Director, Engineering- North America
About The Position
Barnes Aerospace is seeking a Director, Engineering to lead its North American new-make and repair engineering teams. The role oversees a multi-site organization supporting original-equipment production and component repair, including NPI, product engineering, process and manufacturing engineering, tooling, automation, and sustaining technical support. Working with the global engineering organization, the Director will deploy standardized processes, common technical methods, and scalable practices while developing regional skills and capabilities. In partnership with the Regional President and site, operations, quality, commercial, and global engineering leaders, the Director will build capabilities, strengthen technical expertise, improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance, and establish clear ownership and disciplined execution across the region. The position is remote in the United States, with up to 50% travel anticipated. The Director leads regional engineering strategy and governance, supports product introductions and manufacturing excellence, and represents regional engineering in customer, OEM, supplier, and strategic-partner discussions. The role also ensures engineering methods and technical data meet applicable customer, regulatory, quality-system, and special-process requirements, including AS9100, NADCAP, and FAA or EASA requirements where applicable. The position may involve access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. Employment in such a role may require verification of documentation and, where applicable, an export license; any offer is contingent on the company's assessment and determination regarding licensing.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in aerospace, gas turbine, precision manufacturing, or another highly engineered manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams and leaders in multi-site operations, with a record of developing people and delivering business results.
- Experience leading technical activities across multiple manufacturing facilities and influencing teams in a matrix organization.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical-writing, and executive/customer communication skills.
- Ability to travel routinely within the region and internationally as needed to support sites, customers, suppliers, program gates, and leadership reviews.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, metallurgical, or a related engineering discipline.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in engineering or business.
Responsibilities
- Deploy a regional engineering leadership and operating model with clear accountability across NPI, product engineering, process engineering, tooling, special processes, automation, and technical support.
- Provide technical leadership and coaching for new product line introductions; review process plans, manufacturing sequences, CNC strategies, grinding methods, tooling and workholding, inspection plans, equipment selections, and production-readiness assumptions; create and deploy regional standards.
- Partner with central engineering and site leadership to build, coach, and retain an inclusive, accountable engineering organization with technical and managerial career paths, succession plans, and development experiences.
- Review and support regional resource planning, technical risk, program reviews, customer escalations, performance management, and talent decisions.
- Partner with program management and commercial teams to provide technical estimates, milestone plans, risk assessments, and customer-facing status; ensure NPI readiness reviews cover technical maturity, manufacturability, process qualification, tooling, materials, special-process controls, training, capacity, quality requirements, and customer approvals.
- Own the regional engineering operating model and technology and capability roadmap, and govern investment priorities in alignment with corporate engineering initiatives.
- Support and manage manufacturing excellence, technology, and automation initiatives to improve yield, first-pass quality, throughput, cycle time, labor productivity, and cost through disciplined engineering, structured problem solving, and lean operating methods.
- Create and manage engineering quality, compliance, and technical authority; ensure methods and technical data support applicable customer, regulatory, quality-system, and special-process requirements.
- Lead regional technical escalations involving chronic quality, yield, process stability, supplier issues, repair performance, or customer risk.
- Serve as the regional technical lead for customer and commercial partnerships; represent regional engineering capabilities in customer, OEM, supplier, and strategic-partner discussions and support growth through engineering-led customer solutions.
- Represent corporate initiatives and manage technical strategic relationships and technical consortiums.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions for eligible medical plan participants
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Wellness programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts
- Voluntary accident and critical illness coverage
- Pet insurance
- Work-life support resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
