Director of Avionics Mechanical Engineering

You will set the technical vision and roadmap for mechanical, thermal, and EWIS engineering across X-BAT avionics. You will build and lead multiple engineering teams, establish engineering standards and design-review practices, make key architecture decisions, and guide hardware from architecture through qualification and production. You will coordinate resourcing, suppliers, manufacturing strategy, schedules, and cross-functional product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for mechanical, thermal, and EWIS engineering.
• Build and scale a multi-team organization.
• Deliver complex electro-mechanical hardware from architecture through qualification and production.
• Set engineering standards, design-review practices, and processes.
• Serve as the final technical authority on mechanical and thermal architecture tradeoffs.
• Partner with engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing leaders on product delivery.
• Own resourcing, schedule, supplier, contract-manufacturer, and make-versus-buy planning.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• 15+ years of mechanical design experience around electronics and electrical systems.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience managing managers or leading multiple engineering teams.
• Record of building and scaling engineering teams.
• Record of delivering complex avionics or electro-mechanical hardware through production.
• Technical fluency in avionics packaging, FEA, thermal analysis, and fatigue and lifecycle testing.
• Experience setting organizational engineering strategy, standards, and processes.
• Experience managing fabrication shops, contract manufacturers, and suppliers.
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity