Technical Director Fire & Intrusion

branch, Sarasota, Mitcheldean, and Doncaster).

• Define and deploy product-line technology roadmaps aligned with overall product line strategy and business roadmaps.

• Work closely with Product Management, Business Development, and Commercial teams to ensure strong market and customer alignment.

• Collaborate with common engineering teams (Life Safety common engineering teams, Eaton Centers of Excellence, and extended engineering teams in Pune and Prague) on product-line-specific requirements, customer feedback, and product enhancements.

• Review all projects to ensure products are designed to meet customer and market requirements while achieving target cost, budget, and profit objectives.

• Ensure the sustainment and competitiveness of existing products throughout their lifecycle.

• Define and drive the VAVE pipeline to maintain cost competitiveness across the product line.

• Work closely with Project Managers to monitor delivery timelines committed to the market.

• Drive fair and effective project prioritization to balance resources across Life Safety product lines.

• Ensure current and future compliance of the Fire, Intrusion, and Notification portfolio with applicable regulations, standards, norms, and legislation.

• Partner with testing and qualification teams to assure product quality and compliance.

• Foster a culture of innovation, technical thought leadership, and knowledge sharing.

• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity and environmental requirements.

• Own intellectual property protection related to the Fire product line.

• Provide dotted-line supervision of engineering teams located at the same site.

• Establish and maintain strong collaboration with other engineering leaders within Life Safety and across Eaton.

• Regularly review and optimize resource allocation across product-line-specific projects.

• Encourage consistent application of common product development and ProLaunch processes across all developments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering

• Minimum of 10 years' experience, including multi-site engineering leadership within a global, matrix-based organization

• Deep domain expertise in Fire Detection and Intrusion systems

• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail

• Proven ability to plan, priorities, and manage multiple workstreams effectively

• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work efficiently in cross-functional teams

• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package

• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team

• Flexible working solutions (remote, flexible working hours, compressed week, part time etc.)

• We make your aspirations matter - Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible

• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term - not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University

• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies.

• We make your wellbeing matter - We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it's about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

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