Director NPD Engineering
Ralliant
Director, New Product Development Engineering
Location: Chandler, AZ (Onsite)
Business: PacSci EMC (A Ralliant Company)
PacSci EMC, a Ralliant company, is a global leader in advanced energetic materials and systems supporting aerospace, defense, and space applications. With over 70 years of innovation, we design and manufacture mission-critical energetic devices used in emergency egress, flight termination, and satellite systems where performance, precision, and safety are paramount.
Position Summary
The Director of New Product Development Engineering (M20) leads a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for development, qualification, and production transition of energetic systems. This role serves as both a technical authority and organizational leader, owning engineering execution, TRL decisions, and delivery against commitments in a fast-paced, multi-program environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering organization (~18 team members, including leaders)
- Serve as final technical authority for TRL/tollgate decisions
- Customer facing technical leader
- Drive full lifecycle product development (concept through production)
- Ensure performance, safety, and regulatory compliance
- Enforce tollgate discipline and technical readiness
- Oversee prototype lab / pilot plant operations
- Deliver against revenue-driven NPD commitments
- Drive data-driven engineering decisions
- Partner cross-functionally to resolve constraints
- Represent NPD in leadership and customer settings
- Ensure safe handling of energetic materials
- Oversee failure investigations and corrective actions
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Chemistry, or related field required. MS or higher a plus
- Experience in energetics, propellants, munitions, or adjacent industries
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and leaders
- Strong ability to evaluate design outputs and compliance
- Experience supporting qualification and production transition
- Ability to operate in fast-paced environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with initiators, detonators, CAD/PAD systems
- MIL-STD and explosive safety familiarity
- Aerospace/defense background
- Lean / Six Sigma experience
Key Competencies
- Technical leadership and energetics expertise
- Analytical decision-making
- Leadership of leaders
- Execution under pressure
- Systems thinking
- Strong communication
Success Metrics
- On-time TRL progression
- High first-pass qualification success
- Successful production transition
- Delivery against commitments
- Team development and bench strength
Leads critical NPD engineering organization supporting mission-critical systems. Owns engineering decisions impacting product performance, safety, and manufacturability with high visibility across leadership and customers.
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