Director of Engineering, RF Applications Rolling Meadows, IL

Company Background

Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime land air and space domains. With 17 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 30K devices fielded to more than 500 customers Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market cost and performance are critical for mission success.

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Introduction

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Director of Engineering to lead our RF Applications team focused on building government-aligned RF software applications and complete RF solutions. The ideal candidate is an accomplished engineering leader with a proven ability to build develop and lead high-performing organizations through growth change and increasing complexity. Success in this role requires exceptional people leadership organizational leadership stakeholder management and a drive for organization and business growth combined with sufficient technical depth to guide engineering strategy and decision-making. Our team culture strikes a balance of high performance and high integrity while remaining humble and pragmatic and we seek an engineering leader who thrives in this environment. The candidate must be data-driven well-organized and motivated to help their team thrive execute and grow.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness

• Establish and communicate a clear vision priorities and operating principles for the RF Applications engineering organization.
• Build and develop a high-performing leadership team through coaching feedback accountability and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of trust collaboration ownership continuous improvement and professional development.
• Lead organizational change initiatives while maintaining team engagement alignment and productivity.
• Establish clear performance expectations and proactively address performance accountability and development opportunities.
• Drive employee engagement retention and leadership development across the RF Applications engineering organization.
• Serve as a trusted partner to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Monitor and improve organizational health through employee engagement talent development retention and effective leadership practices.
• Develop an onboarding and mentorship program to enable new employees to rapidly integrate and contribute to Epiqs success.

Engineering Strategy Execution & Delivery

• Lead and develop a team of engineering managers and engineers across multiple disciplines ensuring organizational effectiveness leadership accountability talent development and successful execution of engineering objectives.
• Work closely with our product management team to ensure there is alignment between our product roadmap priorities and the engineering execution within our project teams.
• Experience engaging with customers to understand requirements communicate technical solutions and support business growth.
• Partner with Product Management Project Management Operations Sales and Executive Leadership to align priorities communicate tradeoffs and ensure successful execution of business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance to the RF Applications engineering team contributing to architecture technology strategy customer engagements and proposal efforts as appropriate.
• Establish relationships with engineering leaders across all Epiq locations and drive successful execution of cross site projects.
• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering SDR to establish align and implement engineering standards policies and procedures that drive quality consistency and compliance across the engineering organization.
• Coach and develop engineering managers and technical leaders through regular feedback mentoring performance management and career development planning.
• Participate in our engineering recruiting and hiring efforts working closely with HR and engineering functional managers.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning within the engineering team.

Job Requirements

Leadership Requirements

• Demonstrated success leading managers developing technical leaders and building leadership capability within a growing engineering organization.
• Experience leading organizational change including restructuring teams implementing new processes and driving adoption of new ways of working.
• Demonstrated experience establishing operating rhythms performance metrics and accountability mechanisms that drive organizational effectiveness.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Experience navigating complex organizational dynamics and aligning cross-functional teams around shared objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to provide difficult feedback address performance concerns and drive meaningful behavioral change.
• Track record of developing leadership bench strength succession plans and internal talent pipelines.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning including actively seeking feedback adapting behavior and applying lessons learned to improve leadership effectiveness.

Engineering Strategy & Execution Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of engineering experience including at least 5 years leading engineering teams managers or technical organizations.
• Experience leading and scaling engineering organizations through growth organizational change and increasing complexity.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute engineering strategies organizational priorities and operating models that drive measurable business results.
• Excellent project and organizational management skills with experience delivering complex initiatives on time and within budget.
• Experience with budget management resource planning and organizational prioritization.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate technical and business tradeoffs to diverse audiences.
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to effectively guide technical discussions evaluate tradeoffs and contribute to engineering strategy when needed.
• Experience with engineering workforce planning recruiting hiring and talent development.
• Understanding of compliance security and industry-specific regulatory requirements.
• Ability to foster a culture of collaboration accountability innovation continuous improvement and customer-focused product development.
• Demonstrated ownership accountability and commitment to team and organizational outcomes.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field; Masters degree or MBA preferred.

Desired Skills (one or more)

• Experience in the domain of RF Application and associated software FPGA and DSP development
• Familiarity with commercial and government waveforms and communication standards and wireless signals.
• Experience with RF system integration and solution development.
• Experience with software development lifecycle and agile methodologies

Success in This Role

Success in this role will be measured by the Directors ability to:

• Build and develop a high-performing Engineering organization.
• Develop a strong leadership bench and succession pipeline for critical engineering roles.
• Establish clear accountability and predictable execution across engineering teams.
• Deliver engineering commitments aligned with company and product objectives.
• Develop engineering managers and future leaders through coaching and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of collaboration innovation continuous improvement and ownership.
• Lead organizational change effectively while maintaining employee engagement and productivity.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships through transparent communication stakeholder engagement and trust.

Benefits

• Join a successful small company with a bright future
• Flexible work hours
• Generous vacation policy
• Paid five-week sabbatical every five years
• 401(k) matching
• Health dental vision insurance
• Life short and long-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness reimbursement
• Charitable giving company match
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance
• Fun laid-back culture and rewarding work!

Epiq Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.