Director of Engineering - Defense Electronics

Curtiss-Wright•Santa Clarita, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

We’re hiring a Director of Engineering to lead and grow a high-impact, agile engineering team responsible for delivering mission-critical systems for defense and aerospace customers. You’ll drive technical execution across various products and program types – Delivering on time, on budget, and to exacting customer and industry standards. This role is key to shaping our future as we grow and scale our business. As a dynamic and agile Sr Leader, you will be responsible for design, development, test, qualification, and production of Aerospace & Defense Modular Open Standard Architecture (MOSA) based critical solutions for use in weapons systems, solving our government and prime contractors’ most difficult challenges. Solutions range from single specialized card-level weapon controls to large and complex high performance processing systems for sensor management and complex signal processing systems. Our customers expect our engineering team to be the experts in creating technology solutions with open standards to meet the toughest battlefield digital infrastructure challenges.

Requirements

5+ years’ experience in a Director level position with demonstrated track record of success
15+ years’ experience in a solution design organization of a Defense Electronics technology company with increasing responsibility
Technical degree is required
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) solutions
This position requires moderate and broad technical skills experience and knowledge of electrical design fundamentals from Schematic to Board Fabrication.
experience and knowledge of mechanical design fundamentals for an environmentally rugged environment, including thermal design.
experience and knowledge in general software architectures
experience and knowledge in environmental and electromagnetic qualification testing
experience in a low to moderate volume, final assembly, manufacturing environment.
Ability to collaborate with vendors/suppliers
Ability to direct/work with/motivate a highly technical staff, achieving outstanding performance
Ability to crisply and quickly communicate (verbal and written) technical concepts, status, and capabilities to both technical and non-technical audiences
This position requires balancing multiple priorities, while maintaining consistent task direction to the organizations staff so they can be effective in execution.
Established track record of leadership of a technical organization.
Accuracy and attention to detail is a must
Must be able to self-organize workloads and manage all deadlines
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD security clearance of Secret level

Responsibilities

Oversee and management the five unique engineering teams: Prototyping, System Design & Integration, Hardware Design, Test Design, and Product Debug / Support
Mentor, manage, and lead across multiple levels, including coaching engineers & managers
Work with the Program Management Office and Operations teams to deliver documentation, systems, and test equipment on time, budget, and scope.
Coordinate with engineering and technology leadership within Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions to deliver solutions to meet customer needs
Manage existing and develop new partnerships with technology vendors
Provide normal development scheduling, budgets, and workload management
Ensure our processes are followed in accordance with AS9100 while continuing to foster an culture to seek optimizations and better ways to do our business
Ensure technical design packages are complete and ready to transition to production
Provide technical support to the factory of existing products in terms of problem identification/resolution, process improvement, and minor product improvements.
Integrate closely and regularly with Director of Operations and Director of Program Management to balance priorities, schedules, and budgets across multiple efforts
Champion and lead (when necessary) Root Cause and Correct Action (RCCA) activities
Provide technical insight and guidance as background and skills allow.
Other duties as assigned