Director of Engineering

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SHOP SALARY Regular Full Time Management Sparks, NV, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary: $ Annually

Lead Future Form’s Sales Engineering function across all locations, owning the quoting, estimating, and design-for-manufacturability process that converts customer drawings and RFQs into accurate, profitable, on‑time quotes and production-ready orders. Sets departmental strategy, standards, KPIs, and staffing; develops the Sales Engineer I-III team; and partners with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality to protect margin, grow revenue, and ensure jobs are released to the floor right the first time.

• Help each other succeed
• Communicate clearly and directly, listen well
• Encourage teammates
• Blameless problem solving

• Honor your commitments
• Do the right thing
• Consistent in your attitudes and actions

• Improve processes
• Open to new ideas
• Share information, and teach
• Expose issues

• Deliver results
• Analyze data for improvement
• Take ownership and accountability
• Work smarter, not harder

• Exhibit passion in serving customers
• Contribute solutions
• Sense of urgency
• Be the best at what you do
• Seek knowledge

• Be positive
• Celebrate achievements
• Don’t take yourself too seriously

• Lead, hire, develop, and manage the Sales Engineering team (Sales Engineer I, II, III) across all Future Form locations, including goal setting, performance reviews, and career progression
• Lead the NPI (new product introduction) team
• Set strategy, priorities, and staffing levels for quoting and estimating aligned with company growth goals; present plans and results to the President/CEO
• Own the end-to‑end RFQ‑to‑order process: intake, review, estimating, pricing, quote delivery, follow‑up, and order entry
• Establish and maintain estimating standards, labor rates, material usage models, and pricing guidelines; ensure consistency across sites
• Review and approve quotes above defined dollar, complexity, or margin thresholds before release to customers
• Define, track, and report department KPIs (quote turnaround time, win/hit rate, quoted vs. actual margin, order accuracy, change order response time)
• Lead quoted‑vs‑actual reviews with Operations and Finance to identify and correct margin erosion on new and repeat jobs
• Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) and cost reduction with customers and internal teams, partnering with Manufacturing Engineering
• Partner with Sales leadership on account strategy, new business development, pricing decisions, and key customer meetings
• Serve as senior technical point of contact for customers on complex quotes, design reviews, and engineering changes
• Oversee customer change order management and engineering change documentation; ensure changes are released to production accurately and quickly
• Ensure orders released to production include complete, accurate information (drawings, routings, materials, outside processes)
• Coordinate with Supply Chain on material and outside‑process pricing; establish supplier price inquiry standards
• Lead new job and new product kick‑off meetings with Production, Quality, and Supply Chain
• Develop standard work and a formal, documented training program for the Sales Engineering career ladder
• Evaluate and implement quoting, estimating, and CAD tools and ERP improvements to increase speed and accuracy; partner with the Director of Technology on systems
• Manage department budget and resource…