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Intelligente Sensorsysteme Dresden GmbH

Director of Engineering (m/f/d)

Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

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Role family
Engineering management
Seniority
Director
Country
DE
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
22 Oct 2026

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the posting

We are hiring on behalf of a sister company within the Amphenol Group – based with us in Dresden.

## Key Responsibilities

  • Hands-on senior leadership role reporting directly to the General Manager, leading the global engineering organization across four international sites
  • Raise the pace and quality of innovation and significantly shorten the time from concept to launch
  • Generate and champion new product concepts that open adjacent markets, with fresh thinking beyond incremental improvements
  • Drive applied research and platform development in NDIR CO2, H2 detection and capacitive humidity sensing, including the associated electronics and firmware
  • Own the technology roadmap and co-own the product roadmap
  • Deliver NPI on schedule, on cost and to specification, with design-to-cost from the concept stage
  • Build a strong engineering bench and develop future leaders

## Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field; an advanced degree is a plus
  • 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading multi-site teams
  • Proven success in launching new products, with structured NPI/stage-gate experience
  • Deep technical background in sensor or transducer development; issued patents are a plus
  • Experience in design-to-cost and cost reduction
  • Automotive OEM/Tier 1 experience; ASPICE knowledge and experience in HVAC/building controls or battery energy storage are a plus
  • Innovative, decisive and technically credible leader with a commercial mindset
  • Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally (up to 40%)

### Interested?

Send your application documents, stating your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date, preferably by email to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Please submit your application preferably in English.

  • Intelligente Sensorsysteme Dresden GmbH
  • Mr Holger Kühne
  • Zur Wetterwarte 50, 01109 Dresden, Germany
  • Phone: +49 (0)351 88 596 74
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