Director of Engineering - New Product Development

ProMach; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Life insurance

Generous PTO

Retirement plan with company match

Job summary

ProMach is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering – New Product Development to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering group focused on creating new product lines and optimizing legacy products. You will partner with the GM and Sales to define requirements, drive a disciplined development process, and deliver high-value innovations that meet cost, quality, and timeline targets.

You’ll recruit, mentor, and lead engineers, allocate resources across the portfolio, and monitor key metrics to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7-10 years of experience in a manufacturing and engineering environment.
• 5 years of management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with diverse audiences.
• Experience developing and improving operational processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Proficiency with NetSuite or Syteline ERP systems and Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Own the new product development portfolio and lead products from VOC discovery through design, prototyping, validation, production launch, and post-launch review.
• Work with the GM to develop and execute a multi-year product and technology roadmap aligned with business strategy and growth objectives.
• Establish and improve a disciplined NPD process with stage gates, ownership, documentation, and executive visibility.
• Partner with Sales, Product Management, customers, and ProMach units to identify unmet needs, define requirements, and prioritize high-value opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional teams to meet targets for scope, schedule, quality, performance, manufacturability, cost, and ROI.
• Support rapid learning via feasibility, prototyping, testing, design reviews, risk assessment, and V&V.
• Embed DFM, DFA, standardization, modularity, reliability, safety, serviceability, and target-cost principles early.
• Help build an innovation-focused culture by recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining engineers.
• Allocate resources across portfolio, sustaining engineering, projects, and initiatives while safeguarding milestones.
• Monitor metrics such as milestone attainment, cycle time, risk, cost, quality, and launch readiness; report progress to leadership.
• Maintain engineering standards, documentation, IP practices, and change-management processes while driving improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

NetSuite or Syteline ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join ProMach and shine. Whether you're creative, strategic, persuasive, or mechanically inclined, there’s a place for you here. Be a problem-solver, a closer, a futurist - whatever drives you.

At ProMach, you'll be challenged and rewarded as you help improve packaging performance and shape the future of automation. And we’ll be proud to have you on the journey.

Do we have your attention? Keep reading.

The Director of Engineering – New Product Development is a senior leader who manages an engineering team, sets technical strategy, and ensures that projects match the business goals of the company. Their primary focus is the development of new product lines with a strategic focus on legacy product lines. This position reports to American Holts’ General Manager & VP.

Are you passionate about this work?

• Own the new product development portfolio and lead products from voice-of-customer discovery and concept development through design, prototyping, validation, production launch, and post-launch review.
• Work with the GM to develop and execute a multi-year product and technology roadmap aligned with business strategy, customer needs, market opportunities, and growth objectives.
• Establish and continuously improve a disciplined, scalable new product development process with clear stage gates, decision criteria, ownership, documentation, and executive visibility.
• Partner with Sales, Product Management, customers, and other ProMach business units to identify unmet needs, define product requirements, assess commercial potential, and prioritize the highest-value opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional project teams and ensure new products meet committed targets for scope, schedule, quality, performance, manufacturability, cost, and return on investment.
• Work with the GM on rapid learning through feasibility analysis, concept evaluation, prototyping, testing, design reviews, risk assessment, and design verification and validation.
• Embed design for manufacturability, design for assembly, standardization, modularity, reliability, safety, serviceability, and target-cost principles early in the development cycle.
• Work with the GM to build an innovation-focused engineering culture by recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining talented engineers and by strengthening technical capability, accountability, collaboration, and independent problem-solving.
• Allocate internal and external engineering resources across the new product portfolio, sustaining engineering, customer projects, and strategic initiatives while protecting critical launch milestones.
• Work with the GM to monitor meaningful new product development metrics, including milestone attainment, development cycle time, project risk, product cost, quality, launch readiness, and post-launch performance; communicate progress, tradeoffs, and decisions to leadership.
• Maintain robust engineering standards, procedures, design controls, documentation, intellectual property practices, and change-management processes while driving continuous improvement of existing products for quality, performance, and cost.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7-10 years of experience in a manufacturing and engineering environment.
• 5 years of management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to effectively communicate with a variety of audiences including, but not limited to subordinates, peers, senior management, and suppliers.
• Demonstrated experience developing and improving operational processes and driven to solve complex challenges.
• Demonstrated Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Proficiency with NetSuite or Syteline ERP systems and Microsoft Office suite.

What’s in it for you?

There's no monopoly on innovative ideas or limits to how far you can advance with our team. We offer an open, communicative environment that fosters individual initiative. We pride ourselves in being a company where people are happy and choose to build a career.

In addition to growth opportunities, as a ProMach employee, you receive more than just a paycheck. Total compensation includes your salary, comprehensive medical/dental programs, as well as life insurance, a generous paid time off program, and a retirement savings plan with a company match. And because we understand the importance of feeling protected, there is no waiting period for benefits – you are eligible on your first day of employment!

Please note that the pay ranges listed on external job boards, outside our posting details, do not accurately reflect our internal compensation ranges.

Pro Mach, Inc.

Pro Mach, Inc. was named to the Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. seven times. We continue to introduce innovative products, enter new markets, expand our global presence, and actively acquire new capabilities.

We have the rewards, opportunities, and the market strength of a large organization combined with the entrepreneurial culture of a small, fast-paced company. You will enjoy the benefits of working with a growing company that competes globally, with the personal touch and feel of a smaller company where you can make an impact every day.

ProMach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Pro Mach uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of all new hires to work in the United States. Pro Mach is a drug‑free workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Base Salary Range: $150,000 - $165,000