Director of Engineering

GMRE•South Weber, UT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Engineering leads GMRE’s Engineering organization and is accountable for its people, technical capabilities, processes, resources, and performance in support of current programs and future business objectives. This position ensures disciplined engineering and successful program execution by developing engineering talent, allocating qualified resources, overseeing technical processes and reviews, and partnering with Program Managers, the Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineers, Program Engineers and Functional Leads. The ideal candidate combines proven engineering leadership and systems engineering expertise with strong business judgment, communication, decision-making, and customer relationship skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, with substantial progressive experience leading complex, multidisciplinary engineering programs or organizations; an advanced technical or business degree is preferred.
Demonstrated ability to recruit, lead, mentor, develop, and retain high-performing engineering teams while managing staffing, performance, succession planning, and competing program priorities.
Strong knowledge of requirements development, system architecture, design, integration, verification, validation, configuration management, production, installation, and sustainment across the product life cycle.
Experience developing technical strategies, proposals, staffing plans, resource estimates, bases of estimate, schedules, risk assessments, and executable engineering commitments.
Strong judgment and ability to communicate complex technical and organizational issues, resolve cross-functional challenges, influence senior leaders, and build effective relationships with customers, program teams, partners, and employees.
Bachelor of Science in Management or Engineering AND 15 years of technical experience in aviation or adjacent technological field
10 years of program and personnel management experience
Proficient in Microsoft Office products
Oral and written communication skills
Must have a minimum of an active U.S. SECRET clearance and be subject to a government security investigation.
Driving or renting a car for company business is expected with some frequency. For insurance purposes, a valid driver’s license is required.

Nice To Haves

an advanced technical or business degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the GMRE Engineering organization, establishing clear priorities, accountability, performance expectations, and alignment with company objectives.
Develop and execute an engineering strategy that supports current programs, customer needs, and future business growth.
Recruit, manage, mentor, develop, and retain a high-performing, multidisciplinary engineering workforce.
Establish workforce and succession plans that address current staffing requirements, future capability needs, and technical-leadership continuity.
Allocate qualified engineering personnel across programs based on contractual commitments, company priorities, technical risk, and available capacity.
Develop and sustain the engineering competencies, tools, laboratories, infrastructure, and external partnerships required for successful execution.
Establish, approve, and continuously improve engineering policies, processes, procedures, methods, and performance measures.
Ensure programs apply disciplined systems-engineering practices throughout requirements development, design, integration, verification, production, installation, and sustainment.
Provide organizational oversight of engineering execution while preserving the Lead Systems Engineer’s authority over the program technical baseline.
Ensure programs conduct rigorous requirements, preliminary design, critical design, test-readiness, production-readiness, and other technical reviews.
Monitor engineering performance across the program portfolio and intervene when staffing, capability, process, technical risk, or execution issues threaten program success.
Review technical approaches and engineering products for feasibility, process compliance, resource sufficiency, and alignment with organizational capabilities.
Develop and approve credible engineering staffing plans, resource estimates, schedules, bases of estimate, and proposal commitments.
Advise senior leadership on engineering capacity, workforce needs, technical and organizational risks, capability investments, and strategic priorities.
Build effective relationships with customers, stakeholders, Program Managers, the Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineers, Functional Leads, partners, suppliers, and other GMRE organizations.
Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.