Director NPD Engineering

Director, New Product Development Engineering

Location:

Chandler, AZ (Onsite)

Business:
Pac Sci EMC (A Ralliant Company)

Pac Sci EMC, a Ralliant company, is a global leader in advanced energetic materials and systems supporting aerospace, defense, and space applications. With over 70 years of innovation, we design and manufacture mission-critical energetic devices used in emergency egress, flight termination, and satellite systems where performance, precision, and safety are paramount.

The Director of New Product Development Engineering (M20) leads a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for development, qualification, and production transition of energetic systems. This role serves as both a technical authority and organizational leader, owning engineering execution, TRL decisions, and delivery against commitments in a fast-paced, multi-program environment.

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering organization (~18 team members, including leaders)
• Serve as final technical authority for TRL/tollgate decisions
• Customer facing technical leader
• Drive full lifecycle product development (concept through production)
• Ensure performance, safety, and regulatory compliance
• Enforce tollgate discipline and technical readiness
• Oversee prototype lab/pilot plant operations
• Deliver against revenue-driven NPD commitments
• Drive data-driven engineering decisions
• Partner cross-functionally to resolve constraints
• Represent NPD in leadership and customer settings
• Ensure safe handling of energetic materials
• Oversee failure investigations and corrective actions

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Chemistry, or related field required. MS or higher a plus
• Experience in energetics, propellants, munitions, or adjacent industries
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and leaders
• Strong ability to evaluate design outputs and compliance
• Experience supporting qualification and production transition
• Ability to operate in fast-paced environments

• Experience with initiators, detonators, CAD/PAD systems
• MIL-STD and explosive safety familiarity
• Aerospace/defense background
• Lean / Six Sigma experience

• Technical leadership and energetics expertise
• Analytical decision-making
• Leadership of leaders
• Execution under pressure
• Systems thinking
• Strong communication

• On-time TRL progression
• High first-pass qualification success
• Successful production transition
• Delivery against commitments
• Team development and bench strength

Leads critical NPD engineering organization supporting mission-critical systems. Owns engineering decisions impacting product performance, safety, and manufacturability with high visibility across leadership and customers.

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is  -

Is this role subject to ITAR? The essential duties of this position require adherence to U.S. Government export control regulations. Accordingly, candidates must either be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) or be prepared to collaborate with the company in securing the necessary U.S. government export authorizations. While the company encourages all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that ongoing employment is dependent upon obtaining the appropriate government export authorizations.

Pac Sci EMC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process may contact