Technical Execution Center Systems Director

Nikkiso; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases seeks a seasoned Systems Engineering Director to lead TEC Systems across product lifecycles in a global setting. You will shape architecture, requirements and verification, aligning with discipline engineering and product roadmaps.

Responsibilities include directing systems engineering processes, reviews, risk analyses and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on scalable platforms, qualification, and delivery excellence at multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Systems or a related engineering discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive engineering experience with complex products, process systems or industrial equipment, including 5+ years providing multidisciplinary technical leadership.
• Experience with system architecture, requirements, interfaces, configuration management, verification, validation and technical risk.
• Experience leading products through engineering, manufacturing, testing, commissioning or field support.
• Broad understanding of process, mechanical, piping, electrical and controls engineering and complex project execution.
• Strong communication, facilitation, technical decision-making and ability to influence across functions and develop engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own systems engineering processes, requirements management, architectures and controlled interface documentation across product families.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews and engineering changes; resolve interfaces with Process, System and Engineering Leads.
• Evaluate technical alternatives for performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, maintenance, transport, cost and lifecycle value.
• Coordinate HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and FMEA reviews with process-safety specialists; define verification, validation and acceptance criteria.
• Provide Technical Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing and suppliers with requirements, technical evaluations, exceptions, engineering effort and risk inputs; validate capacity.
• Plan systems-engineering work and coordinate qualified TEC resources; delivery team leads retain project baselines, budgets, schedules, customer interfaces and contract variations.
• Coordinate approved product development, technical roadmaps and modular platforms with Product Directors; releases require engineering approval and Applications’ commercial readiness.
• Approve multidisciplinary standards with System Leads and final Head of TEC signoff; maintain rolling two-year plans, incorporate lessons learned and release approved versions in Product Center.
• Directly supervise assigned systems engineering personnel and provide functional leadership to System Leads.
• Recruit, develop, mentor and retain engineering talent; establish competency expectations, career pathways and global training and knowledge-transfer programs.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Facilitation

Technical decision-making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Systems or a related engineering discipline

Job description

Company Overview

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gasesis a leading provider of high pressure and cryogenic systems, cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, turboexpanders, and services for liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied hydrogen (LH2), compressed natural gas (CNG), compressed hydrogen (GH2) and industrial gases (LN2, LAr, LO2) industries. Applications include fueling stations, trailer loading systems, marine fuel system, LNG peak shaving, power generation, and virtual pipelines.

We are a subsidiary of Nikkiso Company Ltd, a leading industrial manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with $1.5 B USD in annual revenue, 8000 + employees worldwide, and publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

This position can be at any existing Nikkiso location in Southern California including Escondido, Murietta, Huntington Beach and Santa Ana, and Houston, Texas.

Job Overview

CE&IG’s Applied Technologies Business Unit includes its Technical Delivery Team (TDT) that brings together Technical Sales, TEC, SPEED and Technical Fellows Teams. Technical Sales Team leads the technical and commercial sales cycle for complex engineered products. The Technical Execution Center (TEC) Team develops engineering capability, maintains standards and allocates resources through its process, systems and discipline engineering groups. SPEED Teams carry out assigned product development, proposal support, and project delivery. Technical Fellows Team provide senior technical guidance and mentoring.

Our Technical Delivery Team is seeking an experienced Systems Engineering Director to fill the role of TEC Systems Director. This position leads global systems engineering capability and product-family System Leads across the product lifecycle. It integrates requirements, architecture, interfaces and verification with process and discipline engineering teams. It develops reusable product platforms while delivery teams retain their project responsibilities.

The successful candidate will bring broad systems knowledge, practical judgment and the ability to lead multidisciplinary technical work and develop an effective global engineering organization.

Annual Salary - $137,746 - $282,855

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Own systems engineering processes, requirements management, architectures and controlled interface documentation across product families.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews and engineering changes; resolve interfaces with Process, System and Engineering Leads.
• Evaluate technical alternatives for performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, maintenance, transport, cost and lifecycle value.
• Coordinate hazard and operability study (HAZOP), hazard identification (HAZID), layer of protection analysis (LOPA) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) reviews with process-safety specialists; define verification, validation and acceptance criteria and resolve deficiencies through field operation.
• Provide Technical Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing and suppliers with requirements, technical evaluations, exceptions, engineering effort and risk inputs; validate capacity and manufacturing assumptions with their owners.
• Plan systems-engineering work and coordinate qualified TEC resources; delivery team leads retain project baselines, budgets, schedules, customer interfaces and contract variations.
• Coordinate approved product development, technical roadmaps and modular platforms with Product Directors; releases require engineering approval and Applications’ commercial readiness.
• Approve multidisciplinary standards with System Leads and final Head of TEC signoff; maintain rolling two-year plans, incorporate lessons learned and release approved versions in Product Center.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Directly supervise assigned systems engineering personnel and provide functional leadership to System Leads.
• Recruit, develop, mentor and retain engineering talent; establish competency expectations, career pathways and global training and knowledge-transfer programs.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Directly supervise assigned systems engineering personnel and provide functional leadership to System Leads.
• Recruit, develop, mentor and retain engineering talent; establish competency expectations, career pathways and global training and knowledge-transfer programs.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Systems or a related engineering discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive engineering experience with complex products, process systems or industrial equipment, including 5+ years providing multidisciplinary technical leadership.
• Experience with system architecture, requirements, interfaces, configuration management, verification, validation and technical risk.
• Experience leading products through engineering, manufacturing, testing, commissioning or field support.
• Broad understanding of process, mechanical, piping, electrical and controls engineering and complex project execution.
• Strong communication, facilitation, technical decision-making and ability to influence across functions and develop engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant master’s degree, Professional Engineer (PE) license, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Systems Engineering or equivalent certification.
• Global engineering, engineered-to-order, cryogenic, LNG, industrial gas, hydrogen or CO2 product experience.
• Experience with applicable codes and safety reviews, requirements tools, modular product platforms and research and development (R&D).
• Experience conducting formal system trade-off analyses and translating customer needs into product and subsystem requirements.

EEOC Statement

Nikkiso CE&IG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.