of employment
• Education reimbursement for job-related courses for full-time employees
• PriceClub/COSTCO/Sam's Club annual membership

PLEXSYS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.