Senior Director of Engineering
Cox Enterprises
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $175,300 - $292,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Architect and execute engineering strategies supporting Cox Automotive’s EV battery lifecycle vision
- Lead solutioning for new technologies and services, ensuring scalability, sustainability, and regulatory alignment
- Collaborate with OEMs, partners, supply chain, and product teams to identify market opportunities and technical pathways
- Build and maintain capacity plans and engage industry partners
- Oversee design of engineering workflows, equipment, and tooling for battery diagnostic, repair/remanufacturing processes
- Ensure designs meet performance, safety, and compliance standards
- Champion agile development and lean manufacturing principles and standard documentation
- Manage transition from design to production across global battery service centers, including labor and schedules
- Optimize systems for diagnostics, repair, repurposing, and recycling of EV batteries
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for production and field issues
- Enable machining, electronics lab, calibration and software development
- Develop and manage engineering KPIs and provide actionable insights to executive leadership
- Inspire and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, mentor technical leaders, and foster a culture of innovation and accountability
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 12 years’ experience in a related field (alternatives: master's +10 years; Ph.D.+7 years; or 16 years’ experience)
- 7+ years’ experience in a management or leadership role
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Proven success in product development, process engineering, and team leadership
- Excellent strategic thinking, analytical, and collaborative communication skills
- Experience with EV battery systems, EV remanufacturing, diagnostics, and lifecycle management (preferred)
- Knowledge of regulatory standards such as ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 (preferred)
- Certifications in agile, lean, and Six Sigma methodologies (preferred)
- Business acumen with experience working with OEMs and complex supply chains (preferred)
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Must currently be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship