Director of Engineering

Head of Product & Solutions Development Location: Austin, TX (On-site) Reports to: Managing Director, North America Employment Type: Full-Time | Exempt Date posted: Apr 21, 2026. Lead the technology that moves cities. Yunex Traffic is shaping the future of mobility by designing, building, and operating intelligent transportation systems that make cities safer, smarter, and more sustainable.

We seek an executive leader for North America’s Head of Product & Solutions Development—someone energized by complexity, driven by impact, and passionate about building world‑class teams and products. This senior executive engineering leadership role owns the end‑to‑end product and solutions portfolio, from development and testing through release and support. The Opportunity As Head of Product & Solutions Development, you sit at the intersection of technology strategy, execution excellence, and people leadership.

You lead multidisciplinary teams that develop cloud platforms and traffic control hardware and software, ensuring solutions meet the highest standards of quality, cybersecurity, reliability, and customer value. You are a builder of winning teams, a trusted partner to customers and internal leaders, and a visible executive voice across North America and Yunex’s global technology organization. What You’ll Lead Enterprise Product & Solution Ownership Serve as the executive authority for product and solution readiness, quality, and technical integrity.

Ensure development execution aligns with customer needs, market trends, regulatory requirements, and ITS industry standards. Champion cybersecurity by embedding global standards into products, processes, and team behaviors. Oversee cloud DevOps organizations to ensure highly available, resilient, continuously operating production environments.

Align North American development teams with the global CTO and product organizations. Strategy, Governance & Execution Own development, cybersecurity, and intellectual property processes as North America’s Process Manager. Establish governance models, development standards, and decision frameworks that scale.

Drive Agile, collaborative, and continuously improving delivery models. Lead internal and external audits (ISO, NEMA, and other applicable certifications). Organizational Leadership & Talent Development Build, inspire, and retain a high‑performing engineering organization through coaching, empowerment, and succession planning.

Coordinate globally distributed teams to operate as one organization with shared goals and accountability. Foster a culture of learning, inclusion, ethical leadership, and ownership. Testing, Quality & Readiness Ensure robust testing strategies are embedded across development programs.

Champion automation, simulation, and modern testing practices to improve quality and cybersecurity. Partner with Quality and Operations to deliver reliable, safe, and field‑proven products. Provide executive‑level risk management and release readiness assessments.

Resources, Investment & Business Partnership Own R&D portfolio planning, budgets, and investment priorities. Partner with Finance to evaluate business cases, manage spend, and maximize ROI. Cross‑Functional & Customer Engagement Act as a strategic partner to Product Management, Solutions Delivery, Operations, Technical Sales, and Bid Management.

Represent senior technical leadership in major bids, customer engagements, and executive forums. Lead critical (Level 3) customer support escalations and ensure timely resolution. Capture lessons learned to continuously improve delivery and customer outcomes.

Qualifications What You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related technical field. 10+ years of senior experience in product, systems, or solutions development within transportation, ITS, industrial, or complex technology environments. Proven executive leadership experience building and leading high‑performing teams. Demonstrated success delivering complex products on time, within budget, and at quality across multiple release cycles.

Strong working fluency across cloud/SaaS platforms and embedded/firmware systems. Experience managing multi‑million‑dollar R&D budgets in partnership with Finance. Experience implementing and auditing cybersecurity standards in connected product environments.

Experience supporting ISO, NEMA, or equivalent certification and audit processes. Ability to operate effectively in matrixed, global organizations. Preferred Experience Prior experience in the traffic or transportation engineering industry.

Familiarity with ITS standards and protocols (e.g., NTCIP, ATC, NEMA TS-2, V2X). The Leader We Are Seeking to Hire We seek an accomplished executive leader who brings strategic clarity, sound judgment, and a passion for delivering business impact through technology. This leader connects vision to execution, actively listens to customers, and translates market needs into actionable priorities.

The ideal hire is comfortable engaging engineers and executives, guiding organizations through complexity and change with confidence and credibility. Above all, this leader sets the tone through personal accountability, integrity, and high standards of excellence, building trust, developing talent, and fostering a culture where people are empowered to do their best work while delivering measurable results for clients and our business. Why Yunex Traffic?

In this role, you will directly influence: Product competitiveness and innovation Customer satisfaction and delivery performance The growth and development of engineering leaders and teams The long‑term technology roadmap and market position of Yunex Traffic in North America You will be a key member of the North America leadership team, helping define strategy while shaping the future of intelligent transportation. Nearest Major Market: Austin #J-18808-Ljbffr