Top 67 Director of engineering Jobs in Elgin Il

Director of Engineering
Working World —McHenry County, IL
- $100,000 - $140,000 a year
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Senior level
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
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Director of Manufacturing/Engineering
The Judge Group —Geneva, IL
- $135,000 - $140,000 a year
- Full-time
- 3 years
- Travel
- Mentoring
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Director of Machining
Confidential —Elk Grove Village, IL
- $110,000 - $125,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Engineering
- ERP systems
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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Director of Quality, Compliance and EHS
Working World —McHenry County, IL
- $100,000 - $140,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- 3 years
- Organizational skills
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Director, Project Management
Fortune Brands —Deerfield, IL
- $140,000 - $220,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Office
- Residential
- Health insurance
- Adoption assistance
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11d
Director of Piston Pin Engineering
Amsted Automotive Group —Geneva, IL
- Up to 50% travel
- Bachelor of Science
- Engineering
- Paid training
- Health savings account
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Director of Engineering
Peerless Industries —Aurora, IL
- From $150,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Office
- 8 years
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
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Director of Engineering
Molex —Lisle, IL
- $180,000 - $200,000 a year
- 5 years
- Pass drug screening
- Product management
- Paid parental leave
- Health savings account
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Director of Engineering
PEERLESS INDUSTRIES INC. —Aurora, IL
- From $150,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Office
- 8 years
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Director Engineering
Maker's Pride —Downers Grove, IL
- $141,436 - $180,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Microsoft Excel
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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4d
Director, Continuous Improvement
Regal Rexnord —Downers Grove, IL
- $160,000 - $190,000 a year
- Online Application
- Remote
- Residential
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Health savings account
- AD&D insurance
7d
Director Engineering Services
Maker's Pride —Downers Grove, IL
- $141,436 - $180,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Microsoft Excel
- Writing skills
- Engineering
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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4d
Director of Mechanical Engineering (Building Systems)
Core States Group —Naperville, IL
- $180,000 - $200,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- 8 years
- Travel
- Paid parental leave
- Health savings account
Director of Engineering
Crestview Management, LLC —Chicago, IL
- $90,000 - $115,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Research
- Hotel
- Supervising experience
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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Director, AI ML Engineering - Remote
Optum —Schaumburg, IL
- $134,600 - $230,800 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Pass drug screening
- Office
- Bachelor's degree
Director of Operations & Supply Chain
Charter Dura-Bar, Inc. —Woodstock, IL
- $168,900 - $211,100 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Travel
- Manufacturing
- Profit sharing
- Disability insurance
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11d
Sr. Director of Operations
NVENIA —Wood Dale, IL
- $177,000 - $280,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Office
- Master's degree
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Director of Engineering
Marriott Chicago O'Hare —Chicago, IL
- $90,000 - $115,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Research
- Hotel
- Supervising experience
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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14d
Product Management & Marketing Director
Elgin Sweeper Company —Elgin, IL
- $170,000 - $190,000 a year
- Sales
- Engineering
- Finance
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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3d
Director of Software Engineering
Path Construction —Arlington Heights, IL
- $90,000 - $160,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- Analysis skills
- Disability insurance
- Dental insurance
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Director of Engineering

Working World -
McHenry County, IL

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Job Details

Full-time
$100,000 - $140,000 a year
2 days ago

Benefits

Health insurance
401(k)
Paid time off

Qualifications

Industrial equipment design
Product design project leadership
Customer communication
Operational analysis
Manufacturing management
Staff supervision
New product introduction engineering projects
Project engineering
Manufacturing facility experience
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Managing engineering teams
Design for manufacturability (DFM)
Industrial equipment
Manufacturing company experience
Mechanical knowledge
Cross-functional communication
Senior leadership

Full Job Description

Job Title: Director of Engineering

Job Duration: Direct Hire

Job Location: McHenry County, IL

Pay Range: $100k-$140k/yr

Job Description:

