Engineering Manager Air Vehicle Mechanical Systems

You will lead and develop mechanical engineers working on aircraft mechanisms and actuation systems. You will set engineering standards, coordinate cross-functional work, manage workloads and risks, mentor engineers, and support design, build, integration, testing, and release activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop mechanical engineers working on aircraft mechanisms and actuation systems
• Support end-to-end mechanism design
• Set quality standards for sizing, tolerances, margins, drawings, materials, and verification
• Ensure engineers have clear goals, resources, interfaces, and decision rights
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and test functions
• Coach engineers through mentorship, feedback, hiring, onboarding, and performance management
• Manage workloads across builds and test campaigns
• Communicate risks, staffing needs, and schedule impacts

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience with aerospace mechanisms and actuated-system design, build, integration, test, and flight
• 2+ years of team leadership experience
• Ability to lead autonomous teams and scale output through people
• Knowledge of kinematics, statics, dynamics, fatigue, wear, tolerancing, GD&T, materials, finishes, lubrication, bearings, and failure modes
• Experience taking hardware through prototype build, test, iteration, and release
• Experience with suppliers and manufacturing engagement

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity