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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, Workstation Platform Engineering - **Company:** Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - **Location:** United States - **Salary:** $174,050.0 - $278,450.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software as a Service, Firmware, Automation of Marketing, Systems Integration, Computer Equipment, Data Pipelines - **Published:** July 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9a4d0360-59ae-4c0d-b4ee-5a1ccfd4a411 ## About the Role * Senior-level engineering leader (Director) with experience in hardware, systems, or platform engineering. * Proven success leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering organizations delivering through complex product cycles. * Demonstrated ability to operate at a strategic level within a technical context. * Strong executive communication skills with experience influencing VP/Sr. VP/GM-level stakeholders. Preferred Background * Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline (advanced degree preferred). * 15+ years in the computer hardware delivery industry * Experience at large-scale technology companies (devices, platforms, SaaS, consumer tech) strongly preferred Cross-Org Skills * Customer Centricity * Prioritization * Resilience * Team Management * Strategic Thinking Impact & Scope Impacts the entire business and influences the company direction across multiple disciplines or areas of HP. ## Description The Director of Workstation Platform Engineering provides end-to-end technical, programmatic, and organizational leadership for HP's premium desktop workstation portfolio. The role owns organization design, platform development, and cross-functional alignment from early architecture and silicon engagement through product introduction, sustaining activities, customer delivery, and long-term roadmap readiness. This position operates at the intersection of business and portfolio strategy, engineering leadership, supplier/ODM management, regulatory compliance, and financial stewardship; ensuring HP delivers differentiated, high-performance workstation platforms on time, at scale, with industry-leading quality, and meeting customer experience goals. Responsibilities Platform & Program Leadership * Provide executive-level leadership across multiple concurrent workstation programs, including new platforms, platform refreshes, sustaining engineering, and customer-driven adaptations. * Own platform execution across architecture alignment, design readiness, validation, manufacturing ramp, and post-launch quality. * Serve as the final arbitration point for technical risk, priority tradeoffs, scope decisions, and schedule commitments. * Partner across program functional groups to ensure team alignment to deliver excellence in execution, quality, and design decisions. Organizational & People Leadership * Lead multiple senior managers and extended leadership teams across hardware and firmware development, validation, performance, OS enablement, and platform integration. * Own workforce strategy, including hiring plans, succession planning, promotions, and long-term capability development. * Establish organizational operating models that balance in-house capabilities with ODMs and partners. * Provide coaching and executive sponsorship to senior technical leaders and managers. Technical Oversight & Engineering Excellence * Maintain executive oversight of workstation platform architectures and development functions, including board and system design, system performance, power delivery, thermal solutions, and quality & reliability. * Set development strategies for the owned functional areas to ensure successful project design points, platform robustness, and customer readiness. * Sponsor engineering automation, data pipelines, benchmarking systems, and tools that improve scale, predictability, and engineering efficiency. * Ensure engineering decisions remain grounded in customer workloads, competitive positioning, and long-term architectural intent. Financial, NRE & Portfolio Ownership * Own and steward multi-million-dollar R&D budgets, including headcount, NRE, outsourced services, tooling, and supplier contracts. * Define, approve, and coordinate investment strategies for programs, balancing innovation, affordability, and reuse. * Lead portfolio-level resourcing, funding prioritization, and cost tradeoff studies across competing initiatives. * Partner with finance and senior leadership to ensure execution plans align with business objectives and constraints. Supplier, ODM & Ecosystem Leadership * Act as HP's senior R&D interface to ODMs and key worldwide suppliers. * Define sourcing and engagement models spanning full ODM, hybrid, and HP-managed execution. * Lead executive-level escalations related to supplier quality, cost, schedule, and manufacturability. * Ensure supplier strategies align with HP's quality, compliance, and long-term goals. Regulatory, Compliance & Customer Readiness * Provide executive oversight for regulatory compliance, government requirements, and security certifications impacting workstation platforms. * Lead cross-functional response to customer escalations, field issues, and high-visibility commitments (including public sector and regulated markets). * Ensure platforms meet regional, security, and lifecycle requirements without compromising schedule or quality targets., Uses input from managers and directors to inform strategy and achieve company goals and objectives. ## Related Videos - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Why and when should we consider Stream Processing frameworks in our solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1085-why-and-when-should-we-consider-stream-processing-frameworks-in-our-solutions) - [Contract Testing with MCP: Building Self-Describing, Self-Testing APIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100040-contract-testing-with-mcp-building-self-describing-self-testing-apis) - [Successful talent development: A joint journey of executives and talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1002-successful-talent-development-a-joint-journey-of-executives-and-talents) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) - [Checkmate: 5 Real Incidents That Can End a Software Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100126-checkmate-5-real-incidents-that-can-end-a-software-company) ## Related Articles - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [How Engineering Hubs Build Visibility at Developer Conferences like WeAreDevelopers World Congress](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/720-how-engineering-hubs-build-visibility-at-developer-conferences-like-wearedevelopers-world-congress) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer)