Executive Director, Engineering & Technology

Executive Director Engineering & Technology
Lead engineering strategy technical execution and product innovation in a complex hardware environment.
This role is designed for an accomplished engineering leader who can set direction at the executive level while remaining close to products programs customers and manufacturing. The successful candidate will guide a multidisciplinary organization responsible for advanced electronic hardware and integrated systems used in demanding defense aerospace and other regulated applications.The Executive Director will own the engineering vision and operating rhythm for the organization. This leader will connect business priorities to product and technology plans strengthen engineering discipline and ensure teams deliver practical producible solutions from early concept through field support.
Success requires a balance of strategic judgment hands-on technical credibility and strong people leadership. The position works closely with executive leadership customers program teams operations quality and supply chain to manage technical risk and improve performance across the full product lifecycle.

• Define a multi-year engineering and technology plan that supports growth objectives customer priorities and evolving market requirements.
• Establish product and capability roadmaps for advanced computing embedded electronics communications displays and related integrated technologies.
• Assess emerging architectures components materials tools and external partnerships; recommend where the organization should invest partner or standardize.
• Provide the executive team with clear guidance on technical opportunity development risk resource needs and investment tradeoffs.

• Act as the senior technical authority for architecture design integrity system performance manufacturability reliability and lifecycle decisions.
• Strengthen systems engineering design-review verification validation configuration-management and technical-assurance practices.
• Lead or sponsor critical trade studies design recoveries failure investigations and high-consequence technical decisions.
• Develop chief engineers functional leaders and other senior technical talent while improving knowledge sharing across disciplines.

• Direct engineering delivery from requirements definition and prototype development through qualification production ramp sustainment and retirement planning.
• Align technical baselines staffing milestones and deliverables with program schedules budgets and contractual commitments.
• Oversee sustaining-engineering priorities such as component obsolescence redesign cost improvement corrective action and field-performance issues.
• Ensure drawings bills of material specifications software or firmware records and other controlled technical data are accurate and released on time.

• Build a strong working relationship between Engineering and Operations so new designs transition into stable repeatable production.
• Embed design-for-manufacture assembly test reliability maintainability and service considerations early in development.
• Evaluate production readiness tooling test equipment work instructions and supplier technical capability before major release decisions.
• Support improvements in yield throughput quality supply continuity and total product cost.

• Engage customers and partners to clarify operational needs shape solution concepts resolve technical concerns and communicate complex decisions clearly.
• Guide technical content and estimating for proposals statements of work compliance responses demonstrations and customer reviews.
• Confirm proposed solutions are achievable supportable affordable and aligned with internal engineering and manufacturing capacity.
• Represent the organization in senior-level technical discussions and selected industry or partner engagements.

• Lead a multidisciplinary team that may include electrical mechanical systems software or firmware manufacturing and test engineering.
• Set clear priorities decision rights performance expectations and accountability across the engineering function.
• Recruit and retain strong technical talent establish succession plans and build a durable leadership pipeline.
• Promote a culture grounded in integrity sound engineering judgment disciplined execution collaboration and customer focus.

• Bachelors degree in electrical mechanical computer systems or another relevant engineering discipline.
• At least 15 years of progressively responsible engineering experience including significant leadership of complex hardware or integrated-system development.
• Background in defense aerospace advanced electronics or another highly regulated product environment.
• Demonstrated ability to move between executive-level strategy and detailed technical problem solving design reviews and customer discussions.
• Experience with engineering planning technical estimates product lifecycle management configuration control and manufacturing readiness.
• Working knowledge of quality export cybersecurity and government-contract requirements relevant to regulated manufacturing; examples may include AS9100 or ISO 9001 military standards ITAR DFARS and NIST-based controls.
• Experience using ERP and/or PLM systems to control bills of material drawings revisions and engineering changes.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance if required by assigned programs.

• Masters degree in engineering systems engineering technology management or a related field.
• Prior service as an Engineering Director Chief Engineer technology executive or comparable senior technical leader.
• Experience with embedded electronics ruggedized hardware communications advanced computing displays autonomy robotics or adjacent technologies.
• Participation in capture proposal development customer demonstrations strategic partnerships or technology-investment planning.
• A record of improving engineering maturity manufacturability technical talent and cross-functional execution.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable background and drug-screening requirements. This position may also be subject to U.S. person export-control customer and security requirements based on program assignments.The employer provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees without regard to any status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process.