Engineering Manager

Overview

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

V2X is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Section Manager to join our Hardware Engineering organization in Indianapolis, IN. This role supports the development of advanced defense systems, including podded communication links, sensor systems, airborne armament equipment, ground systems, mission kits, cockpit displays, avionics, and radar systems. The Indianapolis facility also supports additional product lines for diverse Department of War (DoW) customers, offering opportunities to work across multiple programs and advance your career.

The Senior Mechanical Engineering Section Manager leads a section of approximately 15 mechanical engineers and serves as both a functional manager and a senior technical leader. This role is responsible for driving technical excellence, overseeing mechanical design and development activities, fostering career growth and talent development, and aligning the mechanical engineering function with organizational objectives. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in mechanical design and qualification of airborne/DoW hardware with strong leadership capability and a strategic mindset.

• Lead and manage the mechanical engineering section, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, and inclusion.
• Coordinate, plan, and assign mechanical engineering resources to support current and forecasted program demands.
• Monitor section productivity, performance, and behaviors; provide regular feedback to leadership on employee and project performance.
• Conduct formal and informal performance reviews, set and approve goals and objectives, and recognize individual and team contributions.
• Develop and maintain career progression plans for section members using company career development tools and guides.
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, identifying high‑potential talent and succession candidates.
• Lead hiring activities in partnership with Talent Acquisition, including requisition creation, candidate interviewing, selection, and onboarding.
• Address employee concerns, support work/life balance, and ensure alignment with company policies regarding PTO, extended work weeks, and leaves of absence.

• Provide subject matter expertise in mechanical design, analysis, environmental and dynamic testing of DoW hardware.
• Oversee the technical execution of mechanical engineering work products across the section, ensuring adherence to requirements, budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
• Review, critique, and approve designs, drawings, analyses, and test plans to ensure compliance with ASME standards, MIL‑STD‑810, DO‑160, and applicable company documentation standards.
• Ensure mechanical designs meet performance, reliability, safety, and manufacturability requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support and guide qualification efforts, failure investigations, root‑cause analyses, and corrective actions.
• Promote sound engineering judgment, critical thinking, and innovation to solve complex technical challenges.

• Implement and maintain functional management systems and processes for the mechanical engineering section, aligned with Hardware Engineering department standards.
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