Director, Software Engineering

About Ray Secur

Ray Secur is redefining threat detection through advanced terahertz imaging technology that helps organizations identify hidden threats safely and efficiently. Our solutions support customers across corrections, government, critical infrastructure, and commercial environments. As we scale commercially and expand into highly regulated federal environments, we are evolving our software organization to support secure, operationally mature, and highly reliable product delivery across hardware, firmware, software, and cloud-connected systems.

We are seeking a hands‑on Director of Software Engineering to lead the evolution of our software engineering organization from an innovation‑driven product development environment into a scalable, secure, operationally mature engineering function.

This role combines engineering leadership, software architecture governance, Dev Sec Ops  and release management oversight, cross‑functional product execution, and organizational development.

The Director will lead the software engineering organization while remaining technically engaged in architectural reviews and decisions, guiding implementation decisions, evaluating code quality, and mentoring engineers. This is not a purely managerial role. The ideal candidate brings strong technical credibility, enjoys being in‑the‑mix and mentoring less tenured engineers, and is comfortable leading engineering organizations that support complex hardware/software systems operating in both commercial and government regulated environments.

The role will partner closely with cross‑functional teams including R&D, Product, Manufacturing, Compliance/Cybersecurity, AI, and Customer Success teams.

• Engineering Leadership & Organizational Development:
  Lead, mentor, and develop software and test engineers across front‑end, back‑end, systems, and platform engineering functions; establish scalable engineering organization, processes, and operations; drive accountability, execution rigor, and delivery predictability across multiple concurrent initiatives; lead workforce planning, hiring strategy, budgeting, and organizational roadmap development for the software function; develop engineering career paths, performance expectations, and technical leadership capabilities; foster a high collaboration, high accountability engineering culture aligned with Ray Secur’s values.
• Software Architecture & Technical Governance:
  Establish and govern software architecture standards; lead technical decision‑making related to scalability, maintainability, reliability, observability, and security; review system designs, architecture proposals, and critical code paths; remain technically engaged through architecture reviews, code reviews, technical mentorship, and engineering guidance; drive reduction of technical debt and transition R&D‑stage capabilities into production software; partner with firmware, hardware, and R&D teams to ensure cohesive system‑level design.
• Dev Sec Ops , Release Management & Product Lifecycle:
  Own software development lifecycle (SDLC), release process, deployment standards, and software configuration management practices; lead Dev Ops and cybersecurity maturity initiatives, CI/CD, automated testing and vulnerability management; ensure software quality, traceability, and documentation standards; establish lifecycle management processes for deployed systems.
• Cybersecurity & Regulated Environment Readiness:
  Partner with cybersecurity and compliance leadership to integrate secure engineering practices into the product lifecycle; ensure software engineering practices support NIST, SOC 2, state and federal customer expectations; support implementation of secure update mechanisms, access control models, logging, auditability, and vulnerability remediation processes; lead engineering participation in threat modeling and penetration testing, remediation planning, and secure architecture reviews.
• Cross‑Functional Product Execution:
  Partner with Product, R&D, Production, and Customer Success teams to align software delivery with business priorities; help bridge early‑stage innovation efforts into…