Director of Engineering

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Priorities include a focus on growing talent and execution against priorities.

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Responsibilities: • Accountable for engineering across the full product lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery of products that meet defined functional, cost, schedule, performance, quality, and reliability objective • Promote a culture of technical excellence and innovation, encouraging experimentation, learning, and the application of emerging technologies into commercially viable products • Articulate the strategic vision and provide inspirational leadership to the engineering team and instill a sense of urgency and intense customer focus. • Partner with Product, Manufacturing, Service, Quality, Sales, and leadership to convert company strategy into executable technical roadmaps. • Provide clear, concise reporting updates to the General Manager and leadership teams as required. • Develop and maintain departmental budgets. • Performs other related duties to benefit the organization.

Virtek Vision international is a high technology company based in Waterloo, Ontario. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual,Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility.

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: This position is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic leader with strategic vision. This role requires significant management experience including the management of managers and individual contributors.

This is an in-office position, where the selected candidate will be required to work out of our Waterloo, Ontario office. We are looking for: • University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience, Masters or PhD preferred.

MBA is beneficial. • Background in AI, computer vision/robotics or calibration algorithms is beneficial. • Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary engineering organizations • Strong systems thinking across complex products involving software, hardware, mechanical, electrical, optical, quality, and manufacturing. • Excellent execution discipline: able to convert strategy into priorities, roadmaps, staffing plans, budgets, milestones, and measurable outcomes. • Credible technical judgement: able to ask strong questions, assess tradeoffs, challenge assumptions, and guide practical engineering decisions. • Demonstrable ability to implement products using artificial intelligence.

Salary Range: CAD $225,000.00 - $275,000.00 Salary range is inclusive of base salary and eligible incentive program. This position is an existing vacancy. AI technology may be used in the screening of candidates. Virtek encourages applications from all qualified candidates. Accommodations are available upon request.

Should you need an accomodation at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us at 519-746-7190 ext. 202. We are the world’s leader in providing laser and vision-based projection and inspection solutions. Virtek has a dominant product position in the aerospace, prefabricated construction and industrial fabrication markets.

Virtek’s solutions support manufacturers world-wide in a variety of specialized industries to assist with assembly processes.

Our solutions project laser light onto a 3D work surface with high accuracy, speed, and precision for applications such as composite fiber ply layup, paint masking, placement of components or materials, quality inspection and reverse engineering.

In 2024, Virtek was acquired by AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions. Compensation Currency: CAD Salary Minimum: 225,000 Salary Maximum: 275,000 Incentive: Yes Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting.

The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location. AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions servinga diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. AMETEKisa component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.