Director - Product Engineering

Director of Product Engineering

At Jabil, we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Job Family: ETS

Location/Division Specific Information- Austin, TX/M06

Jabil is seeking a Director of Product Engineering who will directly contribute to the transformative growth within our Hyperscale, Cloud and Enterprise Infrastructure division by applying unique and innovative approaches to developing customer solutions. You will be responsible for managing the technical direction of your team through the lens of the customer, factory, and services. You will also be responsible for partnering and collaborating with internal engineering, product management, program management, manufacturing, test, and quality teams to ensure your products meet the rigorous standards and performance of Jabil's world-class manufacturing environments and our end customers.

Guide and manage the delivery of a portfolio of development efforts for new and sustaining programs for server and storage products.

Organize teams and drive solutions for multiple, complex problems cross-functionally and within various areas of technical expertise (hardware, software, firmware, performance, interoperability, etc.).

Apply the right level of execution discipline and engineering rigor to all technical program deliverables lead by example.

Make key decisions with respect to quality and features that may impact customer experience.

Influence individuals, teams, and executives to support the delivery of programs within schedule, scope, and budget boundaries.

Understand how technical decisions impact the broader business, factories, and customers and use these insights to lead the broader organization to optimized outcomes.

Communicate complex issues in simple, actionable terms at all levels within the organization.

Develop, grow, and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships with peers, team members, executive leadership, customers, and external partners.

Maintain team competencies in current technology and design trends, continually evaluating staffing levels, and recruiting world-class engineering talent.

Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis.

Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems

Education: BS degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering required

Experience: 10-15 years of experience in an engineering product development environment working with a portfolio of products with enterprise server, storage, or networking experience is required. A minimum of 4+ years of experience directly managing an engineering team is required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Exceptional product development and program management skills. Expert understanding of Agile and phase gate development methods with the ability to drive organizational transformation. Deep experience in process development and process improvement. Ability to lead the development of complex processes spanning multiple functions and areas of expertise. Prior end-to-end development experience spanning architecture, engineering design, test and sustaining. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to travel Domestic and/or international travel, up to 25%, may be required.

Preferred Qualifications: Servant Leadership. Experience managing in an upward direction. Self-directed leadership. Managing remote, multi-national, and geographically dispersed teams is highly desired.