Director, Engineering

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Business Unit:
Maintenance & Repair North America

Posting Date:
Sep 3, 2026

Job Description:

The Director, Engineering will direct, set goals, institute operational policies, and coordinate activities of the engineering department to include the design, manufacture, and testing of components and products, and maintain quality standards, specifications and systems by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors and employees. The selected candidate will establish best practices that will provide support for FAA FAR component repair solutions, develop DER repairs, and have involvement with multiple aspects of the FAA FAR-145 component repair process.

• Directs department activities and develops policies to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and overall product quality associated with manufacturing and testing.
• Resolves problems using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts.
• Analyzes technology trends, human resource needs, and market demand to plan projects.
• Confers with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demands for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Advises management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, customer relations, and/or inter-departmental relations.
• Provides direction and example for interpretation and application of company policies and procedures to the engineering activities.
• Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies which may improve operations and develops recommendations accordingly.
• Maintains a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor of Science degree required, Aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• Masters degree preferred.

• Related work experience shall be a minimum of 10 years with at least 5 to 10 years of management role over engineering department.
• Experience with the policies and procedures of the following regulatory agencies; FAA, EASA, and DOT, relative to Aircraft Fire Suppression and Safety Systems including Oxygen and Stored Energy Systems.
• Candidate must have strong Mechanical engineering skills with experience of exotic Stainless Steels and related processes such as forming and welding. Experience in a short run production environment is also a job requirement.

• Proven leadership and management experience to lead engineering teams.
• Strategic mindset with regard to NPD planning.
• Proven team player who has demonstrated capabilities in the following areas: excellent communication, presentation, leadership and interpersonal skills, well developed problem-solving skills; solid organizational skills; and the demonstrated ability to be self-directed and effectively relate to all levels of an organization.
• Looking for a hands-on individual with the ability to see the big picture.
• Ability to work well under pressure, multitask and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to set goals and objectives to meet Business expectations.
• The right person will be ambitious and flexible who wants to learn and grow professionally.
• Must read, write, and speak English fluently.

• 5-10 direct reports

• Work will be conducted mostly indoors in an office type environment.
• Exposure to heat or cold will mostly be limited to when walking from one building to another. The use of PPE such as safety glasses and safety toed shoes are required in designated working areas.

• Must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Regularly required to sit or stand, walk, bend, and reach with hands and arms
• Regular use of hands/fingers for handling, holding, grasping and typing on a computer keyboard
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

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