Director of Engineering and Quality

Job Description

Job Description

Director of Engineering and Quality

Get to know ChemDAQ

ChemDAQ, Inc. is a rapidly growing, leading-edge technology and manufacturing company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The value we bring to the market lies in safeguarding human health, ensuring operational compliance, and optimizing safety practices.

ChemDAQ’s mission is to empower customers to eliminate workplace exposure to toxic chemicals through innovative monitoring and control solutions, industry-leading partnerships, and superior safety expertise. Our patented technologies include superior chemical monitoring and control products that our customers trust, our employees are proud of, and our partners seek solutions to provide a safer workplace. ChemDAQ customers include hospitals, food & beverage processing facilities, aseptic manufacturers, pharmaceutical production operations, medical device sterilization facilities, warehouses, and other settings where chemical sterilants and high-level disinfectants are used. Our Core Values – Trust, Innovation, Empowerment, Teamwork, Vision, and Loyalty – shape our company culture and guide our daily operations.

Are you ready to join a company with a strong purpose and a winning culture?

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Director of Engineering and Quality to lead and mentor a growing team of engineers, drive key product development initiatives, and oversee the Quality Department. This is a hands-on leadership role at the center of ChemDAQ's continued growth, requiring equal parts technical depth, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate brings a strong engineering background; electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, or database, combined with proven experience managing engineering teams in a high-growth environment. You will serve as both a technical contributor and an organizational leader, shaping the engineering and quality practices that will carry ChemDAQ through its next phase of expansion. Position is full-time in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Develop the Engineering Team: Manage and mentor a growing team of engineers, providing technical guidance, career development support, and a clear path for team growth as the organization scales.

• Oversee Quality and Compliance: Partner with the Quality Manager to implement improvements in documentation, processes, and new product development procedures across the company, with a focus on achieving ISO 9001 certification.

• Drive New Product Development: Collaborate with the Management team on new product strategy; lead development and review of product specifications, including voice-of-customer inputs and validation, and oversee cross-functional execution from concept through launch within a stage-gate process.

• Improve New Product Development:: Improve the new product development process to deliver new products on time, that our customers want, with performance that they expect and with a design that we can reliably manufacture and we or the customer can easily install. .

• Sustaining Engineering: Update and improve existing product lines to maintain customer expectations of ChemDAQ products.

• Advance Engineering Practices: Drive continuous improvement in engineering tools, processes, and documentation standards, elevating the team's capabilities in preparation for rapid growth.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Product Management and Operations to address customer and business needs with current products and contribute to priority-setting across the leadership team.

• Management Team: Be a key member of the management team, to contribute your understanding and experience to the management of the company.

What You Bring

Required

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience within a high-growth technology company or a similar industry, such as instrumentation, sensors, chemical detection, or industrial safety.

• At least 5 years of engineering leadership or management experience, with a demonstrated ability to develop and retain technical talent.

• Experience working within a regulated quality system, ISO 9000 or equivalent, preferably in a small technology company environment. Experience of implementing or developing new quality standards is preferable.

• Strong project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with gas detection, chemical monitoring, or environmental health and safety technologies.

• Familiarity with stage-gate product development processes and managing product launches from concept through commercialization.

• Experience preparing an organization for ISO 9001 certification or similar quality milestones.

Why Join ChemDAQ?

• Competitive compensation: $150,000 to $155,000 per year.

• Professional Growth: Opportunities to develop within a collaborative, innovative environment.

• Impact: Shape the engineering culture and product direction of a trusted industry leader with a strong reputation among partners and customers, at a pivotal point in its growth.

• Supportive Culture: Be part of a growing team that values integrity, teamwork, and genuine passion for helping customers.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance

• Disability insurance

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• 401(k) with employer 3% contribution

• Paid time off (holidays, vacation and personal/sick days)

• Flexible schedule

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