Director, Workstation Platform Engineering

HP; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 174,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Job summary

HP seeks a Director of Workstation Platform Engineering to provide end-to-end leadership for its premium desktop workstation portfolio. You will own organization design, platform development, and cross-functional alignment from early architecture to product introduction, sustaining activities, and roadmap readiness.

You will manage senior leaders, drive workforce strategy, and govern platform architectures, performance, power delivery, and reliability while coordinating supplier and regulatory

Qualifications

• Senior-level engineering leader (Director) with hardware, systems, or platform engineering experience.
• Proven success leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering organizations through complex product cycles.
• Ability to operate at a strategic level within a technical context.
• Strong executive communication skills with experience influencing VP/Sr. VP/GM-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive-level leadership across multiple workstation programs and platforms.
• Own platform execution from architecture through validation, ramp, and post-launch readiness.
• Lead senior managers across hardware/firmware development, validation, and OS enablement.
• Ensure alignment with business goals, schedule, and customer requirements.

Skills

Executive leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Director, Workstation Platform Engineering

Director of Workstation Platform Engineering provides end‑to‑end technical, programmatic, and organizational leadership for HP’s premium desktop workstation portfolio. The role owns organization design, platform development, and cross‑functional alignment from early architecture and silicon engagement through product introduction, sustaining activities, customer delivery, and long‑term roadmap readiness. This position operates at the intersection of business and portfolio strategy, engineering leadership, supplier/ODM management, regulatory compliance, and financial stewardship; ensuring HP delivers differentiated, high‑performance workstation platforms on time, at scale, with industry‑leading quality, and meeting customer experience goals.

Responsibilities

• Platform & Program Leadership Provide executive‑level leadership across multiple concurrent workstation programs, including new platforms, platform refreshes, sustaining engineering, and customer‑driven adaptations. Own platform execution across architecture alignment, design readiness, validation, manufacturing ramp, and post‑launch quality. Serve as the final arbitration point for technical risk, priority tradeoffs, scope decisions, and schedule commitments. Partner across program functional groups to ensure team alignment to deliver excellence in execution, quality, and design decisions.
• Organizational & People Leadership Lead multiple senior managers and extended leadership teams across hardware and firmware development, validation, performance, OS enablement, and platform integration. Own workforce strategy, including hiring plans, succession planning, promotions, and long‑term capability development. Establish organizational operating models that balance in‑house capabilities with ODMs and partners. Provide coaching and executive sponsorship to senior technical leaders and managers.
• Technical Oversight & Engineering Excellence Maintain executive oversight of workstation platform architectures and development functions, including board and system design, system performance, power delivery, thermal solutions, and quality & reliability. Set development strategies for the owned functional areas to ensure successful project design points, platform robustness, and customer readiness. Sponsor engineering automation, data pipelines, benchmarking systems, and tools that improve scale, predictability, and engineering efficiency. Ensure engineering decisions remain grounded in customer workloads, competitive positioning, and long‑term architectural intent.
• Financial, NRE & Portfolio Ownership Own and steward multi‑million‑dollar R&D budgets, including headcount, NRE, outsourced services, tooling, and supplier contracts. Define, approve, and coordinate investment strategies for programs, balancing innovation, affordability, and reuse. Lead portfolio‑level resourcing, funding prioritization, and cost tradeoff studies across competing initiatives. Partner with finance and senior leadership to ensure execution plans align with business objectives and constraints.
• Supplier, ODM & Ecosystem Leadership Act as HP’s senior R&D interface to ODMs and key worldwide suppliers. Define sourcing and engagement models spanning full ODM, hybrid, and HP‑managed execution. Lead executive‑level escalations related to supplier quality, cost, schedule, and manufacturability. Ensure supplier strategies align with HP’s quality, compliance, and long‑term goals.
• Regulatory, Compliance & Customer Readiness Provide executive oversight for regulatory compliance, government requirements, and security certifications impacting workstation platforms. Lead cross‑functional response to customer escalations, field issues, and high‑visibility commitments (including public sector and regulated markets). Ensure platforms meet regional, security, and lifecycle requirements without compromising schedule or quality targets.

Required Experience & Capabilities

• Senior‑level engineering leader (Director) with experience in hardware, systems, or platform engineering.
• Proven success leading large, multi‑disciplinary engineering organizations delivering through complex product cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at a strategic level within a technical context.
• Strong executive communication skills with experience influencing VP/Sr. VP/GM‑level stakeholders.

Preferred Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• 15+ years in the computer hardware delivery industry.
• Experience at large‑scale technology companies (devices, platforms, SaaS, consumer tech) strongly preferred.
• Cross‑Org Skills
• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Impact & Scope • Impacts the entire business and influences the company direction across multiple disciplines or areas of HP.
• Complexity • Uses input from managers and directors to inform strategy and achieve company goals and objectives.

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change, and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure 11 paid holidays Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The pay range for this role is $174,050 to $278,450 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Job - Engineering Schedule - Full time Shift - Shift 1, 0% premium (United States of America) Travel - 25% Relocation - Yes

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