Engineering Director
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Overview
Job Description
The Director of Engineering will lead the design and development of next-generation MBG products while building a strong, engaged engineering team. This role is responsible for driving a focused, execution-oriented development organization that delivers high-quality boats to market on time and ready for production.
Maverick Boat Group is known for building top-tier fishing boats across its portfolio of brands, including Maverick, Hewes, Pathfinder, and Cobia. This role plays a key part in continuing that standard by ensuring our products reflect both strong Engineering fundamentals and a clear understanding of how customers actually use our boats on the water.
This leader will strengthen MBG's in-house product development capability, improve how engineering partners with production, and help raise the bar on product quality, performance, and execution.
We are looking for someone who is not just a strong engineering leader, but someone who genuinely cares about the marine industry. This role requires a real connection to boats, time on the water, and an understanding of what matters to the customer.
Top Priorities
- Lead the design and development of next-generation MBG products
- Support production, quality, and customer service through strong engineering execution
- Build a high-performing engineering team and culture
Key Responsibilities
- Lead product development from concept through production launch across the MBG portfolio
- Drive execution against defined program milestones, schedules, and deliverables
- Balance innovation with practicality, delivering products that perform on the water and execute cleanly in production
- Provide clear direction on product development priorities based on customer use, market awareness, and business needs
- Build, develop, and lead a high-performing engineering team
- Establish clear expectations, ownership, and accountability across all projects
- Assess current team capabilities and strengthen the team where needed
- Create an environment where engineers are engaged, challenged, and take pride in the products they deliver
- Ensure designs are built for manufacturability, repeatability, and quality
- Improve how engineering hands off work to production with clear documentation and stronger definition
- Work closely with operations to ensure new products are executable without unnecessary complexity
- Identify and drive improvements that reduce rework, improve efficiency, and elevate overall build quality
- Implement structured product development processes including milestone tracking and review gates
- Hold teams accountable for timelines, deliverables, and execution
- Drive urgency and remove bottlenecks within the development pipeline
- Maintain visibility into project status, risks, and key decisions
- Partner with production, quality, supply chain, and customer service to support the business
- Ensure engineering is responsive to real product issues and continuous improvement needs
- Support product launches with sales and marketing to ensure strong alignment and execution
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