Director, Digital Solutions & Technology

About the Role The Director of Digital Platform & Solutions leads our multidisciplinary engineering teams — spanning software, firmware, and electrical hardware — across our hearing and balance product portfolio. This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role: you will define platform architecture, set technology direction, and deliver digital solutions that meet the highest standards of performance, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance. You will report into the Head of R&D and serve as a senior voice on the R&D leadership team, shaping how we engineer, organize, and evolve our digital capabilities over a 5–8 year horizon.   What You'll Do   Leadership & People Development ·         Lead, coach, and develop software, firmware, hardware, product security, and DevOps engineers across the division. ·         Build a high-performance engineering culture grounded in collaboration, quality, and accountability. ·         Partner with R&D directors and functional leads to align digital roadmaps with organizational capability development.   AI Transformation & Technology Strategy ·         Drive the integration of AI and machine learning into product features — including intelligent signal processing, adaptive algorithms, and AI-enhanced diagnostics for audiology devices. ·         Champion AI-assisted development practices: LLM-augmented code review, automated testing, generative design tools, and intelligent documentation workflows. ·         Lead evaluation, prototyping, and adoption of emerging AI/ML technologies across the digital engineering stack. ·         Define and own digital platform architecture, reusable AI/ML frameworks, and long-range technology roadmaps.   Platform Architecture & Digital Engineering ·         Ensure high-quality design and implementation of embedded systems, digital electronics, and software platforms. ·         Establish best practices for code quality, hardware design controls, configuration management, and documentation. ·         Drive adoption of automated software testing frameworks — including unit, integration, and regression testing — to improve release confidence, reduce defect escape rates, and support continuous delivery pipelines. ·         Oversee software and firmware development lifecycles in alignment with regulatory requirements (IEC 62304, cybersecurity guidance for medical devices). ·         Drive architectural coherence and platform reusability across the product portfolio.   Cross-Functional & Product Delivery ·         Partner with Systems Engineering to translate clinical and product requirements into robust technical solutions. ·         Support cross-functional design reviews, architecture decisions, and stage-gate product development processes. ·         Ensure integrated digital solutions meet cybersecurity, regulatory, and performance requirements across Class I and II device categories.   What We're Looking For   Required ·         10+ years of progressive engineering experience with 5+ years in a digital engineering leadership role. ·         Deep expertise in embedded systems, firmware, software architecture, and digital electronics. ·         Proven experience leading AI/ML integration into product development — ideally in hardware-adjacent or regulated environments. ·         Strong command of software and hardware development lifecycle management in regulated industries (IEC 62304, cybersecurity, design controls). ·         Track record of building and scaling high-performing, cross-disciplinary engineering teams. ·         Ability to operate at both strategic and architectural levels — vision-setting and hands-on technical guidance.   Preferred ·         Experience in medical devices, audiology, or diagnostic instrumentation. ·         Familiarity with AI/ML toolchains for embedded or real-time systems (e.g., TensorFlow Lite, ONNX, edge inference). ·         Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for firmware and software.