Lead the Engineering department as the company’s senior technical authority for product design, application engineering, R&D, and technical problem solving.
Develop and maintain a multi-year engineering roadmap focused on new designs, product enhancements, standardization, cost reduction through design, and technical differentiation in the marketplace.
Establish engineering priorities that support company growth, customer requirements, high-reliability applications, and long-term competitiveness.
Build a disciplined engineering culture based on accuracy, accountability, innovation, documentation, technical rigor, and practical manufacturability.
Mentor engineers, designers, and technical staff; develop succession depth and improve department capability over time.
Lead R&D initiatives for new blower designs, product platforms, components, assemblies, materials, and performance improvements.
Identify opportunities to improve airflow performance, efficiency, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, noise reduction, durability, and cost competitiveness.
Create structured new product development processes, including concept review, feasibility analysis, design review, prototype planning, testing, validation, release, and post-launch review.
Evaluate emerging technologies, materials, manufacturing methods, and design tools that can improve product performance or reduce total product cost.
Develop design concepts that support high-reliability markets such as aerospace, defense, nuclear, clean rooms, mining, medical, satellite, and other mission-critical applications where applicable.
Own engineering design standards, drafting standards, calculation methods, design templates, technical specifications, and product documentation requirements.
Director of Engineering Job Description | R&D and New Designs
Ensure drawings, bills of material, calculations, specifications, and technical releases are accurate, complete, controlled, and suitable for manufacturing and customer submission.
Strengthen design review discipline to reduce errors, rework, late changes, warranty exposure, and avoidable production disruption.
Drive standardization of parts, assemblies, designs, and engineering practices to reduce complexity and improve repeatability.
Maintain technical integrity of product designs while balancing customer needs, cost, schedule, manufacturing feasibility, and quality requirements.
Partner with Production, Quality, Purchasing, Sales Engineering, Project Management, and Scheduling to ensure designs can be built efficiently and meet customer expectations.
Provide technical support during design-to-production transitions, including drawing release, engineering change control, manufacturability reviews, and resolution of technical issues.
Collaborate with Quality on root cause analysis, corrective actions, inspection requirements, customer technical issues, and design-related quality improvements.
Support Purchasing with technical evaluation of alternate materials, components, vendors, and fabrication methods, while Purchasing retains ownership of vendor management and commercial negotiations.
Assist Operations with technical problem solving when engineering input is required, without assuming ownership of day-to-day operational execution.
Serve as a senior technical resource for strategic customers, complex applications, technical reviews, design clarifications, and high-value opportunities.
Support Sales Engineering in evaluating customer specifications, technical exceptions, design feasibility, and application-specific requirements.
Participate in customer meetings when senior engineering credibility is required, particularly for new designs, highly engineered products, or mission-critical applications.
Help translate customer needs into practical, profitable, and technically sound engineering solutions.
Strengthen engineering change management, revision control, drawing release processes, and documentation discipline.
Improve the use of engineering systems, CAD tools, ERP/MRP engineering data, technical libraries, and knowledge management practices.
Establish clear gates for design release, drawing approval, bill of material accuracy, and engineering change implementation.
Maintain organized technical records for product designs, testing, calculations, customer-specific requirements, and historical engineering decisions.
Define and oversee testing and validation requirements for new products, redesigned components, and critical engineering changes.
Use field feedback, warranty history, quality data, production issues, and customer input to drive continuous product improvement.
Develop practical engineering metrics, including engineering release accuracy, design cycle time, drawing revision frequency, R&D project milestones, design-related quality issues, and new product development progress.
Production department management, shop labor supervision, daily workflow execution, or production scheduling.
Purchasing department management, vendor negotiations, bracket pricing, supply chain execution, or purchase order approval.
Facilities, maintenance, plant safety ownership, or day-to-day operational compliance management.
Ownership of company-wide lean manufacturing initiatives, operational KPIs, throughput management, or labor utilization metrics, except where engineering support is required.
Direct ownership of the Quality department, although the role must support design-related quality improvement and technical corrective actions.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, with significant experience leading engineered product design or custom equipment design.
Proven experience developing new products, improving existing designs, and leading technical teams through design, validation, release, and continuous improvement.
Strong understanding of mechanical design, rotating equipment, airflow systems, fabricated assemblies, machining, welding, materials, tolerances, and design-for-manufacturability.
Experience working in a high-mix, low-volume, engineered-to-order or custom manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to lead engineers, designers, and cross-functional technical teams with clarity, urgency, and accountability.
Strong customer-facing technical communication skills, including the ability to explain complex engineering decisions to customers, executives, and non-engineering stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with industrial blowers, fans, air movement systems, rotating equipment, pressure vessels, heavy fabrication, or related engineered products.
Familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100, ITAR-controlled environments, defense/aerospace customer expectations, or other high-reliability market requirements.
Experience establishing stage-gate product development processes, engineering standards, and formal design review practices.
Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, engineering bills of material, CAD/PDM systems, and engineering change control workflows.
Lean, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, or structured problem-solving experience as applied to product design and engineering processes.

Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
Health insurance
Paid time off

Work Location: In person

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