Vice President Engineering, Maryland Design Center

The Company

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Join our top-notch team of more than 43,000 high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, STANLEY, CRAFTSMAN, BLACK+DECKER, and other strong brands.

• •Own total engineering delivery for the Towson Design Center. Serve as the single accountable leader for all cross-functional program execution — on time, on budget, and to quality specification — across the DEWALT professional power tools portfolio. This is a direct accountability, not a coordination role.
• •Drive new product development excellence. Partner with the commercial teams and to shape and execute a compelling NPD pipeline. Ensure programs are scoped and resourced for success from the outset, and that the organization delivers with the speed and quality DEWALT’s market position demands.
• •Own Towson engineering talent. Build a best-in-class engineering leadership team. Drive succession planning, high-potential identification, performance management, and capability building across all Towson engineering disciplines. Set expectations and hold leaders accountable for people development, not just program delivery.
• •Integrate across functions. Serve as the primary Towson engineering liaison with Global Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and the Mexico engineering ecosystem. Ensure products are designed for manufacturability and that the Towson organization is a proactive, collaborative partner — not a downstream recipient — in the product creation process.
• •Champion platforming and design-to-value. Actively support the Chief Engineer community and the platform architecture mandate. Drive a Design-to-Value mindset across Towson programs, partnering with the Americas/EMEA Systems Engineering & Processes function to identify and pursue cost reduction, complexity reduction, and platform commonality opportunities.
• •Partner with the Systems Engineering & Processes Director to embed engineering process rigor and quality standards across Towson programs. The two leaders must operate as a unified leadership team on standards, gate discipline, and technical readiness expectations.
• •Shape the technology agenda for DEWALT professional power tools. Work alongside business leaders and the enterprise innovation team to ensure Towson is anticipating and integrating relevant technology trends — including electrification, embedded systems, connectivity, AI-assisted tools, and advanced materials — into the product development roadmap.
• •Manage engineering agility and productivity metrics. Own and improve Towson’s KPIs for development cycle time, first-pass quality, engineering productivity, and design-driven cost reduction. Connect structural and process changes directly to measurable business outcomes.
• •Build a high-performance engineering culture. Establish clear expectations, consistent accountability, and a culture that values both technical depth and cross-functional collaboration. Model the leadership behaviors required to attract, develop, and retain world-class engineering talent.

• •Senior engineering leadership experience at a design center, business unit, or enterprise level, ideally from a company known for engineering excellence in complex, electrified mechatronic products. Consumer power tools, automotive, appliances, or precision manufacturing backgrounds are highly relevant.
• •15+ years of progressive experience in engineering, product development, and technology leadership, including direct experience leading large, multidisciplinary engineering organizations (300+ people) in a design center or site leader capacity.
• •Demonstrated track record of delivering cross-functional new product development programs — on time and to specification — across hardware (mechanical + electrical) and software-integrated products. The leader must be credible and accountable across all engineering disciplines, not just their functional background.
• •Deep familiarity with systems engineering principles, total tool or total product accountability, and the integration challenges that arise in complex electrified products. Experience implementing or maturing systems engine