With over 140,000 employees stationed worldwide, Nidec continues to be a unique organization, and each location maintains its individual personality.
Job Description
The Director, Engineering is a senior management role responsible for defining and executing engineering strategy to support business objectives, operational excellence, and innovation. This role oversees engineering teams and programs to ensure delivery of safe, reliable, high‑quality, and cost‑effective products, systems, or services.
Responsibilities
Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with business goals, product roadmaps, and operational needs
Establish engineering priorities, roadmaps, and investment plans
Ensure alignment between engineering execution and enterprise standards, safety, and quality expectations
Oversee delivery of engineering projects, programs, and initiatives
Establish and enforce engineering standards, design practices, and review processes
Ensure engineering outputs meet performance, reliability, regulatory, and customer requirements
Support development and optimization of products, processes, or systems across the lifecycle
Partner with Product, Manufacturing, or Operations on new introductions, scale‑ups, and continuous improvement
Evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, or methodologies to enhance engineering effectiveness
Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, engineers, and technical specialists
Establish performance expectations, capability models, and succession plans
Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and innovation
Collaborate with Product Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, EHS, and IT
Support enterprise initiatives such as growth, transformation, digitalization, and M&A integration
Ensure engineering activities comply with safety, regulatory, and quality requirements
Identify and mitigate technical, operational, and execution risks
Support investigations and corrective actions for significant technical or quality issues
Establish KPIs to measure engineering performance, quality, delivery, and efficiency
Use data and analytics to drive decisions and continuous improvement
Standardize processes and improve engineering productivity and scalability
Own engineering budgets, forecasts, and resource planning
Balance cost, schedule, and performance priorities across programs
Ensure effective utilization of engineering talent and external partners
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field
Requires 3+ years of managerial experience.
Typically 10–15+ years of progressive engineering experience
Significant experience leading engineering teams, managers, and complex technical programs
Broad knowledge of engineering principles, systems, and development methodologies
Proven people‑leadership and organizational‑development capability
Strong strategic thinking, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
Ability to influence executive leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders
Experience managing complex projects, trade‑offs, and technical risk
Executive‑level communication and presentation skills
High integrity, accountability, and results orientation
Travel
Both Domestic and International Travel up to 10%
Additional Job Details
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Work Shift Schedule
No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.
